2021 REVALUATION NOTICE

Written by

TOWN OF CATO
2021 REVALUATION NOTICE

Action Appraisers & Consultants, Inc. has been contracted by the Town of Cato to perform a Revaluation of all properties in the town for 2021. Property Reviews will start March 1, 2021 and continue to completion, approximately May 14, 2021.

Please call 920-766-7323 within 10 days of receiving a postcard to schedule an appointment for a full inspection of the property whose parcel number is listed on the mailing label. If no appointment is scheduled an assessor will be stopping at your property when in the area.

Due to Covid 19, our assessors will be wearing a mask when entering the interior of properties. Wisconsin Statues, Section 70.32 instructs assessors to value property based on actual view. If an assessor is not allowed access to view a property, value is based on the best information the assessor can practically obtain.

PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS

You have the right to refuse entry into your residence pursuant to Section 70.05(4m) of the Wisconsin Statutes. Entry to view your property is prohibited unless voluntarily authorized by you. Pursuant to Section 70.05(4m) of the Wisconsin Statutes, you have the right to refuse a visual inspection of the interior of your residence and your refusal to allow an interior inspection of your residence will not be used as the sole reason for increasing your property tax assessment. Refusing entry to your residence also does not prohibit you from objecting to your assessment pursuant to Section 70.47(7) of the Wisconsin Statutes. Please indicate your consent or refusal to allow an interior visual inspection of your residence.

The postcards will be sent out in batches as we work through the town starting in Section 1.

Notice of the Board of Review for the Town of Cato

Written by

May 18, 2015

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Cato shall hold its first meeting on Monday, May 18, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Cato Town Hall, 14004 Upper Falls Road, Cato, Wisconsin.

Notice of the Board of Review

for the

Town of Cato

PDF Version: 2015-May-18 Notice of the Board of Review for the Town of Cato

 

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and Procedural requirements if appearing before the board:

No person will be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the Assessor to view the property.

After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

The Board of Review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written objection or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting.

Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of the land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question to amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith present evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or object to a valuation, if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method, unless the person supplies to the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Section 73.03(2a), that the Assessor requests. The Town of Cato has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph and shall provide exemptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Section 19.36(1).

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone unless the Board, in it’s discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under oath by telephone or written statement.

No person may appear b before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s.70.47(3)(a), Wis. States., that person provided to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take.

 

Respectfully submitted,

TOWN OF CATO

 

 

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Mary Muench, Town Clerk-Treasurer