HB 1519 Summary

• Establishes that persons or entities with legal or equitable interest in real property must keep county officials notified of their current mailing address.

• Requires property owners to notify the county assessor of any mailing address changes by completing and signing a form at the assessor's office or mailing a notarized form to the assessor.

• Designates the State Auditor and Inspector to prescribe the change of address form, with updated addresses substituted on all county assessor and county treasurer records.

• Makes compliance with this section the only acceptable method to change mailing addresses on county records after the effective date, with no effect on legal or equitable ownership interests.

• County officials must rely on the most recent mailing address of record for all statutory mailing notice requirements, whether from the original instrument or most recent change of address form.

• Takes effect November 1, 2015.