Property Taxes

Property owners in the City of Lawrence pay property taxes each year. Property taxes include taxes for four government units; Douglas County, the State of Kansas, Unified School District #497, and the City of Lawrence. Each unit of government determines its own tax rate depending on its own needs.

Property tax rates are based on mills and are assessed through a mill levy. One mill is equivalent to one dollar for every thousand dollars of assessed property value. For 2008, most property owners within the city limits have a mill levy of 115.844 mills.

* The mill levys provided are as they appear in the City of Lawrence 2008 Adopted Budget.

To calculate your estimated property tax bill, you need to know the approximate appraised value of your property. The total value of the house is then multiplied by 11.5% for residential property, or 25% for commercial/industrial property, to determine the assessed property value.

Therefore, a house appraised at $100,000 would have an assessed value of $11,500 ($100,000 X 11.5%). The City's portion of the property tax on this house for 2008 would be $308.05 ($11,500/1,000 X 26.787).

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