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[eretria]

Can anyone confirm that improved and unimproved real property has something to do with whether or not there's a house built on a piece of land?

Or does it mean something completely different. Five of my six dictionaries are coming up blank and the one that does says it's likely wrong.

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[auburn]

Err, here in Cali as I remember it doesn't have to be a house per se. Improvement can mean a fence, a well, a barn, a road or probably even that the owner went in and cleared brush so it isn't a fire hazard. It links to the tax assessment: anything that ups the property tax is an 'improvement'.