Issuance of subpoenas by county assessors; duty of state and local governmental entities to provide documents and other information to county assessor; protection of information from disclosure.
1. The county assessor may issue subpoenas to require the production before him of documentation necessary for determining the value of property. The county assessor may have the subpoena served, and upon application to any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, enforced, in the manner provided by law for the service and enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.
2. Upon request of the county assessor, a state agency, political subdivision of this state and any other state or local governmental entity in this state shall provide documents and other information necessary to the performance of the duties of the county assessor as soon as practicable after receipt of the request.
3. Any information received by the county assessor pursuant to this section must be protected from disclosure in the same manner that the information is protected by the agency or entity from which the assessor received the information.
Last modified: February 27, 2006