59-2-313.1.  County assessor duties to provide assessment data — Commission review — Subscription to market data service.

(1)  As used in this section, “assessment data” means:

Terms Used In Utah Code 59-2-313.1

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • assessment book: means a permanent record of the assessment of property as assessed by the county assessor and the commission and may be maintained manually or as a computerized file as a consolidated record or as multiple records by type, classification, or categories. See Utah Code 59-2-102
  • Property: means property that is subject to assessment and taxation according to its value. See Utah Code 59-2-102
(a)  the information described in Subsection 59-2-303.1(6) contained in a county’s database used in mass appraisal; and

(b)  any other assessment information the commission requires.

(2)  A county assessor shall provide assessment data to the commission:

(a) 

(i)  annually on or before March 31;

(ii)  no later than 15 days after the date the county assessor provides the assessment book to the county auditor under Section 59-2-311;

(iii)  no later than 15 days after the date the county auditor provides the assessment roll to the county treasurer under Section 59-2-326; or

(b)  at any other time requested by the commission.

(3)  The commission may:

(a)  review a county’s annual update of property values the county is required to perform under Section 59-2-303.1;

(b)  review a county’s detailed review of property characteristics the county is required to perform under Section 59-2-303.1; and

(c)  provide findings and recommendations to the county.

(4)  The commission may subscribe to a market data service to assist:

(a)  the commission in performing a review described in Subsection (3); and

(b)  counties in meeting the requirements of Section 59-2-303.1.

Enacted by Chapter 470, 2023 General Session