SACRAMENTO COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS

STEP 1: Contact your local Sacramento realtor, or Steve and Susan Galster of The Galster Group (www.galstergroup.com) at (916) 966-8700, to obtain "comps" (i.e. comparable values of homes nearest your home that are similar in features). You will attach these comps to your Property Tax Appeals form.
(Note: There may or may not be a small fee charged by the realtor for pulling your "comps" but if you allow the realtor to place your contact info and email on their subscription newsletter list, they will likely not charge you.)

STEP 2: Complete the Property Tax Appeals form and attach a Certified Check/Money Order for $30 to your application. You MUST SIGN IN BLUE INK. Mail (via certified mail) the signed (in blue) form, with $30, and with your "comps" to the address listed on the form. You can obtain the form here: www.sccob.saccounty.net/assess%20forms%20and%20instructions/APPLICATIONFORM09-10.pdf .

The Sacramento County Assessor wants you to read the process for filing such an "Appeal for Changed Assessment" on their webpage at: www.sccob.saccounty.net/assess/assessment-intro.html and the FAQs at: www.sccob.saccounty.net/assess/filing-appeal.html

NEW HOMEOWNERS: SUPPLEMENTALS: When you purchase a home, watch out for the Supplemental Tax Bill that will arrive ONE YEAR later. Remember Supplemental Property taxes are NEVER IMPOUNDED, so do not expect your lender to take care of these supplemental taxes via your monthly mortgage payments. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for PAYING YOUR SUPPLEMENTALS SEPARATELY from your regular property tax bill (regardless of impounding or not). DUE DATES for Supplementals are very different: Usually January 31st and May 31st but these dates may vary. Look up your account ONLINE by property address to determine if you owe supplementals and when they are due. CAUTION: Your home may have gone down in value since you bought it. You should file the Tax Form above --- with attached "comps"----to prove to the County that your home value is lower, and request that the County lower your Supplementals no later than 60 days from the mail date stamped on the tax bill or the mail date of the envelope. The comps must be pulled near the time of the Lien Date used by the County for the Supplementals. For more information, please go to the Sacramento County website page discussing Supplementals: www.assessor.saccounty.net/SupplementalAssessments/default.htm

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