59-2-217. Property escaping assessment -- Duties of assessing authority -- Property
willfully concealed -- Penalties.
(1) Any escaped property may be assessed by the original assessing authority at any time
as far back as five years prior to the time of discovery, in which case the assessing authority shall
enter the assessments on the tax rolls and follow the procedures established under Part 13 of this
chapter.
(2) Any property found to be willfully concealed, removed, transferred, or
misrepresented by its owner or agent in order to evade taxation is subject to a penalty equal to the
tax on its value, and neither the penalty nor assessment may be reduced by the county board of
equalization or the commission.
Enacted by Chapter 204, 1989 General Session
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