By Scott Orr | The Daily Courier
Yavapai County Assessor Pamela Pearsall is asking the Arizona Attorney General to overturn a county Board of Supervisors’ decision to remove two divisions from her office, calling it a “constitutional overreach,” with the support of 13 of the state’s 15 county assessors.
Pearsall sent Attorney General Mark Brnovich a letter signed by the other assessors on Friday, June 26, explaining that the board created a new department made up largely of Title and Cartography employees that were previously under her control.
“We are of the opinion the Board’s actions both assume power contrary to Arizona law and deny the Assessor the ability to perform her own statutory duties,” Pearsall wrote.
She listed several impacts the decision might have, including:
