Delaware Code (Titles 8, 9, 25, 30)
9 Del. C. § 8328
Purpose
It is declared that it is in the public interest to:
# (1)
Encourage the preservation of farm land in order to maintain a readily available source of food and farm products close to the metropolitan areas of the State, to conserve the State’s natural resources and to provide for the welfare and happiness of the inhabitants of the State;
# (2)
Prevent the forced conversion of farm land and forest land to more intensive uses as a result of economic pressures caused by the assessment thereof for purposes of property taxation at values incompatible with their preservation as such farm land and forest land; and
# (3)
That the necessity of the enactment of the provisions of this section is a matter of legislative determination.
Amendment history
56 Del. Laws, c. 373, § 1
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In this title (40 sections)
- 9-8308 · Abandoned leaseholds
- 9-8309 · Assessment where owner unknown
- 9-8310 · Public inspection of completed assessment
- 9-8311 · Appeals and corrections upon completion of annual assessment
- 9-8312 · Notice that assessment may be inspected; appeals; notice of…
- 9-8313 · Taxables failing to appeal liable for tax as assessed
- 9-8314 · Report of total assessed valuation
- 9-8315 · Duplicate assessments
- 9-8316 · Assessment lists not to be altered by county governing body
- 9-8317 · Personal inspection of property to adjust valuation; notice of…
- 9-8318 · Adjustment of assessment inequalities between districts
- 9-8319 · Reports from those owning or controlling assessable property;…
- 9-8320 · Information to be supplied by building inspectors in New…
- 9-8321 · Notice of increase in assessment or new assessment
- 9-8322 · Discovery of unassessed property
- 9-8323 · False returns; perjury
- 9-8324 · Notices to be by mail or by email
- 9-8325 · Report of those liable for capitation tax
- 9-8326 · Penalty
- 9-8327 · Construction
- 9-8328 · Purpose
- 9-8329 · Valuation of agricultural, horticultural and forest land use
- 9-8330 · Agricultural use land
- 9-8331 · Horticultural use land
- 9-8332 · Forest use land
- 9-8333 · Criteria for agricultural, horticultural, or forestry land use…
- 9-8334 · Eligibility for valuation under §§ 8330-8337 of this title…
- 9-8335 · Assessment procedures
- 9-8336 · Annual review
- 9-8337 · State Farmland Evaluation Advisory Committee
- 9-8338 · Supplemental assessments permitted quarterly
- 9-8339 · Certification of supplemental assessment roll
- 9-8340 · Levy of tax and creation of a lien based on the supplemental…
- 9-8341 · Retroactive taxation prohibited
- 9-8342 · Notice required under supplemental assessment procedure
- 9-8343 · Appeal of supplemental assessment; penalties and interest
- 9-8344 · Requirement of written reports
- 9-8345 · Quality-control mechanism for general property reassessments;…
- 9-8351 · Determining taxation value; frequency of reassessments;…
- 9-8352 · Placement permit