Belmont County Auditor, Andrew L. Sutak, would like to inform all Belmont County property owners that the Auditor’s office is currently conducting a reappraisal of all properties in the county. The reappraisal is ordered by the Department of Taxation every six years and will take effect for tax year 2012, payable in calendar year 2013.

Appraisers will be throughout the entire county and will be easily identified by the County Auditor’s name on the side of their vehicle and each have individual ID’s from the Auditor’s office. Please contact the Auditor’s office at (740) 699-2132 for any questions regarding the reappraisal process.

Mr. Sutak also wants to remind residents living outside city limits which require a building permit, it is the property owner’s responsibility to notify the County Auditor and file a new construction notice for any improvements to your property over $200.00 per Ohio Revised Code 5713.17. You may call the office for a new construction form or you may go to the Auditor’s website under online forms. Destroyed property forms are also available for buildings removed from the property.