Terms of use agreement Best viewed with Netscape Communicator . The protest period lasts through May 7. The assessor's office sent out valuation 32,000 notices on April 4, Obbink said. Since then, the assessor's new Web site has received approximately 933 hits per day. Sioux City has about 80,000 people, with about 25,000 single-family residences, he said.
Property owners can log on to the Web site and fill out the protest form.
However, they must print it out and mail or hand deliver it to the assessor's office because it has to be signed, Obbink said. The Web site contains information about the assessor, the process of valuations, how the assessor estimates market value and why values change. Obbink said the valuations are based on things like square footage, if there's a deck, a garage and the number of baths and bedrooms. His office receives information of any additions or new construction. Valuations will consider such things as flood-damaged basements or things that could decrease a home's value.