While playing golf today on Lopez in Marion County, I observed two men with clip boards walking along the rear of a row of houses. They were walking in yards, up to the backs of houses (In and around the windows) sometimes measuring, then walking off to the next back yard.
I asked them what they were doing. They said, "property tax." I asked them if they were allowed to enter private property without the homeowners permission. They answered "yes."
When I got home, I called the Marion county tax assessor's office and asked if that was correct. I was told that it is correct, that the assessors do not need to identify themselves or tell the homeowners that they are there.
They have permission to do whatever they want to do and don't need permission. I'm sorry, but I've got a real problem with that. >
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