What happens when property is left off the tax rolls

A. If, when returns are required under this chapter, any person refuses or neglects to make such returns, or declines to authenticate the accuracy thereof as provided in sections 3.48.090 through 3.48.110 , or omits any property from a return, the director shall make the assessment according to the best information available and shall add to the assessment or tax lists for the year or years during which it was not taxed, the property unreturned or omitted. Likewise, if for any other reason any real property has been omitted from the assessment lists for any year or years, the director shall add to the lists the omitted property. Notice of the action shall be given the owner, if known, within ten days after the assessment or addition, by mailing the same addressed to him at his last known place of residence. Any owner desiring a review of the assessment or the addition may appeal to the board by filing with the director a written notice thereof in the manner prescribed in section 3.48.650 at any time within thirty days after the date of mailing such notice, or may appeal to the tax appeal court by filing written notice of appeal with, and paying the necessary costs to, such court within the period and in the manner prescribed in section 3.48.625 through 3.48.650 . B. A penalty of ten percent shall be added by the director to the amount of any assessment made by him pursuant to this section, which penalty shall be and become a part of the assessment so made; but no such penalty shall be imposed where the failure to assess or tax the property was not due to the refusal or neglect of the owner to return the property or authenticate the accuracy of his return. C. For the purpose of determining the date of delinquency of taxes pursuant to assessments under this section, such taxes shall be deemed delinquent if not paid within thirty days after the date of mailing of notice of assessment, or if assessed for the current assessment year, within thirty days after the date of mailing the notice or on or before the next installment payment date, if any, for such taxes, whichever is later. (Ord. 1076 § 3 (part), 1980: prior code § 6-1.33)