| West Virginia State Tax Commissioner Christopher G. Morris says that property assessments will be reviewed in nineteen West Virginia counties during 2009.
Calhoun County will not be reviewed this year.
The review is part of the West Virginia State Tax Department's Statewide Property Tax Equalization Study.
Eventually, independent appraisers will review property assessments in all 55 counties.
As part of the appraisers' duties, field personnel will review land values, neighborhood boundaries, data collection, and sold vs. unsold properties.
The appraisers will also perform an assessment/sales ratio study.
The appraisers will also conduct field work within the counties, meaning that they may be observing or taking pictures of certain houses that are part of the equalization study.
"The purpose of this project is to evaluate the quality of property assessments in all fifty-five of the State's counties," Commissioner Morris said.
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