Mission Statement

The mission of the Board of Assessors and it's staff is to value Real and Personal Property in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, administer exemption, abatement, and excise programs and assist taxpayers, as well as other town departments, in a courteous, innovative and fiscally responsible manner. 

Property Record Card Discrepancies

Every effort to ensure the accuracy of the database is taken by the Assessor's Office. Should you find any discrepancies with your record card, please bring it to the attention of the Assessor's Office for correction.

Sale of a Property

Ownership of a property is based on January 1st of the year prior to the current Fiscal Year. 

Therefore, Fiscal Year 2026 ownership is based on the ownership as of January 1, 2025.

We strive to add the subsequent owners on the bill for mailing purposes. If you receive a bill for a property that you no longer own, please forward the bill to the new owner or return the bill to the Assessor's Office.

Proration of taxes between the buyer and the seller of a property does not involve the municipality.

Assessors' Maps Disclaimer

Assessors' Map Are NOT Property Line Maps

"Assessors have historically warned visitors to their offices that the tax maps are not property line plans. They are an inventory of all the ownerships of land within their municipality and they approximate the geometric size and shape of individual parcels. Compiled from recorded individual subdivision and plans of land, the maps are a composite index of a municipality's land records. No certification of the accuracy of assessors' parcel lines is ever conveyed." - John A Hammer, III, Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors & Civil Engineers

"...the purpose of the maps is only to sufficiently describe the property in question in order to provide effective notice of which property is being taxed" -Attorney General Robert H. Quinn, January 31, 1972

FY 2026 Classification Hearing

DOR CLASSIFICATION WORKSHOP

FY 2026 CLASSIFICATION HEARING

FY 2026 CLASSIFICATION HEARING AND DEPARTMENTAL REPORT FOR THE SELECT BOARD