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Erie
County Reassessment Project
Erie County is
conducting a court ordered reassessment of all 120,000+ properties in the
county.  Erie County last reassessed properties in the late
1960's. Erie County has hired Cole-Layer-Trumble Company to conduct
the reassessment.
Cole-Layer-Trumble
Cole-Layer-Trumble
has over 60 years experience. Cole-Layer-Trumble Company is North
America's oldest and largest mass appraisal firm. Cole-Layer-Trumble
Company pioneered Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal in the late 1950's and
is widely recognized as the industry leader in this field.
Cole-Layer-Trumble Company has completed over 2,500 programs in 46 states
and Canadian provinces. In the past 5 years, Cole-Layer-Trumble
Company has reassessed more than 1,000,000 pieces of real estate in
Pennsylvania.
The
Cole-Layer-Trumble Company Team includes expert appraisers, highly skilled
computer programmers and analysts experienced in residential, commercial,
industrial and agricultural mass appraisal.
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Key
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Cole-Layer-Trumble
photographers will take a picture of every property in Erie
County. These images will become part of Erie County's computer
database.
Cole-Layer-Trumble
Company data collectors will visit every property in Erie County.
They will measure the exterior of each property. Although you are
not obliged to allow a data collector to enter your residence, interior
inspections enhance overall quality. Data collectors will note number of
bedrooms, number of bathrooms, type of heating and cooling, the year the
house was built and the physical condition of the interior and exterior.
After data
collection Cole-Layer-Trumble Company conducts a process called
Valuation Analysis using Computer Assissted Mass Appraisal
techniques. During this process Cole-Layer-Trumble Company
analyzes local building costs, property sales, income information and
other valuation factors to establish preliminary market values.
Notification
of the new property value, known as the "Impact
Statement", will be mailed to owners in February and March 2002. These values will first be used to calculate new tax bills
starting with the 2003 tax year.
After the
Impact Statements are mailed, Cole-Layer-Trumble will operate a telephone
bank to answer basic questions. If questions cannot be answered
over the telephone, a valuation review may be scheduled. Property
owners will have 15 days from the receipt of the Impact Statement to
request a review.
Valuation
reviews will be conducted by Cole-Layer-Trumble from February through May
2002. If a property owner is not satisfied with the results of a
valuation review, a formal appeal may be filed with the Erie County
Board of Assessment Appeals.
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