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1105 -287 TIME FOR LISTING AND APPRAISING PROPERTY §105 -287 <br />§ 105 -287. Changing appraised value of real prop- <br />erty in years in which general reap- <br />praisal or horizontal adjustment is not <br />made. <br />(a) In a year in which a general reappraisal or horizontal adjust- <br />ment of real property in the county is not made, the assessor shall <br />increase or decrease the appraised value of real property, as deter- <br />mined under G.S. 105 -286, to: <br />(1) Correct a clerical or mathematical error; <br />(2) Correct an appraisal error resulting from a misapplication <br />of the schedules, standards, and rules used in the county's <br />most recent general reappraisal or horizontal adjustment; <br />or <br />(3) Recognize an increase or decrease in the value of the prop- <br />erty resulting from a factor other than one listed in subsec- <br />tion (b). <br />(b) In a year in which a general reappraisal or horizontal adjust- <br />ment of real property in the county is not made, the assessor may <br />not increase or decrease the appraised value of real property, as <br />determined under G.S. 105 -286, to recognize a change in value <br />caused by: <br />(1) Normal, physical depreciation of improvements; <br />(2) Inflation, deflation, or other economic changes affecting the <br />county in general; or <br />(3) Betterments to the property made by: <br />a. Repainting buildings or other structures; <br />b. Terracing or other methods of soil conservation; <br />c. Landscape gardening; <br />d. Protecting forests against fire; or <br />e. Impounding water on marshland for non - commercial <br />purposes to preserve or enhance the natural habitat of <br />wildlife. <br />(c) An increase or decrease in the appraised value of real prop- <br />erty authorized by this section shall be made in accordance with the <br />schedules, standards, and rules used in the county's most recent <br />general reappraisal or horizontal adjustment. An increase or de- <br />crease in appraised value made under this section is effective as of <br />January 1 of the year in which it is made and is not retroactive. <br />This section does not modify or restrict the provisions of G.S. <br />105 -312 concerning the appraisal of discovered property. <br />(d) Notwithstanding subsection. (a), if a tract of land has been <br />subdivided into lots and more than five acres of the tract remain <br />unsold by the owner of the tract, the assessor may appraise the <br />unsold portion as land acreage rather than as lots. A tract is consid- <br />ered subdivided into lots when the lots are located on streets laid <br />out and open for travel and the lots have been sold or offered for <br />sale as lots since the last appraisal of the property. (1939, c. 310, ss. <br />301, 500; 1953, c. 970, s. 5; 1955, c. 901; c- 1100, s. 2; 1959, c. 682; c. <br />704, s. 2; 1963, c. 414; 1967, c. 892, s. 7; 1969, c. 945, s. 1; 1971, c. <br />806, s. 1; 1973, c. 695, s. 10; c. 790, s. 2; 1987, c. 655.) <br />77' <br />