Want to Argue Your Woodbridge Tax Assessment? Apply by Feb. 20

An announcement from Woodbridge town government:

The Board of Assessment Appeals of the Town of Woodbridge will be holding their annual appeal meetings on Monday, March 16 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday, March 18 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday, March 19 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

The meetings will be held at the Town Hall to hear appeals relating to assessments for Real Property & Business Personal Property on the Grand List of Oct. 1, 2014. All persons claiming to be aggrieved by the actions of the Assessor on said list are hereby warned to make their written appeal to said Board by February 20th.

Written applications are MANDATORY, no appeal will be heard without one. Applications may be obtained from the Assessor’s Office Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All original applications must be filled out and returned to the Assessor’s office NO LATER THAN 4:30 P.M. FEB. 20, 2015. All persons filing proper applications shall be notified by March 1 of the day, time & place of their appeal hearing.

You must appear in person or you must send a duly authorized representative who must bring evidence of authorization & their own personal identification.

If you are appealing the assessed value of your property you must present documents as evidence in support of your claim or an appraiser’s analysis of your property value based on 2014 (the revaluation year) comparable sales. Comparable sales are those of similar style, size and location and must be from the year 2014.

If you have any questions concerning the Board of Assessment Appeals, please call the Assessor’s Office at 203-389-3416.