40-7-7
send by another person. When a taxpayer resides out of the county, or by reason of any infirmity
or disability is unable to attend any of the appointments of the assessor, or is a woman,
such taxpayer may send in his or her list, duly sworn to by any other person or by mail, postage
prepaid, or such list may be rendered by an agent having knowledge of his or her taxable property.
The land and the improvements thereon must be separately listed. Any person who knowingly
subscribes to a list of property which is false is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon
conviction be subject to a fine of not more than $500 and may also be imprisoned in the county
jail or sentenced to hard labor for not more than six months. Any person who owns personal
property may make a return of such property to the tax assessor by mail or by an authorized
agent having knowledge of such taxable property. (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T.
51, §42; Acts 1951, No. 551, p. 965; Acts 1953, No. 316, p. 373.)...
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40-7-23
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 than June 30, 1989; (2) He makes or agrees
to be subject to an escape assessment for the tax year ending September 30, 1988; and (3)
He pays the tax due on such escape assessment without any penalty not later than June 30,
1989. (c) Any taxpayer who fulfills the requirements of...
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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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40-2-18
and that the board will convene at the courthouse in the county on a day to be named and fixed
in the notice to correct any errors in the valuations. In the event the property of any taxpayer
is increased by the county board of equalization when revaluing and equalizing assessments
as provided in this section over the assessed value as originally fixed by the board, the
taxpayer shall be furnished by mail or in person, with a statement showing separately the
revised value of his or her personal property and his or her real property and also
that the taxpayer may file in writing with the secretary of the county board of equalization,
within 30 calendar days from the date of the notice, objections, if any are made, to the revaluation
made as herein provided, and that the county board of equalization will sit on a day to be
named and fixed in the notice, when the complaining taxpayer, his or her agent or attorney
may appear and produce evidence in support of any objection as filed....
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40-2-11
be borne by every kind of property in this state and to ascertain the proper amount of license,
privilege, excise, corporation, franchise, income, or ad valorem taxes. b. To require reporting
of retail sales and customer notification, within constitutional limitations, when the seller
does not collect sales, use, or simplified sellers use tax on Alabama sales transactions,
and to provide for penalties pursuant to Section 40-2A-11. c. To require reporting of rental
transactions of tangible personal property as defined in Section 40-12-220, when the
property is classified as Class II or Class IV property under Section 40-8-1, by persons facilitating
the transactions and to require notifications to the lessor when the lessor has not furnished
evidence that it has acquired a license as required under Section 40-12-221, and to provide
for penalties pursuant to Section 40-2A-11. (8) To cause the deposition of witnesses residing
within or without the state to be taken upon such notice to...
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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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40-7-4
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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40-7-5
Section 40-7-5 Oath to be administered before return made. The tax assessor or his deputy or
any other officer administering the oath to the person making the return of property for taxation
must orally administer the following oath to every taxpayer before making his returns: "You
do solemnly swear that you will true answers make to all lawful questions which may be put
to you touching the return you are about to make and that you will make a full and complete
return of all property owned by you or in which you had any interest whatever or of which
you were trustee or agent on the first day of October of the present tax year, and this return
is made upon your personal knowledge, so help you God." (Acts 1935, No. 194, p.
256; Code 1940, T. 51, §40; Acts 1951, No. 551, p. 965.)...
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40-7-25
list; and the taxpayer shall be given notice by the assessing official, by mail or in person,
of the items of property added to his or her assessment list or items claimed as exempt which
are disallowed by the assessing official after the list has been filed and before the assessing
official has completed his or her assessment, and the assessing official shall, upon demand,
furnish the taxpayer with a certified copy of his or her assessment list so amended. In the
event the value of real or personal property of any taxpayer is increased by the county
board of equalization, herein created, over the assessed value thereof for the next preceding
year, the taxpayer shall be furnished by mail or in person, by the secretary of the county
board of equalization, with a statement showing separately the value of his or her personal
property and his or her real property, and improvements thereon. The statement shall be signed
by the chair of the county board of equalization and the taxpayer may...
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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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