§ 67-5-602 — Assessment guided by manuals - Factors for consideration

(a) Except as provided in § 67-5-601(c) , in determining the value of all property of every kind, the assessor shall be guided by, and follow the instructions of, the appropriate assessment manuals issued by the division of property assessments and approved by the state board of equalization. In the preparation of the manual, the division of property assessments and the state board of equalization shall consult with the United States forest service and the state forester in establishing the guidelines to be used in determining the value of forestland. (b) For determining the value of real property, such manuals shall provide for consideration of the following factors: (1) Location; (2) Current use; (3) Whether income bearing or non-income bearing; (4) Zoning restrictions on use; (5) Legal restrictions on use; (6) Availability of water, electricity, gas, sewers, street lighting, and other municipal services; (7) Inundated wetlands; (8) Natural productivity of the soil, except that the value of growing crops shall not be added to the value of the land. As used in this subdivision (b)(8), "crops" includes trees; and (9) All other factors and evidence of value generally recognized by appraisers as bearing on the sound, intrinsic and immediate economic value at the time of assessment. (c) (1) For determining the value of industrial, commercial, farm machinery and other personal property, such manuals shall provide for consideration of the following factors: (A) Current use; (B) Depreciated value; (C) Actual value after allowance for obsolescence; and (D) All other factors and evidence of value generally recognized by appraisers as bearing on the sound, intrinsic and immediate economic value at the time of assessment. (2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all farm personal property and also all household and kitchen furniture, tableware, musical instruments, wearing apparel, private passenger motor vehicles, jewelry and other personal property of similar character used in the taxpayer's own household, together with all intangible property, including bank accounts, of the taxpayer, may be assumed prima facie by the assessor of property to be of a value not in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per individual and fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for jointly owned property held by husband and wife in the absence of any tax return or schedule to the contrary.

Legislative History

Acts 1973, ch. 226, § 6; 1974, ch. 771, § 8; 1976, ch. 782, § 13; 1977, ch. 262, § 1; T.C.A., § 67-606; Acts 1987, ch. 430, § 1; 1988, ch. 831, § 1; 1995, ch. 362, § 1.