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:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-1.1-4-22

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • professional appraiser: means an individual or firm that is certified under Indiana Code 6-1.1-4-17
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(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.