Jodie L Brown, County Assessor
101 S Main Street 3rd Floor
New Castle, IN 47362
(765) 529-2104 Fax: (765) 521-7083
Email: jbrown@henrycounty.in.gov
Monday Closed
Tuesday through Thursday
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday
7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Primary Functions of the County Assessor's Office:
- Assessment of Real and Personal Property
- Real Estate and Personal Property Appeals
County Assessor:
The County Assessor identifies, lists and calculates the assessed value of all Real and Personal property. In general, the County Assessor performs the following duties:
- Oversees the General Reassessment process
- Serves as Member/Secretary of the County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals
- Insures countywide uniform Property Assessment Equalization
- Acts as the Inheritance Tax Appraiser and represents the Inheritance Tax Division
- Discovers and identifies omitted property
- Calculates the assessed value of all real property in each taxing district
- Verifies and reviews the self reported values of all personal property in each taxing district
- Calculates the total assessed value of each taxing district
- Certifies current Assessments to the County Auditor's Office
- Utilizes recent sales of land (Sales Disclosures) to establish base market rates and values in each neighborhood, adjusts base values for location, nearness to amenities and other influence factors
- Is responsible for the selection of Assessment Software and Computer Systems
Property Tax Assessment - Real & Personal Property
- Real Property is assessed on March 1st of each year. -Personal Property is based on property owned March 1st. Forms filed annually by May 15th.
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