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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="2-211" title_number="2" title_name="State Department of Assessments and Taxation" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Powers and Duties">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each supervisor shall keep a record of all real property assessments.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The record shall be arranged alphabetically, according to owners, by election district or subdistrict, taxing district, or assessment area. However, the supervisor may arrange the record:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>listing the real properties in lot and block order by subdivisions, if the record also contains an alphabetical index that shows the page where the accounts listed may be located;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in Baltimore City, by wards and by blocks that correspond, as far as possible, to the block numbers used in the Baltimore City Circuit Court records; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>in an electronic medium.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each account in the record shall show for the real property:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and address of the owner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a brief description of the property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the specific location of the property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the general location of the property including a deed or will reference and any tax map reference; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the assessment of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the land; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>any improvement on the land.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The details of land and improvements on the land that have been valued at different amounts shall be recorded on the respective worksheet.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department shall include with each property record a note describing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any reduction in an assessment resulting from an order or decision of a property tax assessment appeals board, the Maryland Tax Court, or any other court issued on or after October 1, 2014; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the specific reason for the reduction, if the board or court indicates in its order or decision the reason for the reduction.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The record shall be rewritten periodically and the current record and prior records shall be retained. However, except for a record that contains current values, any record may be retained in an electronic medium as provided by State law and the original destroyed. The electronic record shall be the permanent record. The Department may periodically transfer property records to the State Archives for retention, including property record cards.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The record in the custody of the Department and prior records in the custody of the State Archives shall be available for public inspection without charge.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Copies of the assessment record shall be made available to the public at a reasonable cost. If the Department approves of the purpose for which the information is requested, the Department may make available to the public, at a reasonable cost, copies of data processing tapes or other magnetic media containing the record of the assessment records.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the accuracy or completeness of information used to assess real property is disputed by the owner of the real property or if the owner has additional information that the owner believes is relevant to the value of the real property, the owner may file a brief statement containing the nature of the dispute or the additional information.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The supervisor shall retain the statement as part of the assessment record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
