40-7-19
Section 40-7-19 Demand against persons failing to make returns. After December 31 in each year,
the assessor shall in person or by deputy make a demand upon all taxpayers who have failed
to make return to him for a list of their taxable property, and such demand may be made by
written notice left with the taxpayer at his residence or place of business, or sent postpaid
by certified or registered mail, with return receipt demanded, to the taxpayer's last known
place of residence, and it shall be the duty of such taxpayer to return such list to the assessor
on or before the third Monday in January following. For making this demand the tax assessor
shall be entitled to a fee of $5 to be paid by the taxpayer, which shall be added to the tax
receipt and collected with the tax. (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §49; Acts
1980, No. 80-630, p. 1087, §5; Acts 1990, No. 90-535, p. 837, §1.)...
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40-7-4
Section 40-7-4 Taxpayer to attend appointment and return list of property; failure to furnish
description of real estate. It is the duty of every person in every election precinct to attend
in person before the assessor on the first day of the appointment in the precinct of the taxpayer's
residence and then and there to render to the assessor under oath a full and complete list
of all property of which he was owner, or in which he had any interest whatever, or of which
he was trustee or agent on October 1 of that year. The land and improvements thereon and homesteads
must be separately listed and valued. On failure of the taxpayer for 30 days after demand
or notice by the tax assessor to furnish a sufficient description of his real estate, said
tax assessor shall secure such description from the records of conveyance in the office of
the probate court of his county, and if he is unable to get a sufficient description from
such records, then by a survey of property by the county...
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40-7-23
Section 40-7-23 Assessment of escaped taxes; avoidance of penalty; notice and collection. (a)
Whenever the tax assessor, county revenue commissioner, or other assessing official shall
discover that any property, including any improvements on real estate assessed as vacant property,
has escaped taxation in any assessment within five years next preceding the current year,
he shall list, return, and value said property for assessment for the years during which same
has escaped taxation and shall also endorse on such returns the year or years for which the
property has escaped taxation and, except as provided in subsection (b) hereinafter, the accrual
of a penalty of 10 percent of the taxes assessed thereon for each year. (b) Any taxpayer who
escaped assessment of tangible personal property for taxable years ending on or before September
30, 1988 shall not have accrued to his account the 10 percent penalty, provided: (1) He files
a proper tax return and assesses such property not later...
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40-4-7
Section 40-4-7 Printing and furnishing blank forms; copy of returns. It is the duty of the
assessor to have printed, at the expense of the county, a sufficient number of assessment
blank forms in the form furnished and prepared by the Department of Revenue; and, upon request
of any taxpayer or state deputy tax assessor, the assessor shall furnish him with a copy or
copies for the use of such taxpayer in listing his property for taxation. Said blank forms
when filled out and returned to the tax assessor shall be known as the "tax return."
Upon demand of any person making a return of property for taxation, the assessor shall furnish
him with a copy of such return. (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §35.)...
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40-3-18
Section 40-3-18 Meetings - Inspection of tax returns; failure to properly return property.
It shall be the duty of the board of equalization to meet on the second Monday in March and
sit as long as may be necessary to carefully examine and inspect all tax returns and assessments
delivered to it by the county tax assessor. If the board finds that any taxpayer has neglected
to make a return or has omitted from his return any property that should be returned, it shall
be its duty to make up a return upon the proper blank with a description of the property to
be assessed, which property it shall then proceed to value and equalize in the same manner
as other property is valued and equalized by it, and to the value thus placed thereon shall
be added a penalty of 10 percent for failure of the owner of such property to properly return
the same. The secretary of the board shall by certified or registered mail, return receipt
demanded, or in person give notice to the owner of any property which...
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40-7-31
Section 40-7-31 Assessment to "owners unknown." Whenever the tax assessor knows or
learns of any property, real or personal, subject to taxation in his county, the owner of
which he does not know and which is not embraced in any tax return made to him on or before
the third Monday in January by any taxpayer, he shall list and make upon the proper blank
a return describing said property according to the best information he can obtain and assess
the same "owner unknown" at the amount specified by law on a fair and reasonable
market value, and in any notice or advertisement or motion for judgment of sale it shall be
described as so returned; and he shall also note the failure of the owner to make such return
and shall also note the accrual of the penalty of 10 percent of the taxes to be assessed thereon.
No lands shall be returned to "owner unknown" until the assessor shall have made
a demand upon the person, if resident in the county, or by certified or registered mail, if
nonresident,...
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40-21-17
Section 40-21-17 Determination of value; assessment of property; penalizing delinquent taxpayer;
apportionment of assessed value; report to tax assessor. The department shall proceed forthwith
to examine the returns made by all persons, firms, and corporations required by law to make
the same and also such information as the department may have obtained in addition thereto,
shall determine the valuation of the different items of property required to be returned to
it and shall assess such property for taxation at 30 percent of its reasonable value; and,
in case no return has been made by or on behalf of such person, firm, or corporation on or
before March 1 in each year, the department may add to the assessment which it makes against
such person, firm, or corporation a penalty not exceeding 10 percent of the assessment as
made therefor. The assessment herein required to be made shall be completed on or before July
1, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and reported to the tax...
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40-10-4
Section 40-10-4 Notice to taxpayer - Service generally. (a) On receiving such book, as speedily
as practicable the judge of probate shall issue a notice addressed to each person against
whom any unpaid taxes are assessed as shown by such book, substantially in the following form:
"State of Alabama, (give name of county) county, to (give name of taxpayer): The tax
collector has filed in my office a list of delinquent taxpayers, and of real estate upon which
taxes are due. You are reported as delinquent, and your tax amounts to (here give amount of
taxes) with costs added. This is to notify you to appear before the probate court of said
county at the next term thereof, commencing on Monday, the _____ day of _____, 2__, then and
there to show cause, if any you have, why a decree for the sale of property assessed for taxation
as belonging to you should not be made for the payment of the taxes thereon and fees and costs.
(Here probate judge's signature). Judge of probate." Such notice must...
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40-2A-7
Section 40-2A-7 Uniform revenue procedures. (a) Maintenance of records; audit and subpoena
authority; authority to issue regulations. (1) In addition to all other recordkeeping requirements
otherwise set out in this title, taxpayers shall keep and maintain an accurate and complete
set of records, books, and other information sufficient to allow the department to determine
the correct amount of value or correct amount of any tax, license, permit, or fee administered
by the department, or other records or information as may be necessary for the proper administration
of any matters under the jurisdiction of the department. The books, records, and other information
shall be open and available for inspection by the department upon request at a reasonable
time and location. (2) The department may examine and audit the records, books, or other relevant
information maintained by any taxpayer or other person for the purpose of computing and determining
the correct amount of value or correct...
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40-7-25
Section 40-7-25 Estimation of fair market value; assessment list; notice; objections. Except
as otherwise provided by law, the assessing official shall, from information entered on the
tax return list and from all other information known to him or her, or which he or she may
procure, proceed to ascertain what, in his or her best judgment, is a fair and reasonable
market value of each item of property returned by or listed to any taxpayer; provided, that
the assessed value of any real estate or improvements as fixed for taxation for the year next
preceding the then current tax year shall be prima facie the basis of the value of the property
for assessment for the current tax year, and the property shall not be assessed for taxation
at a less valuation unless, upon evidence submitted to the county board of equalization, as
provided for herein, it is found that the assessed valuation of the property reviewed should
be reduced. The assessing official shall in separate columns enter on the...
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