Tax Assessor

The Office of the Tax Assessor is responsible for the following:

• Discovering and locating property – To make sure all property situated in town is located.
• Listing of property – When located, a system for describing the property must be used to identify each property.
• Taxability determination – After being located and listed, a determination is made whether the property is taxable. There are a wide variety of tax exemption and tax deduction statutes. (Such as: Senior Citizen Deduction, Disability Deduction, Certain Surviving Spouse Deduction, Veteran and Surviving Spouse of Veteran or Serviceperson Deduction, Disabled Veteran and Surviving Spouse of Disabled Veteran or Serviceperson Exemption – CLICK HERE for the qualifications for each of these deductions.)
• Values Property – Sets the assessed value on the property in accordance with the bases of real property value recognized by State law, as interpreted by the courts.
• Tax equalization – Identification of trends in property values throughout the taxing district and the adjustment of assessments where justified.
• Defense of appeals – Defends the assessments on properties upon appeal.

Along with the above, the assessor also keeps the tax map current and keeps the ownership information on the tax rolls up-to-date based on the recorded deeds. Inspections of all properties within the township are also performed on a periodic basis.