72-16-425. Reappraisal within one year -- appointment of appraiser -- procedure. (1) Within 1 year after the entry of an order or decree of the district court determining the value of an estate and assessing the tax thereon, the attorney general or the department of revenue may, if he or it believes that such appraisal, assessment, or determination has been erroneously, fraudulently, or collusively made, make application to the district judge for a reappraisal thereof.
(2) The district court to whom such application is made may thereupon appoint a competent person to reappraise such estate. Such appraiser shall possess the powers, be subject to the duties, shall give the notice, and receive the compensation provided by 72-16-412 through 72-16-425, inclusive. Such compensation shall be payable by the county treasurer out of any funds he may have on account of any tax imposed under the provisions of parts 1 through 8, upon the certificate of the district judge.
(3) The report of such appraiser shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court, and thereafter the same proceedings shall be taken and had by and before such district court as herein provided to be taken and had by and before the court.
(4) The determination and assessment of such district court shall supersede the former determination and assessment of such court and shall be filed in the office of the county treasurer, state treasurer, and department of revenue.
History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 65, L. 1923; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 150, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 141, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 10400.29, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 91, Ch. 391, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 91-4439.