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DeKalb County, Illinois |
Chief County |
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
The following publication is a list of all parcels within the following Townships in DeKalb County that have had individual assessment changes. Notices will be mailed to owners of property that have been reassessed. If the property was not reassessed and received only a township multiplier, no notification will be mailed nor published. Each township heading contains the township multiplier (equalization factor) that has been applied to all applicable parcels. Owners of those parcels not listed in the publication can calculate their 2009 assessment by multiplying the factor for their township times their 2008 assessment.
By law, all non-farm land and non-farm buildings are to be assessed at one-third of market value as of January 1, 2009. The current assessments reflect the value of properties using a three year (2006, 2007, and 2008) average of sales in a particular area. They may not be indicative of the current market for 2009. Assessments are always reflective of the past--whether the current real estate market is moving up or down.
All farmland is assessed according to its productivity using a formula that includes soil type, crop yields, cost of production, market price of crops, and the Federal Land Bank mortgage rate. Farmland assessments increased by 10% this year throughout the entire state of Illinois. All farmland assessments are calculated by the Chief County Assessment Office with figures received from the Department of Revenue. The equalization factor is not applied to farmland and farm buildings. Farm buildings are assessed according to their contribution to the productivity of the farm.
The assessed value of an individual property determines what portion of the tax burden a specific taxpayer will assume. The individual’s portion of tax responsibility is not changed by the equalization factor/multiplier.
An equalization factor/multiplier does not mean that total property tax bills will increase or decrease. The amount of a tax bill is determined by local taxing bodies and the amount of money requested by the taxing body to provide services to local citizens. If the amount requested by a taxing body is not greater than the amount received the prior year, then total tax bills will not increase even if assessments have only increased due to an equalization factor.
If you feel your assessment
is not fair and equitable, contact your township
assessor.
His/her name and phone number are on the assessment notice or listed in the
newspaper. If you have further questions or wish to file a complaint with the
DeKalb County Board of Review, contact the Chief County Assessment Office at
815-895-7120. Assessment information and on-line complaint forms |
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Township Listings |
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AFTON pdf |
CLINTON pdf |
CORTLAND pdf |
DEKALB pdf |
FRANKLIN pdf |
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GENOA pdf |
KINGSTON pdf |
MALTA pdf |
MAYFIELD pdf |
MILAN pdf |
| PAW PAW pdf |
PIERCE pdf |
SANDWICH pdf |
SHABBONA pdf |
SOMONAUK pdf |
| SYCAMORE pdf |
VICTOR pdf |
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Only those with hyperlinks are available for review |
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are available to fill-out and print out. All complaints must be filed within 30 days of the date of
this publication.
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