Those who suffer property damage due to Beckwourth or Dixie fires should contact Assessor

Editor’s note: This story has been updated. The Assessor’s original notification said that property owners had 60 days to submit a claim for reassessment; the office has since amended that information to one year. The change has been made in the text below.

Plumas County Assessor Cindie Froggatt is alerting property owners who have lost or sustained damage to their property as a result of the Beckwourth Complex or Dixie fires in Plumas County, that they may be eligible for a reduction is the assessed value of their property.

The Assessor’s Office will be working with Cal Fire and the Plumas National Forest to tour the burned area in the coming weeks so that the office can update records, enroll corrections and track protected base year values. Please utilize appraisers for any questions, as they will be contacting all property owners as they review files.

Those property owners who have suffered damage should contact the Assessor’s Office at 530-283-6380 and obtain a “Calamity Application for Reassessment — Damaged or Destroyed Property” or visit http://www.plumascounty.us/101/Forms-resources to print the form.

This claim for reassessment should be filed with the Assessor within one year of the date of damage to the property.

To update a mailing address for assessment and property tax purposes, a property owner needs to notify the Assessor’s Office of the new address. An address change form can be downloaded from the website, filled out at the office’s front counter or one can be mailed to a temporary address.

The Assessor’s Office is located at 1 Crescent St. in Quincy (across from the county courthouse) and the number once again is 530-283-6380.

The Assessor encourages patience, as they do not yet know how many properties will be impacted.