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title: O.C.G.A. § 48-5-353. Basis for fair market value of property subject to both municipal and county ad valorem taxes.
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# O.C.G.A. § 48-5-353. Basis for fair market value of property subject to both municipal and county ad valorem taxes.

Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 48-5-7, the board of tax assessors in each municipality which has such a board pursuant to the municipal charter shall use as the basis for fair market value of property subject to both municipal and county ad valorem taxation the 100 percent fair market value determined for the property for county ad valorem taxation purposes before being reduced to the 40 percent assessed value required by law for county ad valorem taxation purposes.

## History

Code 1933, § 92-4004, enacted by Ga. L. 1972, p. 1103, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 913, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1206, § 4; Code 1933, § 91A-1503, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 599, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1226, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 237, § 2.