Supervisors, assessor discuss property visits

After a legislative bill giving county assessors immunity from trespassing during valuations failed to advance to the floor, Holt County Assessor Tim Wallinger queried supervisors how to handle assessments during the April 16 supervisors' meeting in O'Neill.

According to Wallinger, a 1977 Nebraska Attorney General opinion is at odds with an opinion issued a year ago, which determined assessors could be liable for trespassing.

"What do we do now? Every county's law is different," he said.

The bill, backed by the Nebraska Association of County Officials, was introduced by Sen. Myron Dorn, Dist....