The county assessor shall have general supervision over and direction of the assessment of all property in his or her county. In addition to the other duties provided by law, the county assessor shall:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 77-1311

  • Assessment: means the act of listing the description of all real property and taxable tangible personal property, determining its taxability, determining its taxable value, and placing it on the assessment roll. See Nebraska Statutes 77-126
  • Assessment roll: means a complete and verified list of all real property and the taxable tangible personal property in a county and the associated assessments as defined in section 77-126. See Nebraska Statutes 77-129
  • County assessor: includes an elected or appointed county assessor or a county clerk who is an ex officio county assessor. See Nebraska Statutes 77-115
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Parcel: means a contiguous tract of land determined by its boundaries, under the same ownership, and in the same tax district and section. See Nebraska Statutes 77-132
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(1) Annually revise the real property assessment for the correction of errors;

(2) When a parcel has been assessed and thereafter part or parts are transferred to a different ownership, set off and apportion to each its just and equitable portion of the assessment;

(3) Obey all rules and regulations made under Chapter 77 and the instructions and orders sent out by the Tax Commissioner and the Tax Equalization and Review Commission;

(4) Examine the records in the office of the register of deeds and county clerk for the purpose of ascertaining whether the property described in producing mineral leases, contracts, and bills of sale, have been fully and correctly listed and add to the assessment roll any property which has been omitted;

(5) Prepare the assessment roll as defined in section 77-129 and described in section 77-1303 ; and

(6) Beginning January 1, 2014, in any county with a population of at least one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants according to the most recent federal decennial census, provide, between January 15 and March 1 of each year, the opportunity to real property owners to meet in person with the county assessor or the county assessor’s designated representative. If the real property owner does not notify the county assessor or the county assessor’s designated representative by February 1 of the real property owner’s intent to meet in person, the real property owner waives the opportunity to meet in person with the county assessor or the county assessor’s designated representative. During such meetings, the county assessor or the county assessor’s designated representative shall provide a basis for the property valuation contained in the notice of preliminary valuation sent pursuant to section 77-1301 and accept any information the property owner provides relevant to the property value.

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