Announcements

 

2019 PERSONAL PROPERTY RENDITIONS
(PROPERTY WORKSHEETS)

This is a friendly reminder; the Wyandotte County Appraiser's Office will be mailing Personal Property Renditions (Property Worksheets) the 1^st week of January 2019.

Kansas law states that every person who owns or holds tangible personal property subject to taxation must list that property with the County Appraiser of the county where such property is located on January 1^st. Types of personal property that should be listed:

• Flatbed and enclosed trailers
• Horse and stock trailers
• ATV's, golf carts, mopeds, off road motorcycles, snowmobiles, race cars
• Camping trailers not registered as recreational vehicles
• Non-highway motor vehicles
• Non-commercial trucks whose tag weight is 16,000 or higher
• Manufactured homes
• Tiny home trailers
• Aircraft/Hot Air Balloons
• Commercial machinery and equipment acquired prior to June 30, 2006

The completed renditions must be returned to the Wyandotte County Appraiser's Office no later than March 15^th, 2019 to avoid filing penalties. Late filing penalties accrue at a rate of 5% monthly with a maximum penalty rate of 50% for failure to file. For your convenience, you may e-mail your completed , signed 2019 Personal Property Rendition (Property Worksheet) to wycoappraiser@wycokck.org.

 

Notice to all boat owners:

Watercraft should be listed in the taxing district in which it is located on January 1, unless it is in transit. It shall then be listed in the taxing district where the owner resides (K.S.A. 79-304). Property in transit includes watercaft located outside the State of Kansas on January 1, if such watercraft is covered by the federally approved numbering system administered by the Kansas Department of Wildflife and Parks.

 

Commercial Vehicles/Commercial Trailers:

Beginning January 1, 2014, HB 2557 eliminated the ad-valorem property taxes collected on commercial vehicles and commercial trailers. In addition to the current registration fee, a commercial vehicle fee will be collected based on the registered weight of the vehicle through the Motor Vehicle Department.

 

House Bill 2557 defines a commercial vehicle as a self-propelled or towed motor vehicle engaged in commerce that is used to transport property or passengers when the vehicle:

1. Has a gross weight or gross combination weight of 10,001 pounds or more;
2. Is designed or used to transport 15 or more passengers, including the driver; or
3. Is used to transport hazardous materials in a quantity requiring placarding.

 

If you own personal property and did not receive a form or you have any questions with regard to your reporting responsibilities, please contact the Personal Property Division of the Wyandotte County Appraiser's Office at (913) 573-8400, option 3 or visit our website at www.wycokck.org/appraiser

 

**Note: If you did not file your 2018 Personal Property Rendition (Property Worksheet), there is still time to file and take advantage of reducing your current 50% failure to file penalty. Please call our office prior to March 14, 2019 for instructions.

 

APPRAISER'S OFFICE ANNUAL RE-INSPECTION

The Wyandotte County Appraiser's Office personnel will begin its annual re-inspection of properties in the County beginning June 19, 2018, which will continue throughout the summer and into the fall. (See map area below for re-inspection area.) Kansas counties are on a (6) year cycle of re-inspecting all parcels within the County, required per K.S.A. 79-1476.

 

This work is in addition to other routine work such as the review of recent sale properties, parcels having new construction, torn down or destroyed buildings, and neighborhood reviews throughout the entire County.

 

Field staff will be driving vehicles identified with the Wyandotte County Appraiser's Office logo, will be working in teams and will be wearing U.G. apparel along with a personal identification badge. Functions performed will include checking listing, measurements, and characteristics of all buildings on each property, along with listing of vacant land. The property owner or resident will be interviewed, if available. If no one is home, a yellow questionnaire card with house information will be left behind. If found on your door, please answer all questions and follow the instructions on returning it to the Wyandotte County Appraiser's Office.

 

We greatly appreciate your cooperation in assisting us with our statutory duties. If any property owner has questions/concerns about the inventory of their property, they may contact the Wyandotte County Appraiser's Office at (913) 573-8400.