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If you purchased property in Fulton County, Georgia, Atlanta, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, and/or Roswell in 2015 and paid property taxes in 2016 and/or 2017 based on an assessment equal to or within $100 of the purchase price you paid for the property, a class action lawsuit may affect your rights.
A class action lawsuit known as Rice, et al. v. Fulton County, Georgia, et al., Case No. 2018CV305307 is pending in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia against Fulton County, Georgia, City of Atlanta, City of Alpharetta, City of Johns Creek, City of Milton, and City of Roswell (together, “Defendants”). The lawsuit alleges Defendants illegally assessed and collected taxes on real property for the tax years 2016 and 2017. Plaintiffs allege the Fulton County Board of Assessors overrode fair market value system assessments and increased assessments on those properties that sold in 2015 based on the purchase price while leaving unchanged the vast majority of assessments for properties that had not sold in that year resulting in assessments that were not uniform or equalized in violation of the Georgia Constitution.
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