40-7-32
Section 40-7-32 Fees of assessor for returns on escaped property. The assessor shall be entitled
to a fee for making returns of property which has escaped taxation of $5 for each assessment
provided if the escape is for more than one year, all back years shall be made on one assessment
blank, and the current year's escape on a separate assessment for which he shall be entitled
to an additional fee of $5, such fee to be added to and collected with taxes due. In case
of lands lying in one body, other than lands platted and subdivided into lots, the return
shall be made on said lands as a whole, unless the assessor has reason to believe that they
belong to different owners, in which case when lands lying in one body and supposed to belong
to the same owner, must be included in one return, and no fee shall be allowed the assessor
for any return made in disregard of this provision, but the assessment of any such property
thereafter made shall not for that reason be invalid. (Acts 1935, No....
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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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45-45-201.07
Section 45-45-201.07 Payment of tax required for issuance of license. To prevent motor vehicles,
as defined by Section 40-12-240, from escaping taxation and to provide for the more efficient
assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no license shall be issued to operate a motor
vehicle on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the director
of the department as provided under this part, until the ad valorem tax on such vehicle shall
have been paid in the county for the preceding year, as evidenced by a receipt of the director
of the department where the owner of the vehicle resides, if the vehicle is owned by an individual;
and if the vehicle is owned by a firm, corporation, or association, then as evidenced by the
receipt of the director of the department in the county in which the motor vehicle is used
or operated; provided, that this section shall not apply to motor vehicles owned by dealers,
the state, counties, and municipalities. Every person,...
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40-7-2
Section 40-7-2 Commencement and completion of assessment; supplemental assessment. The return
and listing of property for taxation by the tax assessor must commence on October 1 in every
year and shall be finished by him on January 1 following, but the assessor may be allowed
through the third Monday in January in each year to make a supplemental return or list of
property which he may have failed to have returned or listed prior to January 1, and such
supplemental return must be entered as any other return and shall be embraced in the abstracts
made for the Department of Finance, tax collector, and Department of Revenue. (Acts 1935,
No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §37.)...
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40-4-5
Section 40-4-5 Schedule of fees. For making the demand on the taxpayer for his list of property
to be returned and for each return of property to "owner unknown," to be charged
to the taxpayer or property assessed and collected with the taxes, the assessor shall be entitled
to $5, to be entered upon the return and assessment. But the assessor shall be entitled to
only one demand fee against each taxpayer. For serving each subpoena for state witnesses or
notice issued by order of the Department of Revenue or board of equalization, the assessor
shall be entitled to receive $5, to be taxed against the taxpayer and collected with the taxes,
if the case made against such taxpayer is sustained; otherwise, he shall receive no fees for
the serving of such subpoena. (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §33; Acts 1980,
No. 80-630, p. 1087, §1; Acts 1990, No. 90-535, p. 837, §1.)...
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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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11-99A-21
Section 11-99A-21 Failure to pay assessments. If the owner of any land within the district
fails to pay an assessment when due, time being of the essence, the board may commence proceedings
to foreclose on the land as follows: (1) The board shall send a letter, certified mail, return
receipt requested, United States first class mail to the last known address of the owner.
The address of the owner as shown in the tax assessment records of the tax assessor or revenue
commissioner for the county in which the property is located shall be sufficient. (2) The
letter shall specify that if payment is not made within 10 days of the date of the letter,
foreclosure proceedings may be commenced. (3) Any late payment received within the 10-day
period will accrue a late fee of the greater of five percent of the payment or fifty dollars
($50). (4) If payment is not made within the 10-day period, the entire assessment shall become
immediately due and payable, and the board may do either of the...
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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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40-7-14
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,
§45.)...
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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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