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i <br /> 17 <br /> G.S. 105-228.37 Page 1 $f l <br /> § 105-228,37. Refund of overpayment of tax. <br /> (a) Refund Request. - A taxpayer who pays more tax than is due under this Article may <br /> request a refund of the overpayment by filing a written request for a refund with the board of county <br /> comEllissioners of the county where the tax was paid. Tile request must be filed within six months <br /> after the date the tax was paid and must explain why the taxpayer believes a refund is due. <br /> (b) Hearing by County. - A board of county commissioners must conduct a hearing on a <br /> request for reRind. Within 60 days after a timely request for a refund has been fled and at least 10 <br /> days before the date set for the hearing, the board must notify, the taxpayer in writing of the tinle and <br /> place at which the hearing will be conducted. The date set for the bearing must be within 90 days after <br /> the timely request for a hearing was filed or at a later date mutually agreed upon by the taxpayer and <br /> the board. The board must make a decision on the requested refund within 90 days after conducting a <br /> hearing under this subsection. <br /> (c) Process if Refund Granted. - If the board of commissioners decides that a refirnd is due, it <br /> must refund the overpayment, together with any applicable interest, to the taxpayer and inforiu the <br /> Department of the reftind. The Department may assess the taxpayer for the amount of the refund in <br /> accordance with G.S. 105-241.9 if the Department disagrees with the board's decision. <br /> (d) Process if Refund Denied. - If the board of commissioners finds that no refund is due, the <br /> written decision of the board must inform the taxpayer that the taxpayer may request a departmental <br /> review of the denial of the refund in accordance with the procedures set out in G.S. 105-241.11. <br /> (e) Recording Correct Deed. - Before a tax is refUnded, the taxpayer must record a new <br /> instrument reflecting the correct amount of tax due. if no tax is due because an instrument was <br /> recorded in the wrong county, then the taxpayer must record a document stating that no tax was owed <br /> because the instrument being corrected was recorded in the wrong county. The taxpayer must include <br /> in the docuument the names of the grantors and grantees and the deed book and page number of the <br /> instrument being Corrected. <br /> When a taxpayer records a corrected instrument, ti>e taxpayer must inform the register of deeds <br /> that the instrument being recorded is a correcting instrument. The taxpayer must give the register of <br /> deeds a copy of the decision granting the reftrnd that shows the correct amount of tax due. The <br /> correcting instrument must include the deed book and page number of the instrument being corrected, <br /> The register of deeds must notify the county finance officer and the Secretary when the correcting <br /> instrument has been recorded. <br /> (f) Interest. - An overpayment of tax bears interest at the rate established in G.S. 105-241.21 <br /> from the date that interest begins to accrue. Interest begins to accrue on an overpayment 30 days after <br /> the request for a refund is filed by the taxpayer with the board of county commissioners. (2000-170, <br /> s, 2,2007-491, s. 24; 2011-330, s. 30(a).) <br /> littp:/hNtww.licga.state.ne,us/enactedlegislatioii/statutes/litnii/bysectioii/chapter_105/gs�105... 1/25/2017 <br />