Fall River County is on a 7 year cycle for assessment of real estate property. This year there are two areas to be reassessed. The first is along Cascade Road and Shep’s Canyon. This includes the following subdivisions: Pine Shadows, Black Hills Flyway, Silverspur Ranchettes, Cascade Springs, Hoffner, Sonrise South, Cascade Springs Ranch, Red Rock Ridge, Shep’s Canyon Estates, KSK Properties, Cascade Mountain Ranches, Morris, Liberty Hills, Country View, Green Acres, Snow’s Ponderosa, Paha Sapa, and Country Club Estates.
The second, the southeastern portion of the county including the community of Oelrichs and the remainder of the Oelrichs School District that was not done last year. See map above for entire area.
Weekly Area
Week of June 24th: The assessors will be beginning with properties on the west side of Cascade Road along the first five miles south of Hot Springs. This includes the subdivisions: Country Club Estates, Cascade Mountain Ranches, and Pine Shadows.
Below are some common questions regarding reassessment:
Why my property? Fall River County implemented a 7-year rotation after the county-wide reassessment was completed. This ensures that every property is physically visited by an assessor at least once every 7 years. Your neighborhood is one of those scheduled to be visited this year.
What is reassessment? Reassessment is when the assessor comes to your property to check for any changes, whether improvements or deterioration of buildings. They will take new exterior photos and walk around the outside of your buildings. If you are present they may ask you questions about the interior of the building, if you are not present they will leave a doorhanger with contact information so they can converse with you about the property later via phone or email.
When exactly will you be at my property? We will be posting on our website which streets are being assessed each week, you can check there for updates.
Why don’t you make appointments? The short answer: it takes less time for our assessors to start at one end of the street and do each property than it does to jump from property to property based on appointments. As we are paid by tax dollars, we consider it most important that we perform this job in a time efficient manner. The door-to-door method has proven to be three times more efficient than making appointments.
Who is coming? Our assessors will have county identification badges and will be driving a county vehicle. If you are suspicious that someone is falsely claiming to be as assessor, please call our office at 605-745-5136 or Fall River County Dispatch at 605-745-5155.
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