10-6A-4. Annual application for assessment freeze--Filing deadline--Forms--Petition for recalculation of taxes upon failure to meet deadline.The application for the real property tax assessment freeze provided under this chapter shall be annually submitted on or before April first on forms prescribed by the secretary of revenue. The form shall be made available to the county treasurer who shall, upon request of an applicant, assist the applicant in completing the form. The property owner shall sign the certificate under penalty of perjury. A person failing to comply with the April first deadline for the previous year, but otherwise qualifying for the real property tax assessment freeze provided under this chapter, may petition the board of county commissioners to recalculate the taxes based on the valuation the person would have received under this program and abate the difference in taxes. Source: SL 1980, ch 74, §4; SL 1981, ch 81, §3; SL 1994, ch 74, §4; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §82; SL 2006, ch 39, §1; SL 2008, ch 45, §3; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
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