Department Responsibilities
- Appraise and assess all real estate
- Property Record Card data maintenance
- Provide for defense of assessed values before the Board of Tax and Land Appeals, Superior Court & Supreme Court
- Current Use Program administration
- Oversee all Tax Exemption & Tax Credit Programs
- Timber Tax and Gravel Tax program management
- Engage in public relations for the programs of the assessing office
- Employ standards of professional practice in assessing and maintaining those standards through continuing education programs and certifications by state and national associations
- Assist taxpayers and the general public with tax maps, assessing questions, zoning abutter lists and gives direction for general government requests
