JEFFERSON —
If you see a white van creeping through your neighborhood and the occupant pausing to snap a picture of your home, fear not.
It’s just the tax man’s contractor doing his job, the first step in the 2014 real estate revaluation project..
The project got under way last week. Tyler Technologies of Dayton has the contract to take digital photographs of homes and businesses in Jefferson as the first step in updating the county’s records.
County Auditor Roger Corlett said Tyler will eventually photograph every improved property in the county, some 56,000 parcels. The company operates out of white vans that are identified with the county’s name, project description and contact telephone number. Personnel carry photo identifications that are issued by Ashtabula County. And area law enforcement agencies have been informed of the details.
A schedule of future photo imaging will be posted at the auditor’s website, ashtabulacountyauditor.org.
Increasingly, Ohio counties are using digital images to improve the overall quality of the county’s real estate data, Corlett said. This revaluation will mark the first time Ashtabula County has used the resource. Corlett said that having the images available will improve the overall quality of the county’s real estate data and thereby make the process of tax administration more efficient.
“These images will be used extensively during the first go-through (of the revaluation),” Corlett said.
The imaging portion of the project will take until February, Corlett estimated.
An added benefit for homeowners is that it will provide before and after photos of their properties in the event of a loss. The photos also will be used in assisting emergency management in the recovery reporting process and can assist safety forces in response efforts. Corlett said the images will not be part of the online property records, but they will be available on a layer of the maps that safety forces use.
The revaluation, which will cost the county $997,000, is mandated. Corlett said Ohio law requires the auditor to update property values by visual inspection once every six years. A market update is completed midway through the cycle. The last revaluation was completed in 2008 and the update was done last year.
“Whenever we update property, our primary goal is to be fair and equitable,” Corlett said. “Keeping the public informed and property owners engaged in the process help to en sure fairness.
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