Assessment Review

Mass AppraisalAn assessed value is based on the market value of the property. However, municipalities utilize a process commonly known as mass appraisal that values hundreds or thousands of properties at once, not individually. Since the process focuses on multiple properties, their similarities and differences, it is more generalized than a single-property appraisal. The focus of mass appraisal is on the equity of the results.
Informal Assessment Reviews:   (January-early April)The informal assessment review process allows owners to submit documentation to the Assessor for review of their property's assessment. An interior and/or exterior inspection may be requested by you or the Assessor's Office if deemed necessary.

You may submit a request for an informal assessment review for the 2024 Assessment Roll in person or by mail up to April 12, 2024. Forms and instructions are available below. 

Results for the informal reviews:  An Assessment Notice will be mailed the first week of May with the results from the informal hearing (regardless of whether or not a change was made). Any changes made through this informal process will be for the next available Tentative Assessment Roll (filed May 1st) and is not retroactive. If you are not satisfied with the results, you may file a a formal complaint with the Board of Assessment Review. 

Forms:   

• 2024 - How To Request An Informal Assessment Review (instructions) No longer available for 2023
• 2024 - Request for Residential Informal Assessment Review (form) No longer available for 2023

Formal Assessment Reviews:    (fourth Tuesday in May, every year)The Tentative Assessment Roll is filed on May 1st each year and marks the beginning of the formal review process.
The Assessor's Office will not accept complaint forms (RP-524) before the May 1st filing of the Tentative Assessment Roll.

PLEASE NOTE: The Town of Ogden Board of Assessment Review and the Assessor's Office will not accept Form RP-524 electronically by fax or email for Grievance Day, which is Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Original hard copies of all RP-524 grievance forms (except for any supporting documentation) must be submitted in person, by delivery service, or by mail.

HEARING OF ASSESSMENT COMPLAINTS:

 The Board of Assessment Review is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (times to be determined), to hear and examine all formal complaints in relation to assessments upon the application of any person believing that they have been aggrieved. 

 Persons who file a complaint have the option to have the Board review their complaint form without having an in-person hearing by completing and submitting the RP-524 form and supporting documentation before the closing of the Board of Assessment Review hearings on May 28th, 2024 (by 8:00 pm) . The Board will inform them in writing of its decision. Complainants will have the  opportunity to choose this option when submitting their documents.         

 Complaint forms cannot be filed until after May 1^st. The complaint form and the publication “Contesting Your Assessment in New York State” are available online at NYS Tax & Finance at www.tax.ny.gov or see the links below.

 One complaint form must be submitted for each parcel that you are grieving.

The 2024 tentative assessment roll is based upon the condition of a property as of March 1, 2024 (taxable status date) and local real estate market conditions as of July 1, 2023 (valuation date). 

formal grievance FORMS (Town of Ogden).  (Click on link(S)  below to save/print grievance FORMS

• COMPLETE GRIEVANCE PACKET - Click on link:      2024  Complete Grievance Packet

• INDIVIDUAL FILES (Click on individual files below to save/print separately)

Small Claims Assessment Review:Small Claims Assessment Review (a.k.a. SCAR) is for qualifying non-commercial property owners who want to appeal their Grievance (Board of Assessment Review) decision. Small claim forms and filing fees are submitted to the State Supreme Court. A copy of the claim is given to the Ogden Assessor's Office and several other parties. For more information:  Small Claims