LAKE COUNTY >> Inaccuracies were discovered in the recently corrected tax bills that were sent on Jan. 20 to property owners who lost structures on their land during the Rocky, Jerusalem and Valley fires.
“REVISED Corrected” bills are scheduled to be mailed on Feb. 3 to approximately 450 property owners. Each bill will contain a letter with an explanation of the error that occurred.
“An incorrect data set was used to generate the recent bill,” Lake County Assessor-Recorder Richard Ford said. “The ‘REVISED Corrected’ property tax bills will be higher than the ‘corrected’ property tax bill that was recently sent, but lower than the original property tax bill received in October.”
Ford said that there are also some fire-damaged properties that are still being analyzed for the proper tax corrections and those bills have not yet been sent. Any property owner whose structure was damaged or destroyed by the fires, and has not received an adjusted property tax bill by Feb. 19, should call the Lake County Assessor’s office at (707) 263-2302.
If you have questions regarding the post-fire valuation on your property, call the Lake County Assessor’s Office.
If you have questions regarding payment of your property tax bill, please call the Lake County Treasurer-Tax Collector at (707) 263-2234.
