Board of Review InformationWhat if I don't agree with my assessment?If you do not understand how your assessed value was calculated, or disagree with your assessed value, contact the Assessor's Office. For any given year, you can request that the assessor review your assessed value. The assessor will inspect your property to ensure that the information contained in our files is correct. Each year, the assessment staff will hold informal meetings with property owners before the Board of Review meets. Property owners will be able to discuss how their assessed values were determined at these informal meetings. What is the Board of Review?The Board of Review is a quasi-judicial body that operates under State of Wisconsin Statutes and decisions reached in previous court cases. If you feel your assessment is not correct, you can appeal your assessment to the Board of Review. While you can appeal your assessment directly to the Board of Review, it is highly recommended that you first contact the Assessor's Office. Minor errors and misunderstandings can often be corrected at an informal meeting with the Assessor's Office first. To appeal your assessment to the Board of Review, you must be able to demonstrate in a factual and meaningful way, that there is an error in the assessor's valuation. Only actual sales of comparable properties are accepted as evidence. The Board of Review does not recognize a comparison of the assessed value of your property to those of other properties as a basis to change an assessment. Wisconsin Case Law precludes this type of comparison since it is impossible to determine that the assessed values of the comparable properties used are correct. People interested in appealing their assessment to the Board of Review need to contact the City Clerk's Office. 2010 Board of Review Links |