[WSBARP] Property tax exemption denial

[MK Henderson]

I think I would call the auditor's office and see what happened before I
did anything else.


On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Gregory L. Gilday <
cole-gilday at stanwoodlaw.net> wrote:

>  I had a client who passed away on February 3, 2014.  He had lived in his
> house for a couple of decades and had a senior exemption on the property
> taxes.  When he passed away, he was current in his tax payments.   We
> opened the estate, sold his property, made the distributions and closed it
> down.  I received a call from the title company yesterday informing me that
> Snohomish County has now denied the senior exemption for 2013 and 2014 and
> instituted the back due taxes.  While I have seen them cancel the senior
> exemption as of the date of death, I have not seen them go back to a prior
> year and retroactively deny it (especially since he was alive the entirety
> of 2013 and his taxes were timely paid).  Can anyone point me in the
> direction of any RCW or WACs that would give them this authority?
>
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> Gregory L. Gilday
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Mary K. Henderson
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