A highly anticipated decision by the Wisconsin State Supreme Court has stakeholders scrambling to anticipate changes to the property tax system.
"The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday sided with two homeowners from the Town of Dover who argued their constitutional right to challenge their tax assessment was violated after they refused to let the town assessor inside their home," reports Kevin Crowe.
"Previously in Wisconsin, if a homeowner denied an assessor entry to their home for a valuation, they were not guaranteed the right to challenge that assessment in court, no matter the amount of the assessment," adds Crowe.
Crowe details the legal path the case took to get to the state's Supreme Court, as well as offering insight into the court's decision in the case. Steven Walters provides additional commentary on the potential effect of the decision in a separate article for Urban Milwaukee.
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