2010 Assessments for 2011 Tax Year Reval Notices Mailed
8/13/2010 10:16:56 AMLewis County Assessor, Dianne Dorey, announced approximately 9,000 revaluation notices for assessment year 2010 and tax year 2011 are at the Post Office and should start hitting mail boxes this week. A few taxpayers might have received theirs on July 3rd in post office boxes.
The current revaluation area encompasses Centralia and Pe Ell school districts. The value changes show a change over a four year period. When the housing boom in Lewis County occurred, it was after these values were established four years ago. Some parcels may see an increase because it is based off a four year old value. Flooding in the Pe Ell and Centralia school districts slowed increases in some areas. The economy accounted for the rest of the value changes. Normally, over a four year period for the last 20 years, it has not been uncommon to see more than 5% increases per year in assessed values. On the average, there has been a less than 5% increase over the last four years with the recent value notices.
This is the last four year revaluation cycle for the Lewis County Assessor’s Office. In 2009, the Legislature passed a law requiring all counties to be annual by the year 2014. For 2011 assessment for 2012 tax year, the values will be on an annual revaluation cycle. This means 1/6 of the county will be physically inspected and the other 5/6 of the county will be valued statistically based upon market values in those areas. The Chehalis School District will be the first area physically inspected and valued and all other districts in the county will be valued statistically.
The new values for 2011 tax year appear on PATS on the Lewis County website. Parcels that did not have a value change from 2010 to 2011 tax year, will not receive a notice but will be able to check their values online. There were about 7,200 parcels without a value changes by area.
Below are the average value changes by area:
| SD | 2010 | 2011 | % of Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centralia | $1,694,663,034 | $1,760,100,687 | 3.86% |
| Pe Ell | $118,500,298 | $134,273,855 | 13.31% |
| Rochester | $21,562,363 | $22,123,075 | 2.60% |
| Oakville | $5,991,285 | $6,377,184 | 6.44% |
| Overall Reval Change | $1,840,716,980 | $1,922,874,801 | 4.46% |
| - | - | - | - |
| Overall County Change | $6,727,726,942 | $6,815,973,643 | 1.31% |
Please contact the Lewis County Assessor’s Office at 1.360.740.1392 and ask to speak to the appraiser that valued your property if you have questions about your value.
After speaking to an appraiser, you may contact the Lewis County Board of Equalization at 1.360.740.1120 if you wish to appeal your value. You may appeal your value until August 6, 2010.