OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR

     The Vernon Township Assessor is your liaison to the Chief County Assessment's Office.  The Office of the Assessor provides professional help on your real estate assessments, tax bills and related items.

Assessor Documents:

Commercial Building Vacancy Affidavit

Quadrennial Assessment Year 2015

Annual Town Meeting (2015)

“My Assessment went down... why didn’t my taxes?”

Calculation of Tax Rates

Some other services provided are:

1. •Value all non-exempt properties
   

2. •Assist in filing Senior Homestead Exemptions (Click here for forms)
   

3. •Assist in filing Senior Citizen assessment freeze homestead exemptions (Click here for forms)
   

4. •Distributes literature concerning assessment and tax bill process
   

5. •Provides help applying on line for Benefit Access Program (formerly known as Circuit Breaker) (Click here for forms)
   

6. •Provides information requested for Assessment Appeals
   

7. •Homeowners Exemption (Monitor and grant for owner occupied residential properties)
   

8. •Request Tax Bill address changes
   

9. •Assist in filing Agricultural Valuation
   

10. •Comparable documentation provided
    

11. •Cross-Reference of permanent real estate number and address
    

12. •Home-Improvement Exemptions (Monitor qualifying properties for $75,000 full market value or $25,000 assessment reduction
    

13. •Tax bill amounts
    

14. •Names and addresses supplied for properties applying for variances
    

15. •Records are considered public information
        Information available includes:
    

 

1. 1. •sales prices
      

   2. •assessments
      

   3. •building sizes, etc.
      

   4. •year built
      

   5. •permits
      

   6. •lot sizes or dimensions
      

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3. •Free Notary Public for Vernon Township Residents
   

4. •Attend both County and State level hearings for properties within Vernon Township
   

5. •Adjust assessments for factual error's in description such as the wrong square footage, number of bathroom plumbing fixtures, etc.