re: Cook County Assesor manipulating property taxes

Look up the assessment on Mayor Landrieu's house. One of the lowest in the area.

I had an issue with a current Louisiana tax assessor in North Louisiana a few years ago.

A friend was the heir for an estate that included a home. He moved into the home immediately after the death, but he had not opened the succession and gotten a judgment of possession (jop).

When he got his yr 1 tax bill, the Parish had disallowed the reduction for his homestead exemption. He was told that he could not receive the exemption until he got the jop.

I told him this was wrong, and he asked if I'd speak to their local tax assessor. I spoke to the assessor, explained that their procedure was wrong, asked that baw-itch if she even seizened, and provided her a copy of an AG's opinion on the issue. She told me that she would handle it if I sent him up there with evidence that he had been living in the house.

I guess he was going to do it, but then he must have gotten high. 8 months later, I'm asked to have the same conversation with the assessor, because they had told him that he needed a jop again when he went to handle it 8 months later.

I shoot the tax assessor an email apologizing for his delay and asking why her people were requiring the jop again. She didn't remember our conversation. I explained how the conversation went, and her "oh yeah" light lit up.

Her response was a smartass reply about her remembering that I had sent her a letter from my attorney, but he was wrong and their jop stance was right. I picked up the phone and called.

After telling her minion that she couldn't help with my issue, the elected assessor picked up the phone. I told her who I was, and I had her explain the email that she had just sent. She doubled down on "my attorney" was wrong. I asked her if she still had access to our emails from 8 months before; she didnt. I asked her if she currently had access to her email; she did.

I emailed her the AG opinion again. After a few seconds, I asked her if she thought that my attorney used the Louisiana Attorney General's letterhead; she didnt.

Within about 30 seconds, she told me to send the guy back up there to get everything ready for his homestead exemption. I told her I would be in town a few days later, and I'd personally come by to make sure everything was right.

When I got there, she didn't even care to look at my evidence, which proved that he had been living in the home since the death. She took care of it.

Before leaving, I told her that her procedures were not my business, and she would never hear anything from me about that Parish costing their citizens money by not following the law. She "really really" appreciated that. Lol

I wonder how many parishes have her same procedures?

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That doesn’t sound believable, I’m in Cali and ours were 7300 for the year on 500K

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Prop 13 brah.

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That doesn’t sound believable, I’m in Cali and ours were 7300 for the year on 500K


Prop 13 brah.

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Howard Jarvis

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Yeah, Lafayette pulled that shite last year. Fortunately not on my home, but my BIL got raped. They increased the "value" of his home from around $400k to $600k. He went to the tax assessors office to complain and they just blew him off. He told them he'd sell the house right now if he could get $600k for it.

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shite like this is fricking criminal. Taxing authorities who are also responsible for deciding the value of what they're going to tax should be forced to purchase the property at the assessed value within 30 days of a reassessment if the owner wishes.

They are hoping you don’t do that. They hopenpeople will play and not think about it twice. Keep it up

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The value of the property should stay with the owner until the time of sale.

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that's not how it works

I still say that people that don't own property shouldn't be allowed to vote on property tax issues.