County property owners disagreeing with the county’s tax valuation of their homes or businesses will face a new hearing officer at the county’s board of equalization, following the approval of a contract at the Dec. 18 Box Elder County Commission meeting. When a property owner feels that the county assessor has set the value of their property too high, thereby increasing the amount of property tax owed, that owner may appeal the valuation to the board of equalization, which by state law is the county’s legislative body, the Box Elder County Commission. That same state law allows the commission to...

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