The Assessor's Office prepares the annual grand list of taxable and non-taxable property and assesses and values real estate, business, personal property and motor vehicles.

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The primary responsibilities of the Assessor are:

• Locating and identifying all taxable property in Seymour
• Making an inventory of the quantity, quality, and important characteristics of all taxable property
• Estimating the value of each taxable property
• Determining the extent of taxability of each property
• Calculating the assessed value of each property
• Preparing and certifying the assessment roll of Seymour
• Notifying owners of the assessed value of their properties
• Defending value estimated and valuation methods during appeals by taxpayers

The Assessor's office is also responsible for the administration of property exemption programs.  These programs include:

• veteran's programs
• elderly tax relief (homeowners and renters)
• farm, forest and open space
• blind and disabled taxpayers
• manufacturing and zone exemptions
• private college and hospital exemptions
• state-owned property reimbursement programs

This office also maintains land maps, property description cards and property ownership lists.