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Hamtramck City Assessor

Assessor’s Office

3401 Evaline Street, 1st Floor
Hamtramck, MI 48212

Assessor – Thomas Monchak
Assistant Assessor – Konrad Maziarz

assessing@hamtramckcity.com

Phone: (313) 800-5233 ext. 820

From the City Charter, Sec. 9-14:

The city assessor shall be appointed by the city manager, subject to approval by a majority vote of the council- and mayor-elect, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the city manager and shall be directly responsible to the city manager. The functions and duties of the city assessor shall be as follows:

(a) He shall possess all the powers vested in, and shall be charged with the duties imposed upon, assessing officers by statute.

(b) He shall prepare all regular and special assessment rolls in the manner prescribed by statute, this charter, and by ordinance.

(c) He shall at all times cooperate with the city manager and provide such information and reports and perform such duties as are requested by the city manager, so long as they are not inconsistent with the duties of his office as herein provided.

Understanding Proposal A (2024)

Personal Property – Information and Forms

Property Tax Estimator (State of Michigan)

Principal Residence Exemption (PRE) – Information and Forms

Poverty Exemption – Information and Forms

Inflation Rate Multiplier for 2024 – Michigan State Tax Commission Bulletin 16 of 2023

Procedural Changes for 2024 – Michigan State Tax Commission Bulletin 18 of 2023

Disabled Veteran Exemption

Online Tax Assessing

Forms

Board of Review – The organizational meeting of the Board of Review meets on the Tuesday following the first Monday in March at 9 am. There are no appeals heard on this date. The purpose of the organizational meeting is to receive and review the assessment roll as presented by the assessor; make changes to the roll as deemed appropriate; and review hearing schedules for the upcoming Board of Review.

Property Tax Appeal Procedures for 2024 – Michigan State Tax Commission Bulletin 12 of 2023

Property Tax Appeal Procedures for 2023 – Michigan State Tax Commission Bulletin 10 of 2022

Please see the Board of Review page for minutes of past Board of Review meetings.

Meeting Dates/Time:

March Board of Review (2024)

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 – 9:00am – Organizational meeting, no appeals will be heard on this date.

Monday, March 11, 2024 – from 1:00pm to 7:30pm

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – from 11:30am to 7:30pm

Meetings are by appointment only. Appointments will be taken until 4:00pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Appeals can also be made by letter. Letter appeals must be received by 4:00pm on March 13, 2024.

The March Board of Review meets each year to hold scheduled appeal hearings following the required organizational meeting. The appeal hearings are held in Hamtramck City Hall. The Board shall meet for a minimum of 12 hours during that first week and at least 3 hours of the required sessions must be after 6 P.M. as prescribed by law. Two of the three board committee members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the committee. Any member of the Board may examine under oath the person making an application, or any person touching the matter before the Board. The March Board of Review has the authority to review the following types of appeals: current year assessed value; current year poverty exemptions under MCL 211.7u; current year Assessor denial of the continuation of a Qualified Agricultural Property Exemption; and the current year assessment classification. The Board shall review the roll according to facts existing on Tax Day in the preceding year on December 31.

MCL 211.30 states that a non-resident taxpayer may file a protest in writing and is not required to make a personal appearance.  Hamtramck further strengthened that by passing a resolution, which also permits resident taxpayers to file a protest to the Board of Review in writing without personal appearance.

For residential properties, an appeal must be made to the local Board of Review in order to preserve the right to a further appeal to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. A further appeal of the Board of Review actions (except for property classification) may be made to the Michigan Tax Tribunal, P.O. Box 30232, Lansing, MI 48909, in writing by July 31st of the current year. A Board of Review action involving a classification appeal may be appealed to the State Tax Commission if made by June 30th of the current year. Appeals relating to the valuation of property classified as commercial, industrial, or developmental real property DO NOT require a protest to the March Board of Review. Such appeals must be filed with the Michigan Tax Tribunal by May 31 of the tax year involved. Appeals contesting the levying of a special assessment must be filed within 35 days of the date of hearing held to confirm the special assessment roll.

