Assessor

Overview

The City of St. Ignace Assessor's duties include: Single Property Appraisal, Mass Appraisals, and Administration.

The City Assessor is required to annually prepare an assessment roll for the assessing unit in accordance with General Property Tax Law and the legislatively mandated level of valuation as required by the Michigan Constitution. Two most important requirements must be achieved, as nearly as possible: The assessments must be uniform and they must be at the required percentage of value as stated in the tax laws.

The City Assessor must determine the Taxability of property, establish the ownership of the property, keep current the description of property, both real and personal, and value property using all appropriate appraisal techniques.

The City Assessor has three traditional appraisal techniques to use when estimating the value of property: the cost approach, the market or direct comparison approach, and the income approach.