Section 26-26-1123 - Sale of real property

(a) When a person sells his or her real property, the county assessor shall assess the real property at twenty percent (20%) of the appraised value at the next assessment date after the date of the transfer of title to the real property.(b) The owner of real property to whom title is transferred by a sale is not entitled to claim any limitation on the assessed value of the real property until the second assessment date after the date of the transfer of title to the real property.(c) This section does not apply to any transfer of title to real property claimed as a homestead in which the owner or beneficiary of the homestead retains a life-estate interest in the homestead following the transfer of title to the real property.Acts 2005, No. 2284, § 1; 2007, No. 827, § 203.