LIMA — Property owners have until April 2 to request a hearing about the value of their property, county Auditor Rhonda Eddy-Stienecker said today, and they should not pay a service to perform the work.Every three years, the county re-evaluates all of the property values. Other than that, a value can change only one of three ways: with construction, demolition or a decision from the Board of Revision. Eddy-Stienecker, Commissioner Greg Sneary and Treasurer Jim Link sit on the board. Paperwork for a revaluation request must be filed in person in the Auditor's Office by 4:30 p.m. April 2. The board then holds hearings on the requests.If a property owner wants to request a new value for a property, all of the information he needs is available for free and is public record, either on the county auditor's website at http://j.mp/zsfvZ9, or with a call to the office, Eddy-Stienecker said.Companies target homeowners especially, Eddy-Stienecker said, and market the ability to negotiate a lower property valuation or provide other information such as “property profiles” for a fee.“There is no need for a property owner to pay for any sort of record retrieval,” Eddy-Stienecker said. “This information is free and available to the public.”The last three-year revaluation happened in tax year 2009 that was payable in 2010. The office is currently working on a new revaluation for taxes payable in 2013.You can comment on this story at www.limaohio.com.
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