Taxing Unpatented Mining Claims, Fremont County sending out Real Property Notice of Valuations |
Taxing Unpatented Mining Claims, Fremont County sending out Real Property Notice of Valuations |
May 8 2012, 05:05 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 613 Joined: 16-October 08 From: Central Colorado Member No.: 6,813 |
Just when I thought I had everything pretty much figured out with mining claim laws, Fremont County sends me a Real Property Notice of Valuation for my unpatented placer mining claims. After running the numbers and reading the fine print, county government was making a demand for several hundred dollars on each claim. No other county has demanded taxes on unpatented claims I hold on BLM lands. After doing a little research, I found this reference to taxing Colorado mining claims;
TITLE 39 I went to the Assessor's Office and complained about the high values and asked how they were determined along with an explanation of why adjacent claims were not being taxed. Well, now they are going to re-asses my claims and send me an updated valuation in a couple of weeks. Both the local BLM Field Office and the Mining Law Administration at the Colorado State BLM Office are looking into this matter as well, since they have never heard of it happening before. Anyone else ever encounter this? ASTROBLEME -------------------- Annual Dues Paying Member Since 2008
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May 9 2012, 02:14 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
.... and finally finally (but not finally)
The quote below is vague... to say the least, and not a letter of law by any means. I have not heard of any Colorado Counties enacting upon unpatented location claims for property tax collection prior to Fremont. I believe that Colorado is one of 10 states which can tax but it's been my understanding that unpatented claims are exempt.... still searching. Quote: "Annual taxes are due and payable in States where applicable to the Tax Collectors Office by the end of August. Typically, they will send you an assessment on your property(ies) in the spring followed by a bill they will send to you in July each year. If you don't hear from them, it remains your responsibility as the property owner to be aware of your possible tax liabilities each year, to contact the Tax Collectors office, and meet your annual tax requirements. Your annual taxes are based on their total dollar assessment of your property(ies) for which they charge you approximately 1% in taxes." -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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