1.    The tax commissioner, on or before June fifteenth of each year, shall ascertain and determine the value of, and a tentative assessment of, all operative property of any company required to be assessed under the provisions of this chapter. The determination of value must be made for the guidance of the state board of equalization in assessing the property at its annual meeting in July. In making this determination of value, the tax commissioner must be governed by the rules provided in this chapter.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-05-01.1

  • 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.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33

2.    The tax commissioner shall give ten days’ notice by mail to each company, or its representative in North Dakota, of the amount of its tentative assessment and the meeting of the state board of equalization on the second Tuesday of July, at which meeting each company is entitled to present evidence before the state board of equalization relating to the value of the property of the company.