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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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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40-2-18
Section 40-2-18 Procedure after revaluation and equalization. Whenever the work of revaluing and equalizing any class or classes of property has been completed by order of the Department of Revenue, as provided herein, and the revised valuation has been entered on the tax return list, the county board of equalization shall certify over their signatures to the correctness thereof and shall deliver the tax return list showing the assessment and revaluation to the assessing official of the county as their report, and the assessing official shall hold them in his or her office subject to public inspection. The assessing official shall then give notice by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county, if any are published in the county and, if no newspaper is published in the county, by posting notices in at least three public places in the county that the county board of equalization has returned its report and that the same is open to public...
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40-3-16
Section 40-3-16 Duties generally; quorum; powers and duties of agents; protest procedure. It shall be the duty of the boards of equalization to inspect, review, revise, and fix the value of all the property returned to or listed with the assessing official for taxation each year; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the assessing official or boards of equalization to value any property required by the law to be assessed for taxation by the Department of Revenue. The majority of the board of equalization shall constitute a quorum of the board for the performance of the duties required herein; provided, that at any time the Department of Revenue shall deem it necessary it may go or send or use agents or representatives in any county with authority to act in an advisory capacity and in conjunction with the board of equalization and perform other duties, with respect to the valuation and assessment of property for taxation, as may be required of them. Agents...
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40-7-14
Section 40-7-14 Taxpayer to give estimated values; preceding year's valuation entered by assessor. The person giving in property for taxation shall enter upon said list his estimated value of every item of personal property listed, for the information of the official or officials whose duty it is to fix the assessment valuation of taxable property, but nothing in this title shall be construed as requiring the taxpayer to make oath as to the value of the property. It shall be the duty of the tax assessor to enter upon the tax return in the column provided the next preceding year's valuation for assessment of real estate and improvements and also to note on the tax return list whether there has been any physical change, such as in improvements, etc., since the preceding year's assessment was made. Every person shall enter upon the assessment list his occupation and post-office address. (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, ยง45.)...
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40-3-25
Section 40-3-25 Appeals - Procedure. All appeals from the rulings of the board of equalization fixing value of property shall be taken within 30 days after the final decision of said board fixing the assessed valuation as provided in this chapter. The taxpayer shall file notice of said appeal with the secretary of the board of equalization and with the clerk of the circuit court and shall file bond to be filed with and approved by the clerk of the circuit court, conditioned to pay all costs, and the taxpayer or the state shall have the right to demand a trial by jury by filing a written demand therefor within 10 days after the appeal is taken. When an appeal is taken, the taxpayer shall pay the taxes due as fixed for assessment for the preceding tax year before the same becomes delinquent; and, upon failure to do so, the court upon motion ex mero motu must dismiss the appeal, unless at the time of taking the appeal the taxpayer has executed a supersedeas bond with sufficient sureties...
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40-12-253
Section 40-12-253 Ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles. (a) Effective January 1, 2000, ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles shall be assessed and the tax collected forward on a current basis to coincide with the collection of motor vehicle license taxes and registration fees. (1) Ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles shall become due and payable on the first day of the registration renewal month of the owner, the date the motor vehicle enters the State of Alabama, the date the motor vehicle is removed from the inventory of a dealer, or the date on which the motor vehicle is otherwise determined to be taxable, whichever comes first. Ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles shall become delinquent on the first day of the month following the registration renewal month for the owner or as otherwise provided by law. (2) Ad valorem tax on motor vehicles shall be collected through the last day of the month which precedes the assigned registration renewal month for the owner as provided in Section...
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40-8-1
Section 40-8-1 Classification of property; assessment rate. (a) On and after October 1, 1978, with respect to ad valorem taxes levied by the state, and, unless otherwise provided, with respect to ad valorem taxes levied by a county, municipality, or other taxing authority other than the state, all taxable property shall be divided into the following classes and no other and shall be assessed for ad valorem tax purposes at the following ratios of assessed value to the fair and reasonable market value of such property, or, as may be provided by law, to the current use value of such property: CLASS I. All property of utilities used in the business of such utilities, 30 percent. CLASS II. All property not otherwise classified, 20 percent. CLASS III. All agricultural, forest, and residential property, and historic buildings and sites, 10 percent. CLASS IV. All private passenger automobiles and motor trucks of the type commonly known as "pickups" or "pickup trucks" owned and operated by an...
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40-2-11
Section 40-2-11 Powers and duties generally. It shall be the duty of the Department of Revenue, and it shall have the power and authority, in addition to the authority now in it vested by law: (1) To have and exercise general and complete supervision and control of the valuation, equalization, and assessment of property, privilege, or franchise and of the collection of all property, privilege, license, excise, intangible, franchise, or other taxes for the state and counties, and of the enforcement of the tax laws of the state, and of the several county tax assessors and county tax collectors, probate judges, and each and every state and county official, board, or commission charged with any duty in the enforcement of tax laws, to the end that all taxable property in the state shall be assessed and taxes shall be imposed and collected thereon in compliance with the law and that all assessments on property, privileges, intangibles, and franchises in the state shall be made in exact...
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45-37-242.03
Section 45-37-242.03 Assessment and collection of fire district fees, charges, etc. (a) The Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Jefferson County and the Assistant Tax Assessor and Assistant Tax Collector for the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County, or other public official performing the functions of assessing and collecting taxes in Jefferson County, upon request of any fire district located in Jefferson County, shall implement appropriate procedures necessary to assess and collect the fees, charges, or assessments levied by the governing body of the fire district, provided, the fees, charges, or assessments are related to the value of property. (b) The fire district fees, charges, or assessments shall be a lien upon the property on which levied and shall be assessed, collected, and enforced in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are assessed, collected, and enforced. A two percent commission on all amounts levied and collected shall be paid to both the assessing official and the...
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