WATCH OUT! Many property owners are receiving a solicitation to petition the Tax Assessor's Office in reducing their 2009 Property Tax. This is BOGUS. This solicitation asks for property owners to send $198 to fight the current valuation and gives a potential "savings" in the upper right hand corner of the advertisement. It looks official but it isn't.
In Arizona, notices of valuation are given at the beginning of each calendar year in January. Property owners have until March 31st to challenge the property valuation with the county assessors office. There are papers that are filed directly with the assessor and no money exchanges hands. If you do not file a challenge prior to March 31st, you cannot challenge until the next year.
So put your $198 back in your pocket, save it for later. This is a scam. Please tell your friends and neighbors so they aren't a victim of this Bogus solicitation. You can check out the official release from the Attorney General http://www.azag.gov/press_releases/aug/2009/Property%20Tax%20Scam%20Alert.pdf
Thursday, August 6, 2009
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