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Cindy Portmann Assessor
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Snohomish County Washington
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Cindy Portmann Assessor
Typically 42% - 47% of all property taxes that you pay are from voter approved levies. This includes cities, schools, parks, fire districts, and more...


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Washington State has a 'budget-based' property tax system, so the taxing districts budgets and voter approved measures determine how much you pay. Simply put, when values decline levy rates increase, when values increase, levy rates decrease. Click Here to learn more about levies and our property tax system.


In 2010, 33 of the 44 taxing district requests to voters for funding was passed by voters.


The decrease in total residential assessed value county-wide started with the 2008 Jan. 1st assessment and reflected the decline in the market in 2007. This value was used to calculate taxes owing in 2009 according to state law.


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What is a "Park Model Trailer"
 
"Park trailer" or "park model trailer" means a travel trailer designed to be used with temporary connections to utilities necessary for operation of installed fixtures and appliances.  The trailer's gross area shall not exceed four hundred square feet when in setup mode.  "Park trailer" excludes a mobile home.  RCW 46.04.622
 
Are Park Model Trailers Real Property?
 
When a 'park model' has substantially lost its identity as a mobile unit by virtue of being permanently sited in location and placed on a foundation of either posts or blocks with connections with sewer, water or other utilities for the operation of installed fixtures and appliances the "park model" meets the definition of "real property".  RCW 82.50.530
 
Do I have to pay property taxes on my "park model" if it's licensed?
 
If the "park model" meets the definition of "real property", property taxes are assessed even if the "park model" is licensed.
 
Do I have to pay real estate excise tax on a "park model" that is being assessed as "real property"?
 
Yes.  An excise tax is imposed (or due) on the sale real property. ….. RCW 82.45.060 Tax on sale of property.
 
(1)   "Real estate" or "real property" means any interest, estate, or beneficial interest in land or anything affixed to land, including ownership interest or beneficial interest in any entity which itself owns land or anything affixed to land.  The term includes used mobile homes, used park model trailers, ……. RCW 82.45.032 Additional Definitions
 
Why is my 'travel trailer' taxed and my neighbor's is not?
 
Travel trailers that meet the definition of a "park model" and which meet the definition of "real property" are subject to property tax.  Travel trailers that do not meet these definitions are not.