PRESS
RELEASE FOR NEWSPAPER
Plymouth County Assessor, Jill Renken, is announcing that
door-to-door inspections of all town residential, rural
residential, ag dwellings, commercial, and industrial properties
in Plymouth County will begin in mid-May or early June.
Representatives of Vanguard Appraisals, Inc. in
conjunction with the Plymouth County Assessor’s Office will be
conducting this project.
A reappraisal project was approved by the Conference Board in
February, 2019.
The purpose of the reappraisal project is to equalize property
assessments so that each taxpayer is responsible for paying only
his/her fair share of the property tax burden.
Periodic inspections and reappraisals are necessary to
update information and adjust for market conditions affecting
property values. Some properties physically deteriorate faster
than others, and in many instances similar homes located in
different areas of the county will differ greatly in value due
to economic factors.
Letters will be sent to property owners with further details
closer to when data collectors will be in their town or rural
area.
Preliminary data collection will begin in Le Mars and then move
to the small towns, rural dwellings, and commercial and
industrial properties. The project is to be completed December
31, 2023.
Each Vanguard employee has had a full background check and will
have photo IDs signed by the Assessor and will attempt to do
interior and exterior inspections of all properties. They will
be compiling information to be used to estimate the fair market
value of each property. Information
to be collected includes type of construction, type of interior
finish, physical condition of the property, age of structures,
and exterior measurements.
A complete sales analysis, local construction costs, and
economic conditions are also considered.
No estimate of value will be given at the time of
inspection.
Property owners are asked to cooperate by allowing a complete
inspection of their property and providing accurate information
so that a fair and equitable assessment may be determined for
each property.
Notice of final value estimates will be mailed to each property
owner after January 1, 2024.
The property owners will have an opportunity to meet
informally to discuss their revaluation in the spring of 2024.
The new assessed values will be effective January 1, 2024, for
taxes payable in fiscal 2025-2026.
All law enforcement agencies as well as the Plymouth County
Assessor’s Office will be apprised of the areas where data
collectors are working.
They will also have a listing of all names and license
plate numbers of anyone involved in the project.
If any property owner has questions regarding the reappraisal
project, they are urged to contact the Plymouth County
Assessor’s Office at 712-546-4705 or email:
jrenken@plymouthcountyiowa.gov.
Information regarding the reappraisal project will also
be posted on the Plymouth County website at
www.plymouthcountyiowa.gov.
Letter to Land Owners
PICTURES OF VANGUARD EMPLOYEES
Each Vanguard employee has had a full background check and will
have a photo ID signed by the Plymouth County Assessor
identifying them as such. All law enforcement agencies will be
notified of Vanguard employees’ names involved in the project,
auto license numbers, and will be informed of the areas where
data collectors are working. Vanguard employees below:
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Robert Bellmer
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Steven Ford
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Micah Hoffman
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