Senate Approves Bill on Subpoenas for Property Reassessments

Senate approves bill on subpoenas for property reassessments

The Delaware Senate approved a bill Wednesday that gives counties the ability to subpoena records and testimony to help determine the fair market value of non-residential properties.

House passes subpoena power bill for ‘quality control’ assessment review

Why Should Delaware Care?New Castle County officials could soon be able to subpoena records from the most contentious commercial properties in the county after state lawmakers on Monday passed legislation enabling them to do so. The bill is part of a “quality control” review package meant to empower county officials to scrutinize the results of last year’s property reassessment. The Delaware House of Representatives passed the second half of a t…

House, Senate pass subpoena power bill for ‘quality control’ assessment review

The Delaware House of Representatives passed the second half of a two-bill package that would give New Castle County new authority to subpoena certain business records during its ongoing “quality control” review of its much-maligned property reassessment. The legislation was…

Delaware Senate Passes Bill Granting Subpoena Powers to Counties to Ensure Fair Market Property Values

The Delaware Senate has passed a bill rounding out the first wave of legislation that officials say was aimed at rectifying the recent statewide property reassessment process that caused property taxes to spike for thousands of Delawareans. Senate Bill 230(S), sponsored by Senator Spiros Mantzavinos, grants subpoena power to all three Delaware counties so finance officials can efficiently access testimony and documentary evidence used to determi…