Jeff Davis tax assessor representatives to meet with property owners

Published 7:09 am Thursday, August 25, 2016

JENNINGS — Representatives with the Jeff Davis Parish Tax Assessor’s Office will meet with residents and business owners to help revalue property damaged in the recent flooding.

“Anyone with flood-damaged property … needs to gather and bring any and all evidence of the damage they can collect, such as up-to-date, time-stamped photos of the damage, including before pictures if available, estimates for property repairs and receipts on any repairs already completed,” said Tax Assessor Donald Kratzer.

Assessor’s office staff will be at the Welsh Fire Station 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 30-31. They will be at Lake Arthur Town Hall 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 1-2.

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Residents who can’t meet at those times can call the office at 337-824-3451 or visit it, in Suite 103 of the Jeff Davis Parish Courthouse, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays.

“If residents call the office, we can begin the process over the phone and follow up on the assessment by sending a field agent out to check on the property,” Kratzer said.