Amber Alert-Missing 5 yr old Boy

I just received an emergency phone call from the Douglas County: MISSING: 5 YEAR OLD BOY: 4 feet tall, 78 lbs, blond hair & blue eyes, camouflage hoodie, is nonverbal and autistic. If you seen him, or have information, please call the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department: 303 660-7500

DougCo Tax Assessors Public News Release

Hey, don’t shoot the messenger. Here is a public news release about how our property taxes will be assessed this coming June:

The 2009 Reappraisal and Notices of Valuation from Teri Cox, Douglas County Assessor

On May 1st, Notices of Valuation for the 2009 reappraisal will be mailed to all property owners in Douglas County. Every two years the assessor’s office revalues all real estate in the county as of an appraisal date set by state law. This year the date is June 30, 2008. One way to think of an appraisal date is to ask what your property could have sold for on that date. Every reappraisal, we disregard the old valuations and start from scratch using an entirely new sales list. In other words, we aren’t allowed to adjust values up or down by a percentage, but instead have to analyze sales from a specific time frame –in the case of the 2009 reappraisal this was from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008. On June 30, 2008 our economy looked very different than it does today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 11,350. The Unemployment Rate was 5.6%. While the June 30, 2008 economy no longer exists, Colorado law still tells us that we must value property as of that date. We cannot consider sales or market influences that occurred after June 30, 2008. Whether you own property in Douglas County or anywhere else in Colorado, the same dates apply because reappraisals are part of our state constitution. For more information about the 2009 reappraisal and sales from your area, please visit the Douglas County Assessor website at: http://www.douglas.co.us/assessor, or phone our office at 303.660.7450.