Assessments
Chief County Assessment Office
Duties of the Chief County Assessment Officer include:
Duties of the Chief County Assessment Officer include:
- Holds annual meeting with Township Assessors
- Serves as chairperson of the Farmland Assessment Review Committee
- Serves as Clerk of the Board of Review
- Maintains an up-to-date property record card system, which lists the legal description, owner’s name, and the assessment
- Maintains the current owners of record by using the deeds filed in the recorder’s office
- Reviews all assessments made by the Township Assessors and revises them as appear to be just
- Equalizes assessments by township
- Publishes the assessment changes for each township
- Mails notices to each owner of record whose assessment has been changed
- Applies preferential assessments
- Administers the Homestead Application process:
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- General Homestead
- Homestead Improvement
- Senior Citizen Homestead
- Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze
- Disabled Veteran Exemption
- Disabled Veteran Standard
- Disabled Person's Homestead
- Returning Veteran's Homestead
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Township Assessor contact information can be found here.
Assessment Office Year in Review
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