| Show I 98 Of Davis Taxes Are Paid Ninety-eight Ninety per cent of all property taxes In Davis County l have ave been paid for 1966 ac according according according ac- ac cording to Emil Whitesides county treasurer HE SAID it was normal in Davis County for tax collections Ho to be prompt in such a high perS per per- S Davis ranks the highest of any county in the state where homes produce over 50 of the tax revenue he said It is also one of the very lowest in the I I state for tax sales of property due ue to delinquent taxes ii Tax sales occur when a prop prop- erty tax has been delinquent for four consecutive years THE COUNTY treasurers treasurer's office sends out tax notices be beginning beginning beginning be- be ginning the first week of October October Oc- Oc tober tr each year Taxes become delinquent at noon on Nov 30 At this time by law the treasurers treasurer's treasurers treasurer's treas treas- office closes to prepare a delinquent tax list During this period according to law no one one is permitted to toy pay y due taxes until publication r of the list The list is published I in n a local newspaper with general general general gen gen- eral circulation also as required re- re I by law I I THIS TIllS YEAR according to a anew anew new lew law the public notice will willbe willbe be 36 published on or before Dec r 31 Instead of on or before Dec ti 20 Seven and three three quarters art e r s pages or lines of tax de delinquent delinquent delinquent de- de notices were published In the Davis County Clipper Weekly Reflex and Davis News r Journal for 1966 The county is permitted by law to assess the property owner one dollar doUar to defray the cost of publication In some cases this meets the expense in other cases it does not said Mr Whitesides pointing pointing pointing point point- ing out several notices which were eight to 12 lines Unes In length FIVE DAYS grace has been I I extended by law before delinI delin- delin I quent will go on the tax sale book for 1967 Formerly the I entry could be made by Jan 10 Beginning January 1968 entries will not be made in the tax sale I book until Jan 15 Two weeks notice is given in ini I i writing to the property holder on Mar 1 each year This notifies noti- noti fies him that by Mar 31 his I property will be on the books I Once entered it is considered I a preliminary sale to the coun- coun ty THE NEXT tax sale is scheduled scheduled sched sched- I wed for May 22 Since the coun ty cannot sell th the land for any anymore anymore anymore more or any less than the amount of taxes due it sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times occurs that two or more people wanting the property bargain for it in pieces Land speculators often do this to place their name on a piece of property for nuisance value Later the owner will have to buy them out before they can do anything with their property Those who own the property sometimes have to resort to it when they want to keep the property property property prop prop- erty and someone else bids on it LAST YEAR In the sale of a apiece apiece apiece piece of property two people bid on it right down to a few inches of ground One of the people had formerly owned the theland theland theland land but there was a on title and no one paid the taxes One of the interested parties was attempting to purchase it back for the cost of taxes Her opposing bidder kept reducing the amount of ground he would buy for the cost of taxes until in exasperation when It got down to inches the county clerk declared no sale Then the theland theland theland land became county property HAD THE for former mer owner been able to buy only a few inches of the ground the debt on the en entire entire entire en- en tire parcel of land would have been cleared and she would have been back where she started owner of the entire piece but without clear title If Davis County sells a piece of property for taxes the new owner receives an auditors auditor's deed This is considered clear title but doesn't preclude someone contesting It in court courton on a possible technicality of some sort PRELIMINARY work Is done in the assessors assessor's office where valuation on all Davis County property is established according according according accord accord- ing to size of lot and location See TAXES on Page 2 7 I ii t 98 Of Davis Taxes I Paid i Continued from Front Page Ground is assessed independently independently independently of buildings Then the two two- are totalled PRESENTLY A state law al allows allows allows al- al I lows for assessment at 30 per percent percent cent of value but homes are currently being assessed at about 20 per cent Mr Ir Whitesides used the example example example ex ex- ex- ex ample of a house purchased for to illustrate how ap appraisal appraisal ap- ap valuation and assessment assessment assessment assess assess- ment works ASSUMING the Is divided di divided divided di- di vided between land valuated at and the building valued at the house would be assessed at and the land landat at To use further examples if the property were located in in Bountiful it would be taxed at per thousand dollars If the property were in Layton it would be taxed at per thousand on the assessed valuation Each city has a different different different dif dif- ferent total mill levy ONCE THE assessed valuation valuation I tion has been established the taxing units within the county such as the sewer district Water water water wa wa- ter district school district mosquito abatement the Individual Individual individual Indi indi- vidual cities all cities all place a levy upon the property The total of the levies collected in the form of taxes by the treasurers treasurer's office office office of- of fice provides the revenue from which each taxing district op operates operates operates op- op annually After the levies have been entered against the property the county clerk figures the i tax bill individually on eaCh property He then charges the totals to the treasurers treasurer's office LAST YEAR the treasurer was charged with representing valuation within Davis County of over 80 mil mu- lion Hon In 1962 the valuation within Davis County was just lust under 61 million or nearly 20 million million million mil mil- lion less than in 1966 CITIES RECEIVED as their share of the nearly 7 million dollars Bountiful Centerville Clinton Clinton Clinton Clin Clin- ton Clearfield e 1 d East Layton 1 I Farmin F r 32 2 Fr Fruit t Ka Y r Heights 8 28 i Layton North sif South Weber Salt L La ate e Sunset p ful 2 W unU Dross Cress I NEW VALUATION no 1 I which November tuber taxes tares ta based will be are e mailed o out oln toe ery owner of In May Mayor of this recorded year Prop e The notice is broken awni meta t type of property as assessed commercial a a ture etc real eal estate l 1 and buildings It Is 8 dens sc according to n number umber of or ac acres r and number of structures n OTHER PROPERTY such I motor vehicles mere merchant merchandise II and fixtures commercial sS industrial machinery tural machinery range calf le horses and mules mule s poultry E Etc t which the property owner er t added to his Ms tax bill is isby j by number and amount of of a. a sensed valuation At the bottom or of the val u notice Is the tot total al Bath In ue dollars IF ANY Property owner er t the e notice In ds agrees with it and re requires ai or c corrections C errors of the valuation tte are provided the opportunity tylo do so by appearing before the V County Board of This board will meet on May June 9 and June 19 19 j i Property owners who discuss their valuation n ija tt may do so on any of these bri J at the county courthouse b W tween 10 am a.m. and 4 pm p.m. 1 ONLY THOSE who haver haert corded their property properly the notices Mr ec It does not nu aoa mate whether the property sas Ruh as soli soi for cash mortgage If the owner does not recall d' d j his property and keep the office apprised of H is current mailing address hem not receive a notice Reo j a property is essential for foro ci ot er reasons he said primm ariI because It is a public 1 deela I tion of the individuals individual's intern inters j i in a given property 1 j 9 1 EVERY YEAR turned for lack of a proper ing address the Also every year ear there ct Le many people who claim 1 never received a val valuator tice Lice but it has cause the property 15 U t recorded Mr l Whitesides cautions I real estate agents n normally jl not include the service ser of d if- if cording the property be taken care of by the pr property owner tt 8 I |
