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$53 million property value error to delay tax notices

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Hagadone News Network | November 17, 2023 1:09 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — A typo resulting in a multimillion dollar property value assessment error is expected to affect multiple taxing districts in Kootenai County and delay the distribution of property tax notices.

County elected officials convened Thursday for a special meeting to address an overvalued lakefront property in the Rockford Bay Area.

An assessor valuation amendment signed Oct. 24 by commissioners and Chief Deputy Assessor Ben Crotinger indicates the front footage of the parcel, was mistakenly entered by an appraiser as 6,966 feet instead of 69.66 feet.

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