79-1460. Notification of taxpayer of change in classification or appraised valuation of property, contents; duties of appraiser regarding valuation increase of commercial real property; amendment of appraisal rolls by county appraiser; guide to the property tax appeals process. (a) The county appraiser shall notify each taxpayer in the county annually on or before March 1 for real property and May 1 for personal property, by mail directed to the taxpayer's last known address, of the classification and appraised valuation of the taxpayer's property, except that, the valuation for all real property shall not be increased unless the record of the latest physical inspection was reviewed by the county or district appraiser, and documentation exists to support such increase in valuation in compliance with the directives and specifications of the director of property valuation, and such record and documentation is available to the affected taxpayer. The valuation for all real property also shall not be increased solely as the result of normal repair, replacement or maintenance of existing structures, equipment or improvements on the property. For purposes of this section, "normal repair, replacement or maintenance" does not include new construction as defined in this section. For the next two taxable years following the taxable year that the valuation for commercial real property has been reduced due to a final determination made pursuant to the valuation appeals process, the county appraiser shall review the computer-assisted mass-appraisal of the property and if the valuation in either of those two years exceeds the value of the previous year by more than 5%, excluding new construction, change in use or change in classification, the county appraiser shall either: (1) Adjust the valuation of the property based on the information provided in the previous appeal; or (2) order an independent fee simple appraisal of the property to be performed by a Kansas certified real property appraiser. As used in this section, "new construction" means the construction of any new structure or improvements or the remodeling or renovation of any existing structures or improvements on real property. When the valuation for real property has been reduced due to a final determination made pursuant to the valuation appeals process for the prior year, and the county appraiser has already certified the appraisal rolls for the current year to the county clerk pursuant to K.S.A. 79-1466, and amendments thereto, the county appraiser may amend the appraisal rolls and certify the changes to the county clerk to implement the provisions of this subsection and reduce the valuation of the real property to the prior year's final determination, except that such changes shall not be made after October 31 of the current year. For the purposes of this section and in the case of real property, the term "taxpayer" shall be deemed to be the person in ownership of the property as indicated on the records of the office of register of deeds or county clerk and, in the case where the real property or improvement thereon is the subject of a lease agreement, such term shall also be deemed to include the lessee of such property if the lease agreement has been recorded or filed in the office of the register of deeds. Such notice shall specify separately both the previous and current appraised and assessed values for each property class identified on the parcel. Such notice shall also contain the uniform parcel identification number prescribed by the director of property valuation. Such notice shall also contain a statement of the taxpayer's right to appeal, the procedure to be followed in making such appeal and the availability without charge of the guide devised pursuant to subsection (b). Such notice may, and if the board of county commissioners so require, shall provide the parcel identification number, address and the sale date and amount of any or all sales utilized in the determination of appraised value of residential real property. In any year in which no change in appraised valuation of any real property from its appraised valuation in the next preceding year is determined, an alternative form of notification which has been approved by the director of property valuation may be utilized by a county. Failure to timely mail or receive such notice shall in no way invalidate the classification or appraised valuation as changed. The secretary of revenue shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
(b) For all taxable years commencing after December 31, 1999, there shall be provided to each taxpayer, upon request, a guide to the property tax appeals process. The director of the division of property valuation shall devise and publish such guide, and shall provide sufficient copies thereof to all county appraisers. Such guide shall include but not be limited to: (1) A restatement of the law which pertains to the process and practice of property appraisal methodology, including the contents of K.S.A. 79-503a and 79-1460, and amendments thereto; (2) the procedures of the appeals process, including the order and burden of proof of each party and time frames required by law; and (3) such other information deemed necessary to educate and enable a taxpayer to properly and competently pursue an appraisal appeal.
History: L. 1982, ch. 391, § 7; L. 1985, ch. 314, § 9; L. 1987, ch. 376, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 377, § 2; L. 1990, ch. 90, § 5; L. 1991, ch. 279, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 282, § 4; L. 1994, ch. 275, § 1; L. 1997, ch. 126, § 28; L. 1999, ch. 123, § 4; L. 1999, ch. 126, § 6; L. 2005, ch. 161, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 141, § 11; L. 2016, ch. 112, § 15; L. 2021, ch. 9, § 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 14 - Property Valuation, Equalizing Assessments, Appraisers And Assessment Of Property
79-1401 Powers and duties of director of property valuation; meetings of county assessors, expenses.
79-1404 General duties and powers of director of property valuation.
79-1404a Review of valuation changes of appraiser by director of property valuation.
79-1405 Violation of laws and regulations by officers.
79-1408 Interrogatories and questions for taxpayers; penalties.
79-1410 Abstracts of assessments, tabulations.
79-1411a County as assessment administration unit.
79-1412a Powers and duties of county and district appraisers; limitations.
79-1412d Application of 79-1412a.
79-1420 Fraudulent listing or evasion by taxpayer; penalty; prosecution.
79-1424 Bank records not to be produced or examined.
79-1427b Waiver of penalties on certain escaped personal property.
79-1437e Same; inapplicability to certain transfers of title.
79-1437f Same; disposition and use of contents thereof, to and by whom.
79-1437g Same; penalty for violations.
79-1439a Classification of certain not-for-profit organization real property; assessment rate.
79-1439b Recoupment of tax when property classified under 79-1439a changes use; procedures.
79-1439c Classification of certain commercial and industrial machinery and equipment.
79-1450 Construction of certain terms.
79-1455 County as separate appraisal district; duty to appraise annually.
79-1458 Installation and maintenance of records and data; open to public inspection.
79-1460a Publication of results of market study analysis.
79-1462 Same; refusal to give evidence; penalty.
79-1463 Notice of violations to county attorney.
79-1465 Duty to make changes in classification and value of property, when.
79-1466 Transmission of completed real property appraisals to county clerk, when; contents.
79-1467 Transmission of completed personal property appraisals to county clerk, when; contents.
79-1468 Preparation and furnishing of taxing unit map by county clerk to county appraiser; contents.
79-1469 Showing by taxing unit number on appraisal record of property location.
79-1471 Submission of budget; appointment of assistants; attendance at appraisal schools.
79-1472 Attendance of county appraiser or designee at meetings of board of equalization.
79-1473 Penalty for neglect of duty by county appraiser or employee.
79-1474 Waiver of taxes and penalties upon certain personal property if timely reporting made.
79-1476a Application of 79-1476.
79-1480 Same; maintenance of valuation listings, contents; public inspection.
79-1482 Statewide reappraisal of real property; tax levy to pay costs of reappraisal.
79-1483 Same; rules and regulations; forms.
79-1485 Kansas real estate ratio study act; purposes.
79-1487 Same; duties of local officials; access of records by director.
79-1488 Same; authorities and duties of director.
79-1489 Same; notification of ratios to county by the director; appeals, procedure.
79-1490 Same; publishing of study, when.
79-1491 Same; rules and regulations.
79-1492 Same; application of act.
79-1493 Same; authority to compile and publish other statistics not affected.
79-1495 Computer-assisted mass-appraisal system; verification of accuracy; requirements.