Minnesota
Related: About this forumIs there any state agency that oversees city government?
Can one register a complaint with the way a city, say, taxes homeowners, with a someone with state government?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)question everything
(47,485 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)(I saw the title on DU's latest-threads page).
You may find this website helpful:
http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/propertytax/Pages/Tax-Information.aspx
Note that the county governments are responsible for property tax administration.
Is your city part of a larger county?
question everything
(47,485 posts)to be paid directly to the city in full, or to the county in installments, including interest, of course.
The additional assessment is for road work which may or may not get done before the payment due date, but the nasty "public city employee" claim that payment is due, regardless.
State officials always warn us not to pay contractors in full until all the work is done. You can even register a complaint. What about a city?
I will see what I can find in your link. Thanks.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)and turned up the following State Laws:
Chapter 429. Local Improvements, Special Assessments
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=429
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=429.081
Within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment, any person aggrieved, who is not precluded by failure to object prior to or at the assessment hearing, or whose failure to so object is due to a reasonable cause, may appeal to the district court by serving a notice upon the mayor or clerk of the municipality. The notice shall be filed with the court administrator of the district court within ten days after its service. The municipal clerk shall furnish appellant a certified copy of objections filed in the assessment proceedings, the assessment roll or part complained of, and all papers necessary to present the appeal. The appeal shall be placed upon the calendar of the next general term commencing more than five days after the date of serving the notice and shall be tried as other appeals in such cases. The court shall either affirm the assessment or set it aside and order a reassessment as provided in section 429.071, subdivision 2. If appellant does not prevail upon the appeal, the costs incurred shall be taxed by the court and judgment entered therefor. All objections to the assessment shall be deemed waived unless presented on such appeal. This section provides the exclusive method of appeal from a special assessment levied pursuant to this chapter.
question everything
(47,485 posts)I do not object to the assessment per se, only to the demand it being paid with no sign of the work being completed. And.. this being Minnesota, it could easily be delayed for next spring.
A matter of principle, really.
Thank you for all the search you've done. Will really give me a place to start.