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Default Deck again - county screwed me.

On 12/18/2017 6:29 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 12/18/17 6:21 PM, Frank wrote:
They did increase the assessed value of my property by $600 and tax
about $15.Â* Assessed value here is about a third of the market value.
I called them about it and they said I would have to go through a
protest procedure which might take up to a year.Â* I'll pay the extra
tax but am ****ed.Â* That nice New Castle County assessor that came out
and looked at the replacement deck lied when he said the tax would not
go up.


How did the county know you replaced your deck?

Hidden observation posts outside Home Depot; microphones concealed in
street lamps to pick up repeated hammer blows?


My town has a photo from Google Earth on file. When it was time for
regular reassessment they took photos of the outside.