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40-7-1
Section 40-7-1 Authority of tax assessor; duties of taxpayer. (a) The tax assessor or other
assessing official in each of the several counties shall have the right and authority to assess
all real estate, together with improvements thereon, and all personal property to the party
last assessing the same, or to the owner of record, except such real estate and personal property
which is now or may hereafter be assessed by the Department of Revenue. The failure of the
tax assessor or other assessing official to assess said property to the true owner shall not
invalidate the assessment. The tax assessor or other assessing official shall have the right
and authority to prescribe the proper bookkeeping method to carry out the provisions of this
article, subject to the approval of the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts. Should the owner
of any real estate make improvements on such property, or should any improvements be removed
or destroyed or partially removed or destroyed during any taxable...
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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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40-7-33
Section 40-7-33 Book of assessments - Required; form; use of assessment lists in lieu of book.
The tax assessor must make and enter in an assessment book, suitably ruled and substantially
bound, in forms as prescribed by the Department of Revenue, a condensed statement of all assessments
made during each tax year, showing in separate columns the name of the owner, a description
of the real estate and improvements thereon, the assessed value thereof and the value of the
personal property assessed for taxation; and the assessor shall compute and enter opposite
the name of each taxpayer the aggregate amount of state, county, and special taxes with which
such taxpayer is charged, except as may otherwise be provided herein. When the hearing of
objection to assessments has been completed as herein provided, the tax assessor shall complete
the said book by making the proper entries therein, and foot up at the bottom of each page
the aggregate of all such taxes. When appeals have been taken to...
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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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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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40-12-255
Section 40-12-255 Manufactured homes. (a) Every person, firm, or corporation who owns, maintains
or keeps in this state a manufactured home as defined according to subsection (n) of this
section, except a manufactured home that constitutes a part of the inventory of a manufacturer
or dealer, shall pay an annual registration fee of $24 for an owner occupied single wide (one
transportable module) manufactured home, $48 for an owner occupied double wide or larger (two
or more transportable modules) manufactured home, $48 for a commercial single wide (one transportable
module) manufactured home, or $96 for a commercial double wide or larger (two or more transportable
modules) manufactured home, provided, however, that any manufactured home 10 years of age
or greater but less than 20 years of age shall pay 75 percent of the above stated fees, and
any manufactured home 20 years of age or greater shall pay 50 percent of the above stated
fees; and upon payment thereof such owner shall be...
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40-4-2
Section 40-4-2 Amount and payment of commissions. The tax assessor shall be entitled to receive
from the tax collector, out of the first money collected by him, giving duplicate receipts
therefor, one of which receipts shall be forwarded to the Comptroller by the tax collector,
the following commissions: In counties where the collections, not including taxes on real
estate bid in by the state at tax sales and taxes which would be due on property except for
the provisions of the law exempting homesteads from state taxes, do not exceed $12,000, the
rate shall be 10 percent on the first $5,000, five percent on the next $4,000 and four percent
on the remainder. The commission herein provided for is to be calculated on collections for
real property and personal property, except motor vehicles, for the general fund of the state
and county. In counties where collections, not including taxes on property bid in by the state
at tax sales and taxes which would be due on property except for the...
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40-11-1
Section 40-11-1 Enumeration of subjects of taxation. (a) As used in this section the following
terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein: (1) CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES. The normal and ordinary
meaning of the words, except that mining activities or the transportation of materials used
in or produced by mining or forestry activities shall not be construed to be included; (2)
HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT. Any motor vehicle used primarily off the open road for construction
purposes, including all road construction equipment whose gross weight exceeds 16,000 pounds,
but not including inventory on hand for sale by duly licensed equipment dealers. (b) The subjects
of ad valorem taxation, except as exempted by law, shall be as follows: (1) Every piece, parcel,
tract, or lot of land in this state, including therein all things pertaining to such land,
and all structures and other things so annexed or attached thereto as to pass to a vendee
by conveyance of such land; and every separate or special...
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40-15-7
Section 40-15-7 Nonresident decedents. (a) Except as herein otherwise provided, all of the
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to so much of the estates of nonresident decedents
as is subject to estate tax under the act of Congress in effect at the time of the death of
decedent as consists of real estate or tangible personal property located within this state
or other items of property or interest therein lawfully subject to the imposition of an estate
tax by the State of Alabama. (b) In assessing the tax upon any real estate or tangible property
located within this state belonging to the estate of a nonresident decedent, which shall pass
by will, devise or by the laws of intestacy, the Department of Revenue shall determine the
tax due to be such proportion of the federal estate tax as would be leviable upon an estate
of similar taxable net value, less that proportion of any exemption to which the estate is
entitled, which the actual value of the real estate and tangible...
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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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