Sec. 22. (a) If any assessing official assesses or reassesses any real property under this article (including an annual adjustment under section 4.5 of this chapter), the official shall give notice to the taxpayer and the county assessor, by mail or by using electronic mail that includes a secure Internet link to the information in the notice, of the amount of the assessment or reassessment.
(b) Each township or county assessor shall provide the notice required by this section by the earlier of:
(1) ninety (90) days after the assessor:
(A) completes the appraisal of a parcel; or
(B) receives a report for a parcel from a professional appraiser or professional appraisal firm; or
(2) April 10 of the year containing the assessment date for which the assessment or reassessment first applies, if the assessment date occurs in a year that ends before January 1, 2016, and February 10 of the year containing the assessment date for which the assessment or reassessment first applies, if the assessment date occurs in a year that begins after December 31, 2015.
(c) The notice required by this section is in addition to any required notice of assessment or reassessment included in a property tax statement under IC 6-1.1-22 or IC 6-1.1-22.5.
(d) The notice required by this section must include notice to the person of the opportunity to appeal the assessed valuation under IC 6-1.1-15-1.1.
(e) Notice of the opportunity to appeal the assessed valuation required under subsection (d) must include the following:
(1) The procedure that a taxpayer must follow to appeal the assessment or reassessment.
(2) The forms that must be filed for an appeal of the assessment or reassessment.
(3) Notice that an appeal of the assessment or reassessment requires evidence relevant to the true tax value of the taxpayer's property as of the assessment date.
(f) The notice required by this section must include notice to the taxpayer of the taxpayer's right to submit a written complaint to the department under IC 6-1.1-35.7-4(b) if a taxpayer has reason to believe that the township assessor, the county assessor, an employee of the township assessor or county assessor, or an appraiser has violated IC 6-1.1-35.7-3 or IC 6-1.1-35.7-4(a). The notice required under this subsection must include the procedure that a taxpayer must follow to submit the written complaint to the department.
[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citations: 6-1-26-1(f)(1) part, (2) part; 6-1-26-12 part.]
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.64, SEC.2; P.L.6-1997, SEC.19; P.L.146-2008, SEC.76; P.L.136-2009, SEC.4; P.L.112-2012, SEC.16; P.L.111-2014, SEC.13; P.L.232-2017, SEC.4; P.L.178-2021, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 4. Procedures for Real Property Assessment
6-1.1-4-1. Place of Assessment; Person Liable
6-1.1-4-2. Assessment of Property Held by Fiduciary
6-1.1-4-3. Heirs or Devisees; Assessment
6-1.1-4-4.2. County Reassessment Plan; Approval by Department of Local Government Finance
6-1.1-4-4.7. Training of Assessors and County Auditors in Sales Disclosure Form Verification
6-1.1-4-4.8. Reassessment of Covered Projects
6-1.1-4-5.5. Petition for Reassessment Under County Reassessment Plan
6-1.1-4-10. Notice of Reassessments; Publication
6-1.1-4-11. Destroyed Property; Order of Reassessment by County Assessor
6-1.1-4-12. Circumstances Under Which Undeveloped Land May Be Reassessed
6-1.1-4-12.4. "Oil or Gas Interest"; Assessment
6-1.1-4-12.6. Assessed Value of Oil or Gas Interests; Schedule; Penalty
6-1.1-4-13. Agricultural Land; Assessment; Soil Productivity Factors
6-1.1-4-13.6. Determination and Review of Land Values
6-1.1-4-14. Adjacent Property Holders; Assessment or Exemption of Various Rights-of-Way
6-1.1-4-15. Appraisal; Examination of Buildings
6-1.1-4-16. Assessors' Assistants; Appropriation
6-1.1-4-17. Employment of Professional Appraisers as Technical Advisors
6-1.1-4-18.5. Professional Appraisal; Contract for Services; Bids Required
6-1.1-4-19.5. Professional Appraising Services; Standard Contract or Contract Provisions
6-1.1-4-20. Professional Appraisal; Contract Deadline
6-1.1-4-21.4. Appraisal Completion Date and Reporting Requirements Under County Reassessment Plan
6-1.1-4-22. Amounts of Assessment or Reassessment; Notice
6-1.1-4-24. Notice to County Auditor of Assessed Value
6-1.1-4-25. Record Keeping; Electronic Data Files
6-1.1-4-26. Adoption or Promulgation of Documents by the Department of Local Government Finance
6-1.1-4-27.5. Property Reassessment Fund; Tax Levies; Petition to Increase Levy; Appeal
6-1.1-4-28.5. Property Reassessment Funds; Use of Money; Soil Maps
6-1.1-4-29. Expenses of Reassessment
6-1.1-4-30. Interim Assessments or Reassessments; Rules and Regulations
6-1.1-4-39. Assessment of Rental Property and Mobile Homes; Low Income Rental Housing Exclusion
6-1.1-4-39.5. Assessment of Qualified Real Property
6-1.1-4-41. Assessment of Low Income Rental Housing
6-1.1-4-45. Assessment of Land on Which an Outdoor Sign Is Located