As soon as next summer, an inspector going door to door could find that pool or shed you built in your backyard and never told the county about.
Under a new state requirement, all counties are required to send someone in person to look at each home, business building and farm field to do an update of property values used to calculate taxes, like the county finished last year.
By July, the county could begin sending workers out to each and every property to measure buildings, grade the condition of homes, garages or other structures and check for buildings that have been put up or torn down since the last assessment.
You won’t have to wait at home during the day or try to meet inspectors in the evening or weekends, because they can check out your property when you’re not there and leave a postcard in case you have other information you want to share with the county, Johnson County Assessor Mark Alexander said.
