Real Property Services - Assessor's Office

Contact Us

Clerk:  Margaret Marchuk
Office phone:  (518) 523-1975
Office fax:  (518) 523-9821
E-mail:  assessor@northelba.org

Board of Assessors

Kimball W. Daby, Chairman; term expires 12/31/2013
James Bishop, Residential Specialist; term expires 12/31/2011
Arthur W. Jubin, Senior Commericial Appraiser; term expires 12/31/2011

Office Hours

Monday - Friday
9am - 5pm

General Information

Reminder!  All exemption applications and renewal applications must be received by Thursday, March 1, 2012.

Note:  If you are 65 years of age during the 2012 calendar year, you may apply for the enhanced star exemption.

"Preliminary Notices of Assessment Increase or Decrease" will be mailed the first of April.

Informal hearings with assessors occur in April.  In April please call for an appointment at 518-523-1975

2011 Final Roll was filed June 24, 2011
The 2011 Final Roll may be viewed online at:
http://www.co.essex.ny.us/RealProperty.asp

FOR INFORMATION, FORMS, AND APPOINTMENTS CONTACT THE ASSESSORS OFFICE
PHONE: 518-523-1975
FAX: 518-523-9821
EMAIL: assessor@northelba.org

 Flyers for your information

• Property Taxes & Your Assessment
• Tax Exemptions & Important Dates

Essex County Real Property Tax Services

View assement rolls at the Essex County website:

www.co.essex.ny.us/realproperty.asp

Who is the Assessor?

The assessor is a local government official who estimates the value of real property within a city, town, or village's boundaries. This value is converted into an assessment, which is one component in the computation of real property tax bills.  The assessor's primary responsibilities are to:

1. Discover, list and place a value on all real property
2. Establish market value
3. Assess according to condition and ownership on taxable status date
4. Determine exemption eligibility
   

What Does an Assessor Do?

The assessor is obligated by New York State law to maintain assessments at a uniform percentage of market value each year. The assessor signs an oath to this effect when certifying the tentative assessment roll -- the document containing each property assessment. The physical description (or inventory) and value estimate of every parcel is required to be kept current. In order to maintain a uniform roll, each year your assessor will need to analyze all of the properties in the municipality to determine which assessments need to be changed.

Where assessments need to be changed, in some cases, your assessor will be able to increase or decrease the assessments of a neighborhood or group of properties by applying real estate market trends to those properties. This is possible only when the assessments to be changed are at a uniform level other than the municipality's stated level of assessment. In other cases, the assessor will need to conduct physical reinspections for reappraisals of properties. Every assessing unit should be keeping all assessments at a fair and uniform level every year.

The assessment roll shows assessments and appropriate exemptions. Every year the roll, with preliminary or tentative assessments, is made available for public inspection. After the Board of Assessment Review (BAR) has acted on assessment complaints and ordered any changes, the tentative assessment roll is made final.

Key Dates that affect the assessment process are