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EQUALIZATION DEPARTMENT
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Location:
219 Paw Paw St., Suite 302
Paw Paw, MI 49079
From I-94 take the Paw Paw Exit (exit 60). Turn north and proceed ˝ mile. Take right after Sheriffs Building, proceed to Administration & Land Services Building on left.
Phone#: (269) 657-8234
Fax#: (269) 657-0579
EQUALIZATION
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STAFF
Edward VanderVries, Director of Land Services
Michael Klusman, Equalization Director
Kathy Swinehart, Senior Appraiser
Linda Marcinkowski, Appraiser/Technician
Bruce Kruithoff, Contract Agricultural Appraiser
HOURS
Monday-Friday: 8:30am-5:00pm
Closed for Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Saturday and Sunday: closed
Holiday Schedule
The Van Buren County Courthouse will be closed for these dates:
Martin Luther King Day – Monday, January 15
President’s Day – Monday, February 19
Memorial Day – Monday, May 28
Independence Day – Wednesday, July 4
Labor Day, Monday, September 3
Veteran’s Day – Monday, November 12
Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 22
Day after Thanksgiving – Friday, November 23
Christmas Eve – Monday, December 24
Christmas Day – Tuesday, December 25
New Year’s Eve – Monday, December 31
New Year’s Day – Tuesday, January 1
MANDATE BY LAW
Section 211.34 of the General Property Tax Act of the State of Michigan mandates the process of state equalization. The act states in part that the county board of commissioners shall examine the assessment rolls of the townships or cities each year and ascertain whether the real and personal property in the respective townships or cities has been equally and uniformly assessed at an average level of 50% of true cash value.
The General Property Tax Act goes on to state that the county board of commissioners of a county shall establish and maintain a department to survey assessments and assist the board of commissioners in the matter of equalization of assessments. The county board of commissioners, through the department, may furnish assistance to local assessing officers in the performance of duties imposed upon those officers by this act, including development and maintenance of accurate property descriptions, the discovery, listing, and valuation of properties for tax purposes, and the development and use of uniform valuation standards and techniques for the assessment of property.
The department is also responsible for calculating all millage rollback fractions required by law (Headlee, Truth in Assessing, Truth in County Equalization, and Truth in Taxation) for all Taxing Authorities within the County such as K-12 schools, intermediate schools, colleges, the county, townships, villages, cities, and district libraries. Following this process, the department compiles all millage to be levied within the county and submits the apportionment report to the County Board for their examination and approval and a copy to the State Tax Commission.
AVAILABLE REPORTS & FORMS
The following reports and forms are provided by the Equalization Department of Van Buren County. In order to view these Adobe Acrobat files, you need to have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer. If you do not have that program, you can use this link to connect with Adobe’s web site below and download a free version of Adobe Acrobat reader.
Once you have it installed, simply click on a link to download the file and then view it by opening the viewer program and then selecting the file you choose to view.
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Related Links:
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Michigan Department of Treasury
State of Michigan Registered Plats
State of Michigan Legislature
Mi Township Association
State Assessors Board
Search Real Estate Multi List System (SWMRIC)
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Documents/Forms:
Municipality Name, Number & Town/Range
Assesser/Supervisor List
2004 SEV (By Unit, Classification & School)
2004 Taxable Values (By Unit, Classification & School)
2004 Certified Millage Rates - Amended 12-29-04
2004 Top 15 Tax Payers Report
2004 Taxable Values with Homestead (P.R.E.) & Non-Homestead (Non-P.R.E.)Values
2004 Taxable Values with HS (P.R.E.) & Non-HS (Non - P.R.E.) by School District
2004 Top 15 Taxpayers by School District
2004 County IFT Roll
2004 Apportionment Report (Revenue Report) - Amended 11-03-2004
2005 Equalization Report (May 19, 2005)
2005 Statistics Report w/ Homestead & Non-Homestead (PRE) Values
2005 Top 15 Report (By School District)
2005 County IFT Report
2005 Certified Millage Rates
2005 Apportionment Report
2006 Equalization Report
2006 Statistics Report w/ Homestead & Non-Homestead (PRE) Values
2006 Top 15 Report (By School District)
2006 County IFT Report
2006 Apportionment Report w/Certified Tax Rates
2007 Equalization Report
2007 Statistics Report w/ Homestead & Non-Homestead (PRE) Values
2007 IFT Report
2007 Top 10 Report (By School District)
2007 Apportionment Report w/Certified Tax Rates - Revised 11/15/07
2008 Equalization Report - Revised 5-15-2008
2008 IFT Report
2008 Statistics Report w/ Homestead & Non-Homestead (PRE) Values
2008 Top 15 Report (By School District)
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Page Last Updated: 6/20/2008
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