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LR 297
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If the Consumer Price Index decreases, then the assessed value
must be decreased by the same or greater percentage.

 
4.__Assessments.__Classified land must be taxed at the
property tax rate applicable:

 
A.__To other property in the municipality if the land is
in an organized area; or

 
B.__To other property in the unorganized territory if the
land is in the unorganized territory.

 
§1135.__Change of ownership

 
1.__Change in ownership determined.__A change of ownership
is:

 
A.__For commercial properties, a change in controlling
interest of the company owning the land as defined in
federal tax code; and

 
B.__For all other properties, a transfer by sale or grant
to a transferee by a transferor of all or any part of the
transferor's legal or equitable ownership interest in a
property except for a transfer:

 
(1)__To a trustee for the beneficial use of the
spouse of the transferor or the surviving spouse of a
deceased transferor;

 
(2)__To the spouse of the transferor that takes
effect upon the death of the transferor;

 
(3)__That creates, transfers or terminates, solely
between spouses, any coowner's interest;

 
(4)__To one or more direct relatives of the
transferor;

 
(5)__To any person by bequest;

 
(6)__That confirms or corrects a previous transfer
made by a document that was recorded in the real
estate records of the county in which the land is
located;

 
(7)__For the purpose of quieting the title to real
property or resolving a disputed location of a real
property boundary;


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