27-35-147 - Changes of assessments on motion of board or other officer. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 27-35-147. Changes of assessments on motion of board or other officer.
 

The board of supervisors, upon its own motion, or upon notice from the tax assessor, the state tax commission, or other officer authorized to assess, or have assessed property escaping taxation, shall have power, at any time in the current year that an assessment roll is in force, to increase an assessment subject to approval as hereinafter provided, or to assess property or persons omitted from such roll or rolls under the following circumstances: 
 

1. When lands have been assessed and buildings and improvements thereon have been omitted from the roll. 

2. When the value of lands, assessed according to the number of acres or as an entire tract, has increased because actually subdivided into lots or smaller tracts, on or before the preceding tax lien date. 

3. When the value of the lands has been increased by reason of changes or improvements made in or on adjacent lands before the preceding tax lien date, and the lands have been assessed without taking into consideration the changed conditions. 

4. When lands or improvements thereon have been listed as exempt from taxation, but were subject to assessment and taxation on the preceding tax lien date. 

5. When the property is liable for a special district levy tax but has not been assessed for the benefit of such district. 
 

When the board of supervisors shall change any assessment as provided in this section, it shall require its clerk to give ten days' notice in writing, and the notice may be given by mail to the last known address of the party, or by newspaper publication, and all objections to such change shall be heard at the next meeting of the board of supervisors. The party affected by the order may appeal from the decision of the board in the manner provided for appeal from other assessments. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 30, art 29; 1871, § 1688; 1880, § 507; 1892, § 3799; 1906, § 4312; Hemingway's 1917, § 6946; 1930, § 3193; 1942, § 9817; Laws,  1950, ch. 298, § 6.