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Written by Beth Botke | 03 May 2009
Bath Charter Township Assessing
Bath Township Assessing
Assessor: Beth Botke, CMAE III, PPE
14480 Webster Rd.
P.O. Box 247
Bath, MI 48808
Ph. (517) 641-6728 x112
Fax (517) 641-4170
email:
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Mission Statement
I dedicate myself to providing fair and accurate assessments, to educate the taxpaying public on the procedures, laws and components that create those assessments, and to offer service that honors the dignity of the public.
Responsibilities of the Assessor
The Supervisor is the chief assessing officer of the township, responsible for assessing property values within the township at 50 percent of its true cash value (MCL 41.61). In assessing property, the supervisor and assessing officials may use only those manuals approved by the State Tax Commission. MCL 41.61 permits the township board to provide for the appointment of assessors for the township who have all the powers and duties of the supervisor in the assessment of property.
The Assessor is responsible for the inventory of all property within the Township, and the valuation of the taxable parcels therein. Both real proeprty (Land and Building), and personal property (tangible) held by businesses are taxable.
The office operates under the reuirements of what is commonly referred to as the General Property Tax Law which was originally P.A. 206 of 1893. Most statutes are located between MCL 211.1 and MCL 211.157.
Understanding Proposal A 2009 Edition
Board of Review Information:
July 21, 2009...5:00 pm
December 15, 2009...5:00pm
The July & December Boards of review have the authority over clerical errors, mutual mistakes of fact and situations involving hardship exemptions, principal residence (homestead) exemptions and qualified agricultural exemptions.
*Property Tax Explanation-Michigan Dept. of Treasury video presentation on property taxes:
http://.mediasite.mihealth.org/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=61ddea17-2294-45e7-8bf5-d341f0b48db8
*Michigan Taxpayer's Guide-State of Michigan guide for taxpayers (reference for the 2008 tax year):
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/Publications/TaxpayersGuide2009.pdf
Facts & Information Regarding Your Assessment Notice
Land Division & Boundary Adjustment Application
Links to Michigan Department of Treasury Forms
All forms shall be returned to the Assessing office to be processed.
