Sunset Square Ltd. v. Miami County Bd. of Revision
Decision Date | 28 March 1990 |
Docket Number | 88-2011,Nos. 88-1751,s. 88-1751 |
Citation | 552 N.E.2d 632,50 Ohio St.3d 42 |
Parties | SUNSET SQUARE LTD., Appellee, v. MIAMI COUNTY BOARD OF REVISION, Appellant. (Two Cases.) |
Court | Ohio Supreme Court |
Fred Siegel Co., L.P.A., Fred Siegel, Cleveland, Karen H. Bauernschmidt and Todd W. Sleggs, for appellee.
Teaford, Rich, Belskis, Coffman & Wheeler and Jeffrey A. Rich, Columbus, for appellant.
These consolidated appeals present two issues: first, the proper valuation of the property and second, the propriety of the BTA's refusal to accept additional testimony in this matter upon remand.
In Alliance Towers, supra, we stated that:
(Emphasis added.) Id. at 20-21, 523 N.E.2d at 830.
"True value" was described in State, ex rel. Park Investment Co. v. Bd. of Tax Appeals (1964), 175 Ohio St 410, 25 O.O.2d 432, 195 N.E.2d 908, as follows:
"Therefore, the value, or true value in money of property for the purpose of taxation, is that amount which should result from a sale of such property on the open market. * * * " Id. at 412, 25 O.O.2d at 434, 195 N.E.2d at 910.
In our earlier consideration of Alliance Towers, supra, we discussed the significance of encumbrances in determining fair market value. We stated that "[t]hese tax and eminent domain cases demonstrate the decision by this court to view the fair market value of real property as uncomplicated by encumbrances. It is the fair market value of the property in its unrestricted form of title which is to be valued. It is to be valued free of the ownerships of lesser estates such as leasehold interests, deed restrictions, and restrictive contracts with the government. For real property tax purposes, the fee simple estate is to be valued as if it were unencumbered.
We reiterated the standards to guide boards of revision, the Tax Commissioner and the BTA in considering encumbrances when making valuations:
Alliance Towers, supra, syllabus.
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