The Barton County Appraiser’s Office received high marks from the Kansas Department of Revenue for the accuracy of their 2017 Kansas Real Estate Ratio Study. The study is a statistical performance evaluation tool that can be used to make inferences about the relative level and uniformity of appraisals made for ad valorem purposes. Here’s Barton County Appraiser Barb Esfeld.

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A perfect ratio would be 100-percent. While the Barton County 2017 market ratio for real property did not attain that perfect score, Esfeld said they came very close.

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The sales ratio study is the most widely used tool for measuring mass appraisal accuracy. Esfeld ads that to fully evaluate appraisal performance within a county, many technical requirements, procedural tasks and statutory functions must also be reviewed and examined.

The Kansas Constitution requires that all taxable property in the state be appraised and assessed uniformly as to class.