Glenn D. Leonardi and Ulrike Schlingensiepen lost their house, 3421 S.W. Briarwood Lane, in a fire in April 2022. … Later, Leonardi realized they were still paying property taxes on a house that no longer existed. “I just felt like it was ridiculous to be paying taxes on a property that was no longer there,” Leonardi told The Capital-Journal. … Leonardi said he contacted the county appraiser’s office to figure out what could be done. The Shawnee County Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to provide property tax relief for Leonardi and Schlingensiepen under Shawnee County Resolution No. 2023-32. … K.S.A. 79-1613 allows for the abatement of taxes for property destroyed or substantially destroyed by natural disaster or credit against property taxes payable during any or all of the next three taxable years.
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