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ASSESSMENT OFFICE

The primary responsibility of the Assessment Office to maintain equitable assessments and authorize property tax exemptions throughout the City. The Assessor is required to administer the assessment roll in accordance with New York State Real Property Tax Law, the City Charter, and rules and regulations promulgated by the New York State Board of Real Property Services. The assessment roll and property inventory data is maintained using the Real Property System (RPS) developed by the New York State Office of Real Property Services (ORPS). Formal assessment appeals are considered by the Board of Assessment Review(BOR), a five-member administrative review panel.

2008 VALUATION

GAR Appraisal Associates, Inc. has been retained to conduct a city wide update for the 2008 assessment roll. The purpose of this update is to assess all property at 100% of market value.

RESEARCH SALES AND ASSESSMENTS

REVIEW INVENTORY

Books with residential, commercial and vacant sales and assessments are available at the Southeast Steuben County Library and at Corning City Hall.

Do your own search on the web @ Online Search .

This is a copy of the RPS database from 4/9/08 and does not reflect corrections made since. The image file is from 1/08 and will be updated in the future. Please report any corrections to the Assessment Department at the below link:

Request Interior Inspection, Picture or Inventory Correction

INFORMAL and FORMAL HEARINGS

The timeframe for an informal hearing has now ended. All property owners who had an informal hearing were mailed a notice with the results of their hearing on April 9th.

If you missed the informal hearing process or are disatisfied with the results from your informal hearing, you can file a written complaint with the Board Of Assessment Review (BOR). The BOR will meet on May 6th to hear complaints. You will be able to pre-schedule a formal hearing with the BOR anytime between April 9th and May 2nd by submitting a completed complaint form to the Assessment Office.

Formal Complaint Form

Formal Complaint Form Instructions

IMPORTANT DATES:

January 25 Preliminary Assessed Value Mailing
January 28 Phone Line Opens
January 30 Public Awareness Class 5:00 or 7:00PM
January 31 Public Awareness Class 5:00 or 7:00PM
February 2 Public Awareness Class 10:00AM or 12:00PM
February 13 Last Day To Schedule In Person Informal Hearing
February 29 Last Day To Mail In An Informal Hearing
March 1 Exemption Filing Deadline And Taxable Status Date
April 9 Tentative Assessment Filed
April 9 Informal Hearing Decisions Mailed
May 6 Formal Hearing/Written Complaint Filing With BOR
June 1 Final Assessment Filed (Apprx.)

EXEMPTION FILING DEADLINE

March 1st is the last day to file for exemptions. If you need assistance please contact the Assessment Office at 607-962-0340, ext 126 or Email Exemption Questions.

Common property tax exemption forms:

STAR Basic and Enhanced Exemptions and Rebates

Senior Citizen Exemptions

Alternative Veteran's Exemption

Cold War Veterans (2009)

Disabled/Limited Income Exemption

Link to all NYS forms

All NYS Forms

NEED HELP?

Send an Email to the Assessor's Office if you need help. Click on the link above. If you want to call your assessor, Rhonda Darling, please call 607-962-0340, extension 127.