Why are real estate taxes necessary?
Properties are appraised and taxed in order to provide revenue for local services such as schools, fire and police protection, public parks and other public benefits. Property owners thereby absorb their fair share of the cost of these benefits in proportion to the amount of money their individual properties are worth.

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1. What do I do if I think my assessment is incorrect?
2. What is an annual reassessment?
3. Why do an annual reassessment?
4. Why are real estate taxes necessary?
5. What is fair market value?
6. What causes property values to change?
7. What is the effective date of my assessment?
8. When are buildings under construction assessed?
9. How is property appraised?
10. Do all assessments change at the same rate?
11. How do trends in real estate affect local assessments?
12. What is the role of computers in the assessment process?
13. What will happen to my assessment if I improve my property?
14. Will my assessment increase if I repair my property?
15. Can the assessment on my property be changed even if the assessor has not been inside my property?
16. What is a field review?
17. Can I make an appointment for a field review?
18. How can I be sure the information used to determine the value of my property is correct?