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Has anyone received a notice from something called the Aircraft Valuation Reassessment Bureau? I just got something in the mail, seems like a scam.

Is it a State Bureau? I've never heard of it. Google results are inconclusive. If you have a state Aeronautics bureau or similar you might want to contact them.

Just for fun ran it by Chatgpt.com and AI can find no entity of the sort either federally or in Washington State. I'll check with WADOT/Aviation Division, but looks like a pretty impressive scam so far.

Do they want you to pay the increase in your Valuation Reassessment using Walmart gift cards?

Gotta hand it to the rascals............they keep getting more creative.....

Wow, something in the mail? Thats a new one to me. All of my scams come in the form of calls, emails and texts...so far.

AI is going to make scams much more difficult to identify in the near future. Makes you want to hole up like a hermit and not respond to anything you haven't initiated yourself.

I'm in WA like you and haven't seen anything from such an entity. I am bummed that my state registration went from $65 to $150 with a 2% increase yearly going forward (since we are on the scam subject). At least I did get something out of the extra money, they just re-built the runway at my airport.
Josh

Wow, something in the mail? Thats a new one to me. All of my scams come in the form of calls, emails and texts...so far.

Yeah, postmarked Libby MT

I am bummed that my state registration went from $65 to $150 with a 2% increase yearly going forward (since we are on the scam subject).

I'm in the same boat, I have a message in to their "Customer Service Specialist/Aircraft Registration". I suspect it's something the Washington State 'D''s passed with the "ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2711/69th Legislature/2026 Regular Session, regarding their massive transportation budget shortfall. Includes some sort of alternative fuels stuff in the bill, whatever that is.

We did just get a renovation of our pilot's lounge at KVUO for over a million bucks, 90% paid by the Feds, the rest by the city and state. That said, we have a new airport manager who got a city car, a new 4x4 utility vehicle, a free hangar, a new office, a new part time assistant, and a finance clerk. The old manager didn't need all that!