Assessor's Office
Assessor: Danny Hagen
Introduction
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This report is a breakdown of 2003 assessed values, together with levies
and taxes for 2004. The summary contains a full and complete list of assessed
valuations in the county, by taxing district, together with the amount of
taxes raised for each district.
����������� Skagit County has approximately
71,000 separate parcels of real property, mobile homes and buildings on leased
land. With having gone to an annual revaluation program in 1986, each parcel
must be physically inspected and appraised not less than once every four years
and is subject to annual statistical revaluation the years in which there
is no physical appraisal. This is done in accordance with a Department of
Revenue-approved annual revaluation plan. The result of this program is your
property will either increase in value, decrease in value, or retain its current
value, depending upon current market and economic conditions in effect at
the time of the revaluation. If the value has changed, either up or down,
you will receive a "notice of change of value". If you disagree
with the new valuation, we encourage you to contact the assessor's office
first, in the event that an error has been made, or that a possible adjustment
may be in order. If you desire further relief, then you may appeal to the
Skagit County Board of Equalization, which meets in July of each year.
����������� Skagit County also has approximately
3300 parcels of personal property, which are listed and assessed annually.
Basically, personal property is defined as all machinery and equipment used
in agriculture, logging, offices, stores, etc., and all other items, less
business inventories, that are used in conjunction with operating a commercial
venture of any kind. Each year we send the owners of personal property a personal
property detail sheet, which you are obliged to complete and return in its
entirety. Upon receipt of this detail sheet we value the items listed in accordance
with a state-wide schedule.
����������� There are also an additional
2,100 utility parcels which are centrally valued by the Washington State Department
of Revenue and administered locally. These parcels include such items such
as railroads, telephone companies, privately owned electrical companies and
natural gas lines.