Assessing

Please return completed forms to the Assessor’s Office to be processed.

Principal Residence Exemption (PRE)
Guidelines for the Michigan PRE Program
Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit
Conditional Rescission of Principal Residence Exemption
Rescind Homeowners Principal Residence Exemption

Land Forms
Land Combination Application
Land Division & Boundary Adjustment Application

Michigan Department of Treasury Forms
Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate
Forest Property Tax Exemption
Petition to Board of Review
Property Transfer Affidavit
Rescind Agricultural Exemption
Qualified Agricultural Exemption

Links to other Treasury Forms

The July and December Boards of Review have the authority over clerical errors, mutual mistakes of fact and situations involving hardship exemptions, principal residence (homestead) exemptions and qualified agricultural exemptions.

Contact the Assessor’s Office for more information.

Property information is available for viewing at the Assessing Department during normal business hours.

Property and tax billing information is also available online by clicking on the Online Assessing Information Look-up link below. Online information is currently updated daily. Most property records now have a sketch of buildings, improvements and land, as well as a digital photograph.

Online Assessing Information Look-up

The Supervisor is the chief assessing officer of the township, responsible for assessing property values within the township at 50 percent of its true cash value (MCL 41.61 ). In assessing property, the supervisor and assessing officials may use only those manuals approved by the State Tax Commission. MCL 41.61 permits the township board to provide for the appointment of assessors for the township who have all the powers and duties of the supervisor in the assessment of property.

The Assessor is responsible for the inventory of all property within the Township, and the valuation of the taxable parcels therein. Both real property (Land and Building), and personal property (tangible) held by businesses are taxable.

The office operates under the requirements of what is commonly referred to as the General Property Tax l aw which was originally P.A. 206 of 1893. Most statutes are located between MCL 211.1 and MCL211.157.

Facts & Information Regarding Your Assessment Notice
Michigan Department of Treasury Property Tax Information
Michigan Taxpayer’s Guide Reference
Property Tax Information for Veterans & Military Personnel
Understanding Proposal A 2009 Edition