Therese Zaborowski, City Assessor Glenda King, Appraiser Room 123, City-County Building 325 Court Street Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 VISIT THIS OFFICE TO: • Find property within the city and where it is located • Find out who owns property and how to contact them by mail. • Obtain the value or tax liability of a piece of property. • Find out whether a property has a special assessment on it. • Fill out a homestead form if you are a first time homebuyer. • Get a repair/maintenance form to update your home. • Fill out a property transfer afidavit. • Give a copy of a Land Contract to the Assessor’s Office. THE ASSESSOR’S OFFICE: • Assists people with information pertaining to property record cards, such as:    • Legal Descriptions    • State Equalized Value; Taxable Value    • Square footage of a home; Year Built    • Lot Size    • Other informational questions • Helps to locate properties for people and make copies of assessment cards & maps showing where property is. • Gives tax information for tax bills and millage rates • Looks up prior deeds in the Register of Deeds if a problem exists. • Has a list of "sold" properties within the past 2 years. • Has maps of the City & subdivisions to locate property. • Has assessment rolls with alpha reference to help yourself. • Update property info with every deed recorded • Change mailing address per owner's request • Maintain Bank mailings with signed letter by property owner that bank gets tax bill and remove bank when owner notifies us there is no longer an escrow with that bank • Holds Board of Review, one in March for Auditor Hearings, one in July and one in December for clerical errors or mutual mistakes only • Defends appeals at the state level (MichiganTax Tribunal) • Sends out Change of Assessment notices every year the value changes • Processes personal property statements and maintains those values every year. • Processes TIFA reports annually for the 3 districts in the City. • Maintains the IFT (industrial facility tax abatement) roll • Assists the Finance Director in projecting the budget • Value Exempt buildings for the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, per agreement • Process state required reports with totals after March BDR is done PH:  (906) 632-5710 FAX: (906) 635-5606