These include Star, veterans, the elderly, agricultural, clerical and partial or full exemptions for certain parcels owned by non-profit organizations which qualify by reason of religious, charitable or educational use. In all cases, application for these exemptions must be filed no later than March 1. It is up to the individual owners to monitor their own assessments. Taxpayers who feel they are not being fairly assessed should meet with their assessor before the tentative assessment roll is established in an informal setting. The assessor can explain how the assessment was determined and the rationale behind it.
Assessors are interested only in fairly assessing property in their assessing unit.
If your assessment is correct and your tax bill still seems too high, the assessor cannot change that. Complaints to the assessor must deal only with the assessment of the property. The final assessment roll is filed on July 1 and it is on the values in this roll that taxes for the following year are apportioned.