Chief County 
Assessment Office

The Chief County Assessment Officer has several functions as set by statute. The Officer supervises township assessors in making uniform assessments on real estate, equalizes assessments by township within the County, serves as Clerk of the County Board of Review, and acts as chairman of the County Farmland Assessment Review Committee.

The Chief County Assessment Officer coordinates the assessor’s activities; prepares, maintains, and updates the cadastral maps for the County by recorded documents; reviews, revises, and makes assessment corrections as shall appear to be just; calculates and applies equalization factors for all townships; yearly publishes assessment changes for each township and publishes all assessments in a general reassessment year (quadrennial year); maintains all assessment exemption information; and maintains ownership records for all property in the County.