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The PE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Property values projected to fall again

BY JEFF HORSEMAN
STAFF WRITER
jhorseman@pe.com

Published: 04 April 2012 09:05 PM

The value of all taxable property in Riverside County is expected to fall again this year, punching a multimillion-dollar hole in the county’s already fragile finances.

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The PE: Riverside County property values drop 1.45 percent

By PE Politics
June 29, 2011 10:08 AM

Riverside County’s property assessments dropped in value by a combined $3 billion this year, Assessor Larry Ward told supervisors Tuesday.

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The PE: Riverside County’s property records system enters computer age

Larry Ward

06:16 AM PST on Monday, January 10, 2011

By DUANE W. GANG
The Press-Enterprise

Last year, the Riverside County recorder’s office handled 630,000 property titles — about 2,500 every single work day.

It’s a laborious, multistep process that requires county workers to physically check each document — some as long as 25 pages — for legal requirements, scan each into a computer and then mail the paperwork back to title companies and property owners.

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