The 2011 Assessment Changes for Freeport
Township have been published September 13, 2011 in the Journal Standard.
The 2011 Assessment Changes for Erin, Kent, West
Point, Waddams and Winslow townships have been published in the Northwestern
Illinois Farmer November 16, 2011.
The 2011 Assessment Changes for Jefferson, Loran,
Rock Run, Buckeye, Dakota, Rock Grove, Florence, Silver Creek, Ridott,
Lancaster, Harlem and Oneco townships have been published in the Journal
Standard December 16, 2011.
Scroll down to find the link to each of the townships.
The following is a listing of the real estate assessments as made by
the Township Assessors and/or the Chief County Assessment Office in
all townships (when available) for the assessment year 2011 (taxes payable
in 2012). Values shown are those values prior to any equalization by
the chief county assessment officer. Median level of assessments
for Stephenson County before equalization is 34.02%.
Valuation date (35 ILCS 200/9-95): January 1,
2011
Required level of assessment (35 ILCS 200/9-145): 33.33%
Valuation based on sales from (35 ILCS 200/1-155): 2008-2010
Your property is to be assessed at the above median
level. You may check the accuracy of your assessment by the following
procedure: divide your assessment by 0.3333 (median level of assessments).
The resulting value should equal the estimated fair cash value of your
property. If the resulting value is greater than the fair cash value
of your property, you may be over-assessed. If the resulting value is
less than the fair cash value of your property, you may be under-assessed.
If you believe your property’s fair cash value
is incorrect or that the equalized assessed valuation is not uniform
with other comparable properties in the same neighborhood, the following
steps should be taken:
1. Contact your township assessor’s office
to review the assessment.
2. If not satisfied with the assessor review, taxpayers may file
a complaint with the Stephenson County Board of Review. For complaint
forms, instructions, and the Rules and Procedures of the Board of
Review, call (815) 235-8260 or visit www.co.stephenson.il.us/assessor
for more information.
3. The final filing deadline for your township is generally 30 days
from this publication date. After this date, the Board of Review is
prohibited by law from accepting assessment complaints for properties
in this township. For more information on complaint deadlines, call
(815) 235-8260 or visit us at 50 W. Douglas St, Suite 502, Freeport,
Illinois 61032.
Your property may be eligible for homestead exemptions, which can reduce
your property’s taxable assessment. For more information on homestead
exemptions, call (815)235-8260 or visit www.co.stephenson.il.us/assessor/exempt.asp.
All equalized assessed valuations are subject to further equalization
and revision by the Stephenson County Board of Review as well as equalization
by the Illinois Department of Revenue.
Also, taking a few minutes to read the Board of Review
Rules may help you to better understand the appeal process. The Board
of Review Rules can be found online at www.co.stephenson.il.us/assessor/forms/borrules2011.pdf
Assessment complaint forms and instructions for completing
them may be obtained in person, or by calling the Chief County Assessment
Office at 815-235–8260. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Forms
are also available online or by writing to the
Board of Review, 50 West Douglas Street, Suite 502., Freeport, IL 61032-4396.
Completed assessment complaint forms are to be filed with the clerk
of the Board of Review, 50 West Douglas Street, Suite 502., Freeport,
IL 61032-4396.
This publication is made in accordance with 35 ILCS,12-10,
as amended.
Farmland Assessments have been factored by 1.1000 as
required by the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
An individual change of assessment notice is mailed
to each property owner having a change in assessment other
than equalization.
The assessment changes are listed by township. Click
on the township name to be taken to the list of respective changes.
The deadline to file a complaint with the Board of Review is noted below
each township.
A sample of the Notice of Assessment Change is available
by clicking here.
All equalized assessed valuations are subject to further
equalization and revision by the Stephenson County Board of Review as
well as equalization by the Illinois Department of Revenue.
Please Note: Assessment changes made as a result of equalization
are not listed.
Publication of the 2011 assessment changes is or will be in the following
newspapers:
