Board of Asessors Duties & Responsibilities (cont'd)

The Assessor’s Office also commit all motor vehicle and boat excise to the collector/ treasurer throughout the year as the Registry of Motor Vehicles sends files to our office.

Some of the other services provided by the Assessor’s Office include: Holding an Annual Classification Hearing, acting upon abatement requests for real estate and personal property, acting upon abatement requests for motor vehicle excise, acting upon personal exemptions for real estate (Elderly, Veterans, Blind, Surviving Spouse, etc.), acting upon applications for classification of real estate as agricultural/horticultural, forestry or recreational land, providing property information to brokers, appraisers, attorneys and the general public, issuing certified abutter’s lists, updating assessments based upon building permit work, maintaining a data base of ownership records, updating tax maps and GIS databases annually and performing valuation inspections.