Applications for Homestead and Military exemptions are signed in this department. Public access terminals are available for public use. The assessor is charged with several administrative and statutory duties. The primary duty and responsibility is to make sure all real property within his jurisdiction is assessed except where the law provides otherwise. This includes residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural classes of property.
Real property is revalued every two years.
The effective date of the assessment is the first day of January of the current year. The assessor determines either a full or partial value for new construction and improvements depending upon their state of completion on January First. Provide the public with information and service in a complete and courteous manner. Encourage and assist employees in professional growth to help meet organizational objectives and increase individual creativity and confidence in pursuit of personal goals. Operate the office in such a manner that methods and procedures are open to scrutiny and understood by the public.