Can a municipality disclose information on the assessment roll to an assessed person who is appealing the assessment of their property?
• Yes. Section 299(1) of the MGA allows an assessed person to access sufficient information to show how their own property was assessed. This would include information on how the property was first assessed and how the property compares with other similar properties. • In addition, under section 300 of the MGA, an assessed person may ask the municipality for a summary of any assessed property in the municipality and the municipality must comply with the request if it is satisfied that necessary confidentiality will not be breached. • In most appeal situations, a municipality would not have to disclose another owner’s personal information to carry out this purpose and so would only disclose the property information. • Can real estate agents and/or appraisers request legal land descriptions, parcel size/dimensions, assessment taxes, etc., on behalf of their clients when consent from the land owners is implied by virtue of the agent or appraiser working for their client? • When the addres
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