Assessor's Office
Assessor: Danny Hagen
Introduction
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report is a breakdown of 2006 assessed values, together with levies and taxes
for 2007. 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 2800 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 2,300 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.