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Property Reassessment
Sunday, August 29, 2010
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
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Property Reassessments
Important Links
- Update Values: June 16, 2010 Luzerne County Property Assessments
The latest assessment values for all Luzerne County properties. Values are released about once per year.
- Carbon County Property Assessments
- Lackawanna County Property Assessments
- Luzerne County Deed Transfer Database
- Ask Your Reassessment Questions
John Van Allen - Times Leader Expert answers questions about Property Assessment.
- Formal Assessment Appeal Tips
Official tips from Luzerne County for formally appealing you new assessment.
- 30 days to appeal formal ruling
Review the Times Leader's November 11, 2008 article that outlines the formal appeal process.
Latest Headlines
Legal action nears to toss out reassessment
Property owner Vic Kopko said he will be filing legal action in a week or two attempting to throw out Luzerne County’s reassessment.TL offers new assessment values
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.Assessment appeals can backfire
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.Property case dismissal rejected
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.Property mediation half over
Luzerne County has passed the halfway mark processing court-level assessment challenges stemming from the countywide reassessment, records show.Reassessment under Pa. review
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.Owner gets $1M off original assessment
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.Reassess cuts over $50M
Louis Rossi scoffed at the original $20,000 assessment on his 15-by-32-foot plot on Grant Street in Hazleton.Outside judge eyes assess case
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.Fight about lake homes valuations not finished
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.W-B may use county assessment figures
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.Mediation cuts tax base by $47.8M
Luzerne County property assessment mediation settlements are coming in fast and furious, with 680 settled since December.TL online site offering assessment data
Property owners once again have a free way to research the latest Luzerne County assessments online because The Times Leader has updated its database.Assess case reassigned
A controversial Luzerne County reassessment court case will be reassigned to an out-of-county judge.Assessments drop $7.3M in latest property owner wins
Luzerne County property owners continue to get satisfaction negotiating assessment reductions at mediation.Comparing property taxes in towns
Property taxes are $3,400 on a house worth $150,000 in Pittston city.School property tax bills coming
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.Reassess case brings legal clash
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.Official’s house left off tax rolls
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.Reassess delay vexes owner
Nuke plant remains at top of highest assessed property list
New law firm in reassessment case
Commissioners seek new law firm for reassessment
Assess mediation process defended
Appeal settled after $373,200 reduction
Mericle’s home gets higher assessment rate
Reassessing reassessment
Consultant: Assessors’ work fine
Man’s reassessment case on hold
21st Century wants in on property case
Top property values drop $11.1M
Mediation reductions add up to $17.5 million
Assessed values vs. sales prices
Access to firm online database concludes
Scoring a success the second time
Reassessment appeals go on
Man to challenge total reassessment
Board accused of halting revisions
Mediation for assess appeals to continue
Handling of assessment challenges under review
County to speed up mediations of property assessments
Petition to protest reassessment
Assessed values cut by $3.9M
About 2,000 challenged assessments
New group plans to file reassess suit
Urban: Assessments appealable every year
21st Century closing its W-B office
Building adjusted by $8.4M
Mediation reduces values by $2.05 million for 40
Decision in appeal is shock to owner
Reassessment suit is on way, activist claims
Taxes due before reassessment end
Owners file state complaints
Anti-tax group plots strategy
Firm: Taxes to be below early estimate
Harveys Lake man set to advance to arbitration
Assessment mediation working for some owners
Some still upset over reassessment
Public assessment release angers man
Budget-makers deal in risky business
Assessment mediations total $87,400
4,853 appeal rulings to go out Wednesday
Reassessment firm criticized
Assessment court appeals at 9.5 percent
Mediation meetings on values begin
Assessment rulings to be mailed
Parcels’ tax rates detailed
Dec. 20 earliest rest of rulings will be mailed
Figures show tax value shift
Challenges to formal county appeal board rulings at 74
$1.3 billion shaved from values
New twist in assessment mediation
Owners: Appraisals overlooked
Assessment ruling delay criticized
30 days to appeal formal ruling
Assessment lawsuit now uncertain
Mediation step now added to appeal
Some unhappy with assessment rulings
Assessment mediation next challenge
Formal appeal decisions mailed
Assessment appeal rulings out Wednesday
Combining adjoining parcels on the rise
Big ’10 tax hit possible if no fix for budget
Formal appeal decisions on way
2009 taxes may be lower than on estimates
Reassess won’t see any delay
Crunch time for property appeals
Lake sites see huge reduction
Reassessment exec’s vehicle vandalized
Reassessment price exceeds $9M when all expenses tallied
County may hear appeals beyond October 31
Reassessment delay draws scorn
Rural property owners can get tax break
Assessment court appeals onerous
Reassessment topic of WVIA program
Reassessment opponents appeal for allies
Property owners may sue
Reassess batch to be mailed
Skrep to again try to delay reassess
Shiner: Reassessment to hit target
Harveys Lake appeal held
Realtor: Most Harveys Lake homes sell for under $200,000
Pa. court weighs tax assessments
Homeowners plan legal fight
Phased-in reassessed tax hikes fail legal test
Firm has small sheds on tax rolls
100 file formal assessment appeals on old values, officials say
Condition of newer homes questioned
Residents get support over ‘great rooms’
Assessment revisions, corrections not in mail yet
‘Great rooms’ values causing disagreement
Assessment to drop by $37 million
Barr: Data collectors had extensive training
More reassessment complaints
Board to hear appeals on Saturdays
Resident denies reassess threats
Reassessment firm to mail revised notices
New values of properties in West Pittston debated
Lawyer: Is there enough time left for reassessment hearings?
More want to be Clean and Green, but many more out there eligible
Gun threat brings police
Testy reassess debate goes on
Collapse raises reassess concerns
Owner supports reassessment
Reassess delay denied
UPDATE: Motion to delay reassessment dies on floor
Homeowners face property dilemma
More are no-shows at formal appeals
What protesters had to say
Protesters cry out for delay, heckle Petrilla
Testy words over delay
Reassessment suit? Lawyer sees potential
Reassess protest scheduled
Reassessment anger could swamp boat - Richard L. Connor opinion
Hazleton: ‘Delay or reject’ reassessment
Skrep calls for reassessment delay
Skrepenak calls for indefinte reassessment delay
County exploring 30-day extension
Commissioners exploring 30-day reassessment delay
Appraisers ask for more time
Harveys Lake residents mull secession to Wyoming County
Auxiliary board appeals questioned
Map office aid limited, boss says
Sunshine Law being violated?
Reassessment won’t affect state’s Act 1 tax cut
The Property Tax Puzzle
Pittston Township zeroes in on reassessment
Harveys Lake values test appraiser
Appeals deadline means pressure on
Elderly property owners in bind
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