The Assessor’s Office duties are to list all taxable property and estimate values in accordance with the laws that govern jurisdiction.  The primary tasks are locating and identifying all taxable property, making an inventory of the quantity, quality and important characteristics of all taxable property, estimating the value of each taxable property, determining the extent of taxability of each property, preparing and certifying the assessment roll, notifying owners of the assessed value of their properties, applications for homestead exemption are filed here beginning on the first working day of January thru April 1st.  The assessor also keeps records of all maps and plats of the county.