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1 in the adjoining counties shall be recorded in the county to which the property has been <br />2 reassigned by this Act. <br />3 SECTION 4.(b) All public records related to residents and property in areas <br />4 affected by the resurvey of the boundary line, which were filed or recorded prior to July 1, <br />5 2011, in the adjoining counties, shall remain in those respective adjoining counties where filed <br />6 or recorded, and such records shall be valid public records as to the property and persons <br />7 involved even though they are recorded in an adjoining county which is, a county where the <br />8 property is no longer located as evidenced by the 2008 North Carolina Geodetic Survey and the <br />9 subsequent partial resurvey pursuant to section 7 of this act. <br />10 SECTION 4.(c) On and after July 1, 2012, all real and personal property in areas <br />11 affected by the resurvey of the boundary line, which was subject to ad valorem Nation on <br />12 January 1, 2012, shall be subject to ad valorem taxes in the county to which the property is <br />13 reassigned for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, to the same extent as it would have been <br />14 had it been correctly recognized by the tax departments of each county on January 1, 2012, <br />15 except as hereinafter provided with respect to classified registered motor vehicles. On July 1, <br />16 2011, the adjoining County Tax Administrators shall transfer to the respective County Tax <br />17 Assessors the ad valorem tax listings and valuations for all real and personal property subject to <br />18 ad valorem taxation in areas affected by the resurvey of the boundary line except classified <br />19 motor vehicles which were registered in the adjoining counties prior to July 1, 2011. For the <br />20 fiscal year which begins July 1, 2011, all real and personal property in areas affected by the <br />21 resurvey of the boundary line, which was subject to ad valorem taxation in that area on January <br />22 1, 2012, shall be assessed and taxed as follows: <br />23 (1) The ad valorem property taxes assessed on all classified registered motor <br />24 vehicles registered or listed in adjoining counties between January 1, 2011, <br />25 and March 1, 2012, shall be collected by the appropriate adjoining county <br />26 tax collector and all such taxes shall be retained by that adjoining county. <br />27 The taxes on all classified registered motor vehicles registered after March 1, <br />28 2012, shall be assessed and collected by the County Tax Department in the <br />29 county to which the real property wherein the classified registered motor <br />30 vehicles are situated has been reassigned. <br />31 (2) The values established by the particular adjoining County Tax Administrator <br />32 on all personal property other than classified registered motor vehicles shall <br />33 be used by the each County Tax Assessor without adjustment in computing <br />34 taxes due for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012. All such taxes shall be <br />35 assessed and collected by the appropriate County Tax Department. <br />36 (3) For the interim time period between the reassignment of properties into their <br />37 respective counties and until such time as the next regularly scheduled <br />38 revaluation period, Alamance County and Orange County may select either <br />39 of two methods of valuating the property reasigned into their respective <br />40 counties by this act. The selection of either method by a County shall not <br />41 give any individual or entity grounds for challenging such temporary <br />42 valuation. Such methods are delineated as follows: <br />43 a. The values established by the adjoining County Tax Administrators <br />44 on all real property formerly taxed in their county shall be adjusted <br />45 by the appropriate County Tax Assessor by applying the difference <br />46 between one hundred percent (100%) of such values and the <br />47 appropriate County median ratio, as established by the Sales <br />48 Assessment Ratio Study compiled by the North Carolina Department <br />49 of Revenue as of January 1, 2009. The taxes determined by applying <br />50 this method will be collected and retained by the appropriate County <br />51 Tax Collector. The value of such property shall then be revalued <br />2 <br />6 <br />