Background
Luzerne County is conducting a reassessment because a countywide rebalancing hasn’t been done since 1965, leaving the county with one of the most out-of-whack property tax bases in the state.
Commissioners voted in July 2003 to conduct the reassessment and hired 21st Century Appraisals Inc.
The values were originally supposed to be mailed in 2006, but the previous administration delayed the project twice.
Taxes based on the new values will take effect in 2009. All formal assessment appeals must be heard by Oct. 31 to be counted for your 2009 taxes. Formal Assessment Appeal Tips
Property owners with questions about the reassessment should call 21st Century. To reach the center, call 1-877-570-8801 for northern county residents and 1-877-570-8802 for southern county residents.
Primary Author
Jennifer Learn-Andes
jandes@timesleader.com
Property Reassessments
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March 5, 2010
Luzerne County assessments have been shifting because of appeals and court-level challenges, and The Times Leader offers the only free online database to check out the latest values.
March 3, 2010
Some Luzerne County property owners are getting assessment reductions through court-level mediation, only to learn that new appeals they filed for 2010 are jacking up their values again.
February 25, 2010
A Luzerne County senior judge has determined that Victor Kopko has the right to continue fighting his property assessment in court, even though he sold the Hanover Township property in question.
February 16, 2010
Luzerne County has passed the halfway mark processing court-level assessment challenges stemming from the countywide reassessment, records show.
January 29, 2010
In response to complaints from property owners against 21st Century Appraisals president Robert Barr, an expert in mass assessment techniques is reviewing Luzerne County’s reassessment process for the state.
October 24, 2009
Prominent local engineering company owner Michael J. Pasonick, who has been identified by an attorney as paying a bribe in the county corruption scandal, was granted a nearly $1 million assessment reduction on his Plains Township home, public records show.
September 29, 2009
Louis Rossi scoffed at the original $20,000 assessment on his 15-by-32-foot plot on Grant Street in Hazleton.
September 22, 2009
WILKES-BARRE – A Centre County judge is mulling over whether to allow 21st Century Appraisals – the company that performed Luzerne County’s reassessment – to intervene in the assessment appeal of a Hanover Township man.
September 6, 2009
Around this time last year, Harveys Lake property owners were talking of breaking away from Luzerne County because they were so outraged over new assessed values that threatened ballooning tax bills.
September 5, 2009
WILKES-BARRE -- Mayor Tom Leighton said Friday he will eventually recommend that council adopt Luzerne County’s property assessment figures, but he won’t make that call until he is certain that the city won’t lose any revenues with the switch.
August 21, 2009
Luzerne County property assessment mediation settlements are coming in fast and furious, with 680 settled since December.
August 11, 2009
Property owners once again have a free way to research the latest Luzerne County assessments online because The Times Leader has updated its database.
August 4, 2009
A controversial Luzerne County reassessment court case will be reassigned to an out-of-county judge.
July 18, 2009
Luzerne County property owners continue to get satisfaction negotiating assessment reductions at mediation.
July 10, 2009
Property taxes are $3,400 on a house worth $150,000 in Pittston city.
July 10, 2009
The most significant pocketbook impact of Luzerne County’s reassessment – pleasant or not -- will be felt in coming weeks as school property tax bills arrive in the mail.
June 30, 2009
The company hired to reassess Luzerne County property values had argued in court that the county has a contractual obligation to pay the company to manage and defend the county against Hanover Township resident Vic Kopko’s property assessment court challenge.
June 24, 2009
The Luzerne County Assessor’s Office has failed to fully value and tax a Rice Township residential property that’s on the market for an asking price of $649,000.
June 18, 2009
Maria Guerriero is months behind other Luzerne County property owners resolving her reassessment property value because the county Assessment Appeals Board didn’t rule on her assessment until last month.
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