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| Home > Assessor Home > Current Use/Designated Forest > What is the Open Space Taxation Act? |
What is the Open Space Taxation Act?The Open Space Taxation Act, enacted in 1970, allows property owners to have their open space, farm and agricultural, and timber lands valued at their current use rather than at their highest and best use.The Act states that it is in the best interest of the state to maintain, preserve, conserve, and otherwise continue in existence adequate open space lands for the production of food, fiber, and forest crops and to assure the use and enjoyment of natural resources and scenic beauty for the economic and social well-being of the state and its citizens. The law provides three classifications: Open space land Farm and agricultural land Timber land. |
Date of Source Material: 1/30/2006 Source: Klickitat County Assessor |
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