Show County Valuation Surges S Ahead Near 36 Million For the second year in a row Uintah County assessed valuation has pas increased over one half million dollars over the previous year after suffering a decrease decrease de de- de crea crease se in 1970 THE OFFICIAL 1972 valuation state appraisal for Uintah County was submitted submitted sub sub- to the County C Commissioners this week The state assessment includes includes includes in in- utilities industrial operations and mining amounts to Valuation Valuation Valuation tion made by bY bythe the lo local al assessors assessors assessor's asses asse sors sor's office including real property Inthe in m inthe the county amounts amounts' to making making mak mak- ing the total assessed valuation of Uintah Uin tah County This is over the 1971 valuation 1971 was over the 1970 valuation This years year's increase was nearly evenly evenly even even- ly distributed between the state and the local appraisal properties The state stale appraisal properties increased 8 and the local assessed properties properties' increased in creased FOR THE past two years the state assessed properties have been decreasing decreasing ing and the local real property assessment assessment assessment assess assess- ment have been increasing With the new newstate newstate newstate state reappraisal program of all real property properly in Uintah County to go into effect next year it is expected a big jump will be made in local level nua tion This reappraisal program has raised assessments in Duchesne County 56 percent and Daggett County 41 U per cent Taxpayers are storming courthouses around the state where the new reappraisal has become effective because of the 44 to percent increases in the first ten counties to come under the new program to assess all local property property pro pro- perty IJ at a uniform and equal rate of 20 percent of market value |