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January 27, 2020

Revaluation: The municipality is required to keep properties in compliance of full value at least once in every 5−year period. The municipality is conducting a revaluation for the 2020 assessment roll. As such, we will be periodically conducting inspections on properties until such time that we have completed our assessment roll. Assessment field work will be conducted from January 27, 2020 through July 31, 2020.

The Town Board has contracted with Associated Appraisal Consultants to act as statutory assessor and to conduct the revaluation. 

When the property reviews are completed, property owners will receive a written notice if their assessment changes from last year.  The written notice will include dates and times of the Open Book and Board of Review meetings.

Associated Appraisal and the Town of Hamilton appreciate your full cooperation with the assessment process. If you have any questions, please call 920-749-1995 to speak with a representative from Associated Appraisal.

Authority of Assessor to Enter Land (Wis. Stat. & 943.13(4m)(d))

An assessor and an assessor's staff may enter upon a person's land, other than a building, agricultural land or pasture, or a livestock confinement area, if all of the following apply:

1. The assessor or the assessor's staff enters the land in order to make an assessment on behalf of the state or a political subdivision.
2. The assessor or assessor's staff enters the land on a weekday during daylight hours, or at another time as agreed upon with the land owner.
3. The assessor or assessor's staff spends no more than one hour on the land.
4. The assessor or assessor's staff does not open doors, enter through open doors, or look into windows of structures on the land.
5. The assessor or the assessor's staff leaves in a prominent place on the principal building on the land, or on the land if there is not a principal building, a notice informing the owner or occupant that the assessor or the assessor's staff entered the land and giving information on how to contact the assessor.
6. The assessor or the assessor's staff has not personally received a notice from the owner or occupant, either orally or in writing, not to enter or remain on the premises.
7. The assessor must leave if the property owner or occupant asks them to leave.

Authority for Assessor to Enter a Construction Site (Wis. Stat. & 943.15(1m))

An assessor and an assessor's staff may enter a person's construction site, other than buildings, if all of the following apply:

1. The assessor or the assessor's staff enters the construction site in order to make an assessment on behalf of the state or a political subdivision.
2. The assessor or assessor's staff enters the construction site on a weekday during daylight hours, or at another time as agreed upon by the land owner.
3. The assessor or assessor's staff spends no more than one hour on the construction site.
4. The assessor or assessor's staff does not open doors, enter through open doors, or look into windows of structures on the construction site.
5. The assessor or the assessor's staff leaves in a prominent place on the principal building at the construction site, or on the land if there is not a principal building, a notice informing the owner or occupant that the assessor or the assessor's staff entered the construction site and giving information on how to contact the assessor.
6. The assessor or the assessor's staff has not personally received a notice from the owner or occupant, either orally or in writing, not to enter or remain on the premises.
7. The assessor must leave if the property owner or occupant asks them to leave.

 

In 2009, Wisconsin Act 68 was enacted to amend Section 70.05(5)(b) Wis. Stats. and to create Section 70.05(4m), 895, 488, 943.13(4m)(d) and 943.15(1m) of the statutes relating to: partially exempting an assessor and an assessor’s staff from liability for trespassing, creating immunity from civil liability, and changing the notice requirements relating to the revaluation of property by an assessor. Copies of the applicable statutes can be obtained at public depositories throughout the State of Wisconsin, and from the Wisconsin State Legislature website (http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes).

This posting satisfies the required notifications in accordance with Wis. Stat. Sec. 70.05(5) (b), 2009 WI Act 68.