Every person who makes a request, protest or application to the board of review for the correction of the assessed value or the tentative taxable value of the person’s property shall be notified in writing of the board of reviews action, not later than the first Monday in June.

The Board of Review meets by appointment, although walk-ins are not turned away. Walk-ins may have to wait a longer time until a time slot is available.  To schedule an appointment call 313-800-5233 Extension 820.

The Assessing Department’s responsibility is to accurately estimate the fair market value of all properties within the city of Hamtramck. All taxing authorities use taxable values of properties to determine, the tax rates they can collect and thereby determine the amount of annual property tax property owners have to pay. Millage rates determine the amount of taxes per 1,000 of taxable value, are set by the governing bodies of each taxing authority (i.e. city operating by the City Council, county operating by the County Board of Governors, School operating by the School Board). Each jurisdiction is enabled to levy village rates through the authority granted by state law, local charters and also by voters.

Determining Assessed and Taxable Values

The Assessor utilizes various tools to estimate what in assessing parlance is called True Cash Value. True Cash Value is estimated on a mass basis and a computer assisted value generation model is developed with the goal of uniformly assessing all properties using the same methodology. Construction costs, sales comparisons and income approach to value are used to calibrate computer models such that once the assessor enters the data about each property in the computer the value calculations are automatic in each case. This provides uniform assessments by making each property reflect the marketplace for similar properties that have been sold in previous years. On-site appraisals, physical condition and other factors may also affect appraisal amounts. After the assessor estimates the true cash values and determines the assessed and taxable values for properties for the next taxing season, the property owners are served notice of assessments. Property owners wishing to appeal their assessment must do so to the March Board of Review as per the detailed information that is conveyed through the notice of assessment every year.

Property Transfer Affidavit

Assessor is also charged with the responsibility of keeping the ownership of property, mailing addresses or property owners’ records current. This is accomplished through requiring the buyers of property to file a form called Property Transfer Affidavit Form 4260. Property Transfer Affidavit must be filed for a property whenever a transfer of ownership occurs. The affidavit is required to be filed within 45 days of the transfer. If it is not timely filed, a penalty of $5.00 per day up to a maximum of $200.can be levied by the assessor. Property Transfer Affidavit has some important information on it that needs to be completed carefully. The name and mailing address for tax bills and other important communications is taken from this form. After filing this form if the property owner needs to change mailing address, it should be done through filing a Change of Mailing Address form.

Homeowner’s Principal Residence Exemption (PRE) Information

New Homeowners should be aware that a Principal Residence Exemption (PRE) Affidavit must be filed if they intend to occupy their new home as their principal residence. This form is signed by the buyer at the time of closing and allows an exemption from 18 mills of school operating taxes. More information about the eligibility can be found with second page that comes with the Principal Residence Exemption (PRE) Form. Filing this affidavit without being entitled to on a certain property may result in interest and penalties in addition to the back taxes that are owed.

Principal Residence Exemption – Michigan State Tax Commission Bulletin 12 of 2022

Previous Year PRE Guidelines

Request to Rescind Homeowner’s Principal Residence Exemption (PRE)

The seller of a home should sign a Request to Rescind Principal Residence Exemption (PRE) form and file it with the Assessing Office. This will remove his/her name from the homestead and allow him/her to apply for the homestead exemption on their new residence. Not filing a rescind form when a property owner change his/her principal residence can also create a financial liability later,
whenever the department of Treasury at the state level conducts an audit.

Personal Property

MCL 211.19 states that all businesses must complete and file a personal property statement to the city on or before February 20th of each year. Personal property includes machinery, equipment, computers, furniture, signs, etc. used by the business. A recent change in personal property taxation exempts certain personal property owners if the combined total personal property under their CONTROL as different from OWNED is less than 80,000. But the business owner has to file an affidavit from number 5076.

Personal Property – Information and Forms

Poverty Exemption

For more information and an application, please visit: Poverty Exemption

Land Value and ECF Information

2022 ECF Table Codes and Descriptions – Detailed Tables 

All Land Information Used for 2022 Land Value Analysis

 

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Hamtramck, MI 48212

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