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Alleging unfair valuation, Sullivan homeowners sue
By Rebecca Alley and Jennifer Osborn
SULLIVAN The Hancock County Commissioners were served notice last week that Sullivan property owners Deb and James Knowlton have filed suit in Hancock County Superior Court seeking property tax relief.
The suit comes after commissioners on Nov. 3 denied a property tax abatement request for a Sullivan property the Knowltons purchased in June 2019.
While the commissioners indicated that they agreed that the property was assessed too highly for tax purposes, they said neighboring properties were assessed similarly.
The couple’s property assessment was “grossly wrong but it wasn’t unfair,” Chairman Bill Clark said. “Everybody else’s was grossly over assessed.”