The Pierce County Assessor Treasurer's Office will pay $13,000 of the $40,000 cost to send reply address stubs to 128,000 taxpayers.
The Pierce County Assessor Treasurer's Office will pay $13,000 of the $40,000 cost to send reply address stubs to 128,000 taxpayers.
The letters will be mailed by the end of February. The return address on property tax bills mailed last week was mistakenly omitted by the county's vendor and the assessor's office didn't catch the error.
Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer Mike Lonergan calls it “a big mistake.” More than 183,000 property tax bills his office mailed Friday are missing the return address on payment stubs.
More than 183,000 property tax statements mailed Friday are missing the return address on first- and second-half payment stubs.
The Grant County Assessor mailed thousands of change of value property notices this week.
Almost 30,000 real property change of value notices and 4,009 personal property change of value notices were mailed.
All property in Grant County is revalued every year. If you have any questions on the value, call the assessor's office at 509-754-2011, ext. 325.
For many Pierce County residents, another year of sliding home values caused property tax bills to decline this year.
At the corner of Mike Lonergan’s desk sits a green sheet of paper dusted with glitter. “I’M THE NEW GUY,” it reads.
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