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26-26-1902. Reappraisal.
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26-26-1902. Reappraisal.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each county in the State of Arkansas shall be required to appraise all market value real estate normally assessed by the county assessor at its full and fair market value at a minimum of one (1) time every three (3) years.
(b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, any county that has completed a reappraisal under subsection (a) of this section or completed a reappraisal between the years 2002 through 2004 shall not be required to commence or complete an additional reappraisal under the three-year cycle but shall be required to appraise all real property normally assessed by the county assessor at its full and fair market value at a minimum of one (1) time every five (5) years from the previous assessment.
(2)(A) If, as a result of a three-year reappraisal cycle, the new market value real estate assessment is greater than fifteen percent (15%) from the market value real estate assessment in the county in the year preceding the beginning of the reappraisal cycle, the county shall be required to complete its next reappraisal at a minimum of one (1) time every three (3) years from the previous assessment until the new market value real estate assessment is less than fifteen percent (15%) from the market value real estate assessment in the year preceding the beginning of the reappraisal cycle, at which point the county shall be placed into a five-year reappraisal cycle.
(B) If a county in a five-year reappraisal cycle has a new market value real estate assessment that is twenty-five percent (25%) greater than the market value real estate assessment in the county in the year preceding the beginning of the reappraisal cycle, the county shall be required to complete
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-26-1902
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26-26-1902. Reappraisal.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each county in the State of Arkansas shall be required to appraise all market value real estate normally assessed by the county assessor at its full and fair market value at a minimum of one (1) time every three (3) years.
(b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, any county that has completed a reappraisal under subsection (a) of this section or completed a reappraisal between the years 2002 through 2004 shall not be required to commence or complete an additional reappraisal under the three-year cycle but shall be required to appraise all real property normally assessed by the county assessor at its full and fair market value at a minimum of one (1) time every five (5) years from the previous assessment.
(2)(A) If, as a result of a three-year reappraisal cycle, the new market value real estate assessment is greater than fifteen percent (15%) from the market value real estate assessment in the county in the year preceding the beginning of the reappraisal cycle, the county shall be required to complete its next reappraisal at a minimum of one (1) time every three (3) years from the previous assessment until the new market value real estate assessment is less than fifteen percent (15%) from the market value real estate assessment in the year preceding the beginning of the reappraisal cycle, at which point the county shall be placed into a five-year reappraisal cycle.
(B) If a county in a five-year reappraisal cycle has a new market value real estate assessment that is twenty-five percent (25%) greater than the market value real estate assessment in the county in the year preceding the beginning of the reappraisal cycle, the county shall be required to complete its next reappraisal at a minimum of one (1) time every three (3) years from the previous assessment until the new market value real estate assessment is less than fifteen percent (15%) from the market value real estate assessment in the year preceding the beginning of the reappraisal cycle, at which point the county shall be placed into a five-year reappraisal cycle.
(C) The market value real estate assessments shall be calculated by comparing the total values, unadjusted for the assessment increase limitations required under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 79.
(3)(A) At the time that a county submits its market value real estate assessments to the Assessment Coordination Division, the county may appeal its new or continued placement into a three-year reappraisal cycle if the increased market value real estate assessment is a result of a single property improvement.
(B)(i) The division shall place a county in a five-year reappraisal cycle if the division concludes that the increase in the new real estate market value assessment is a result of a single property improvement in the county.
(ii) This decision by the division shall be made within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the appeal.
(4) Each county shall provide the division with the previous and new market value real estate assessments on or before October 1 of the year in which it is required to have completed reappraisal.
(5) This section does not affect the requirement that producing mineral interests be reappraised annually under § 26-26-1308.
(c)(1) The county assessor or other official or officials designated by law shall compare the assessed value of each parcel under a reappraisal or reassessment that is completed in 1999 or later to the assessed value of the parcel for the previous year.
(2) In the first countywide reappraisal performed after January 1, 2001, by counties subject to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 79, § 2:
(A) If the assessed value of the parcel increased, then the assessed value of the parcel for the year in which the parcel is reappraised or reassessed shall be adjusted by adding one-third (1/3) of the increase to the assessed value for the year prior to the reappraisal or reassessment; and
(B) An additional one-third (1/3) of the increase shall be added in each of the next two (2) years.
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26-26-1308. Limitations on reappraisals.
(a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, property shall not be reappraised for ad valorem tax purposes more than one (1) time every five (5) years unless the reappraisal is the result of a countywide reappraisal.
(2) Producing mineral interests shall be reappraised annually for ad valorem tax purposes.
(b) In the event that there is a countywide reappraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes in any county, taxes shall not be assessed on the basis of the reappraised value of any property in the county until all taxable property in the county has been reappraised.
(c) When a countywide reappraisal of property is completed in any county and taxes are first assessed on the newly reappraised values, the provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 59, and § 26-26-401 et seq. relative to the adjustment or rollback of millage levied for ad valorem tax purposes shall be applicable.
(d) Newly discovered real property, new construction and improvements to real property, and personal property shall be listed, appraised, and assessed as otherwise provided by law until the countywide reappraisal of property is completed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-26-1308
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 26-26-1308. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.