Assessors

Appraise real and personal property to determine its fair value. May assess taxes in accordance with prescribed schedules.

Job Task

• Identify the ownership of each piece of taxable property.
• Inspect new construction and major improvements to existing structures in order to determine values.
• Complete and maintain assessment rolls that show the assessed values and status of all property in a municipality.
• Conduct regular reviews of property within jurisdictions in order to determine changes in property due to construction or demolition.
• Determine taxability and value of properties, using methods such as field inspection, structural measurement, calculation, sales analysis, market trend studies, and income and expense analysis.
• Establish uniform and equitable systems for assessing all classes and kinds of property.
• Explain assessed values to property owners and defend appealed assessments at public hearings.
• Analyze trends in sales prices, construction costs, and rents, in order to assess property values and/or determine the accuracy of assessments.
• Approve applications for property tax exemptions or deductions.
• Calculate tax bills for properties by multiplying assessed values by jurisdiction tax rates.
• Write and submit appraisal and tax reports for public record.
• Hire staff members.
• Provide sales analyses to be used for equalization of school aid.
• Review information about transfers of property to ensure its accuracy, checking basic information on buyers, sellers, and sales prices and making corrections as necessary.
• Serve on assessment review boards.
• Inspect properties, considering factors such as market value, location, and building or replacement costs to determine appraisal value.
• Issue notices of assessments and taxes.
• Maintain familiarity with aspects of local real estate markets.
• Prepare and maintain current data on each parcel assessed, including maps of boundaries, inventories of land and structures, property characteristics, and any applicable exemptions.

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