Title 10, TAXATION

If a township is abolished pursuant to § 8-1-23 and there was previously no unorganized territory in the county, the county levy for maintaining secondary roads in such area as required by § 31-12-26 and providing fire protection pursuant to chapter 8-2 are exempt from the limita…

Any county which prior to January 1, 1996, contained no unorganized territory and as of July 1, 2004, contains unorganized territory as a result of the dissolution of one or more townships pursuant to § 8-1-23 , is, for such unorganized territory and taxes payable in 2005 and 200…

Any taxing district that did not levy a property tax for general fund purposes in any year since 1996 is exempt from the provisions of § 10-13-35 if the taxing district establishes the amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property for general fund purposes pursuant to § 1…

The governing body of a taxing district may, by resolution, impose the levy provided in § 10-13-35.12 with an affirmative two-thirds vote of the governing body on or before July fifteenth. The decision of the governing body to impose the levy shall be published within ten days of…

In the event that the consolidation of services, pursuant to § 10-13-35.1 , is discontinued, the taxing authority for the full amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property and indexed as prescribed by § 10-13-35 shall be returned to the original taxing district. Source: …

Any county or municipality may decrease the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property below the maximum limit allowed by § 10-13-35 in any year. The decrease may not affect the amount of revenue payable that may be raised in accordance with §§ 10-13-35.4 and 10-…

For taxes payable in the year 2003 and each year thereafter, the county auditor shall calculate what the maximum amount of revenue payable the county or municipality may request based on growth and the index factor pursuant to § 10-13-35 . The calculation shall also show any accu…

The county or municipality may increase the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property in any year up to the maximum amount calculated in accordance with § 10-13-35.4 utilizing any unused index factor from the prior three years. However, such an amount may not ex…

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 10-13-35 , if any county has decreased the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property since 1998 to comply with the provisions § 7-21-18.1 after receiving federal funds for disaster relief, such county may increase the total am…

Any rural fire protection district may decrease the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property below the maximum limit allowed by § 10-13-35 in any year. The decrease may not affect the amount of revenue payable that may be raised in accordance with §§ 10-13-35.8…

For taxes payable in the year 2005 and each year thereafter, the county auditor shall calculate what the maximum amount of revenue payable the rural fire district may request based on growth and the index factor pursuant to § 10-13-35 . The calculation shall also show any accumul…

The rural fire district may increase the total amount of revenue payable from taxes on real property in any year up to the maximum amount calculated in accordance with § 10-13-35.8 utilizing any unused index factor or reduced amount of revenue payable from property taxes for the …

The governing body of a taxing district may exceed the limit pursuant to § 10-13-35 through the imposition of an excess tax levy. The governing body of a taxing district may impose an excess tax levy with an affirmative two-thirds vote of the governing body on or before July fift…

Property taxes shall be levied on valuations where the median level of assessment represents eighty-five percent of the market value as determined by the Department of Revenue. Source: SL 1995, ch 57 , § 15; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1 ), §…

For purposes of §§ 10-3-41 , 10-12-31.1 , and 10-13-37 , the secretary of revenue shall calculate a factor for each county for nonagricultural valuations. The factor shall be calculated by using the sales of arms-length transactions and the assessments from the preceding assessme…

Any person, firm, corporation, public or private, taxing district, or state department interested, may appeal from the decision of the secretary of revenue in calculating a factor for agricultural and nonagricultural valuations pursuant to § 10-13-37.1 . The appeal may be made to…

Any appeal made pursuant to § 10-13-37.2 does not prevent the application of the factor calculated by the secretary of revenue pursuant to § 10-13-37.1 pending exhaustion of all appeal rights of the parties to the appeal. If the factor calculated by the secretary of revenue is re…

The circuit court may award disbursements, including reasonable attorneys' fees, in an action brought pursuant to § 10-13-37.2 by any appellant if the appellant does not prevail in its appeal of any factor calculated in § 10-13-37.1 . Source: SL 2000, ch 52 , § 3.

On motion, the Supreme Court may award reasonable attorneys' fees in an action brought to the Supreme Court pursuant to §§ 10-13-37.2 to 10-13-37.5 , inclusive, against any appellant relative to a factor calculated in § 10-13-37.1 , if the appellant does not prevail in its appeal…

The index factor is the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers as computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor for the year prior to the year immediately preceding the year in which the tax…

Each owner-occupied single-family dwelling in this state is specifically classified for the purpose of taxation. For the purposes of this section, an owner-occupied single-family dwelling is a house, condominium apartment, residential housing consisting of four or less family uni…

Any person may request the director of equalization before August first to specifically classify certain property for the purpose of taxation if a portion of any property, building, or structure is occupied by the owner. If the director of equalization determines that such portio…

No amendment to § 10-13-40 made pursuant to SL 2005, ch 62, § 1, compels the director of equalization to review any owner-occupied single-family classifications determined before July 1, 2005. However, the director of equalization may review such classifications if information is…

For the purposes of §§ 10-13-39 and 10-13-40 , an owner shall be the owner of the owner-occupied dwelling as recorded by the director of equalization in the county where the dwelling is located. A joint tenant, an owner of a life estate, a partner, a person owning an interest in …

To be eligible for a property classification pursuant to § 10-13-39 , the owner of each owner-occupied dwelling, as defined in § 10-13-39 , shall submit a certificate to the county director of equalization stating such person is the owner and occupant of the dwelling as of the as…

Any person who receives an owner - occupied single - family dwelling classification by misrepresenting the facts as to the person's ownership or occupancy of the dwelling shall be assessed a penalty equal to ten dollars per thousand dollars of valuation on the subject dwelling, w…

Any person who is on temporary duty assignment for the military which causes the person to fail to comply with the application deadline for a property classification as an owner-occupied single-family dwelling pursuant to §§ 10-13-39 to 10-13-40.3 , inclusive, but otherwise quali…

By November first of each year, each county auditor shall provide to the Department of Revenue the following information: (1) Such county's property levy sheet; (2) Such county's recapitulation of tax lists which includes total amount of taxes and valuations by agricultural, owne…

Any contractor that has constructed or is constructing a single-family dwelling, as defined in § 10-13-39 , for the purpose of selling the dwelling to be occupied as a single-family dwelling may apply to have the property specifically classified for the purpose of taxation pursua…

The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, establish a program to provide a property tax rebate to an owner of an owner-occupied single-family dwelling situated within the municipality. Only taxes levied by the municipality may be rebated under the program. If a muni…

There is created in the state treasury the homeowner property tax reduction fund. The Department of Revenue shall administer the fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide property tax relief for owner-occupied single-family dwellings. Moneys in the fund must be used to reduce t…

The treasurer shall deposit in the homeowner property tax reduction fund established in § 10-13-47 , the applicable percent of taxes collected on or after August 1, 2027, pursuant to: (1) Chapter 10-45 ; (2) Chapter 10-46 ; (3) Chapter 10-46E ; and (4) Chapter 10-58 . For purpose…