Note: Forms related to property taxes are available from the State of Wisconsin, Department of Revenue, Madison, Wisconsin. Electronic copies of many of these forms may be downloaded, and additional information may be obtained at the following websites:
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Information and forms relevant to property assessment
Information and forms relevant to boards of review
Additional DOR forms
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, resolves and declares as follows:
Whereas, the town board has municipal jurisdiction over the lands described as follows:
[insert legal description]; and
Whereas, the town board finds and determines pursuant to
s. 70.27, Wis. stats., that the above-described lands meet the criteria for the making of an assessor's plat under
s. 70.27, Wis. stats., in that the description of the different parcels within the above-described lands cannot be made sufficiently certain and accurate for the purposes of assessment, taxation, or tax title procedures without noting the correct metes and bounds of the same, or that gross errors exist in lot measurements or locations so that difficulty is encountered in locating new structures, public utilities, or streets; and
Whereas, the town board determines that the making of an assessment plat for the above-described lands will be a local improvement for which the town may charge to the titleholders of the parcels included within the above-described lands [add if applicable including ________ County, Wisconsin, pursuant to
s. 66.0705, Wis. stats.,] the costs and expenses of the making of an assessment plat for the above-described lands;
The town board resolves and orders as follows:
1.
An assessor's plat for the above-described lands shall be made for the above-noted purposes pursuant to
s. 70.27, Wis. stats.
2. Initially the costs and expenses for making of the assessor's plat shall be paid by the town.
3. All of the above-described lands, whether now platted or unplatted parcels, without inclusion of improvements within the assessor's plat, shall be charged with the costs and expense incurred by the town in the making of the assessor's plat and the individual titleholders of the parcels contained within the assessor's plat shall be required to reimburse the town for their share of the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the town in making the assessor's plat that are not paid in whole or in part by other financial sources, as determined by the town board.
4.
The actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the town in the making of the assessor's plat that are not timely paid by the titleholders of the parcels contained within the assessor's plat or in whole or in part by other financial sources, as determined by the town board as provided in paragraph 3 above, shall be collected from the titleholders of the parcels contained within the assessor's plat by the town board and charged, if necessary, as a special assessment against the parcels contained within the assessor's plat as provided by
s. 66.0703, Wis. stats., or any successor provision.
5. The town clerk shall notify by mailing, not later than 5 days after adoption of this resolution, a copy of this resolution to all titleholders of record of any parcel, within the above-described lands, for which record title is held by the titleholders on the date of adoption of this resolution.
6. The town clerk shall, not later than 5 days after adoption of this resolution, file a lis pendens with the Register of Deeds for ________ County, Wisconsin, on the parcels within the above-described lands.
7.
When completed, the assessor's plat shall be filed with the town clerk. The sworn certificate of the surveyor who made the plat that meets the requirements of
s. 70.27 (7), Wis. stats., shall be appended to the title page of the assessor's plat.
8. Within 2 days after the assessor's plat is filed with the town clerk, the town clerk shall transmit the assessor's plat to the State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
TOWN OF ____________ LIS PENDENS
s. 70.27, WIS. STATS.
COUNTY OF ________
STATE OF WISCONSIN
IN THE MATTER OF A PROPOSED ASSESSOR'S PLAT IN
THE TOWN OF ________, ________ COUNTY
BE IT NOTED THAT:
In the matter of a proposed Assessor's Plat, Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, on ________ ___, 20__, the Town Board of the Town of ________ adopted a resolution to have created an assessor's plat that may affect certain platted and unplatted parcels in the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, all located in Section(s) _______ of Township ________, Range ________.
The proposed plat for Section ________ may include all or part of the following:
1. [insert affected quarter sections, i.e., NW 1/4 NW 1/4]
2. [so continue]
This Lis Pendens is filed in the Register of Deeds Office, ________ County, Wisconsin, for the purpose of notice to all titleholders and prospective titleholders that an Assessor's Plat has been or may be created affecting the above-noted platted and unplatted parcels in Section(s) ________ in the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin.
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signature of town clerk]
Town of ________
_________ County, Wisconsin
STATE OF WISCONSIN
________ COUNTY
Personally came before me this ____ day of ________, 20__, the above-named ________ ________, known to me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same.
[Signature of town chairperson]
or
[Signature of notary public]
Notary Public, State of Wisconsin
My commission _________.
This instrument drafted by: _________________
Whose address is: ______________________
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
Pursuant to
s. 70.45, Wis. stats., the Town of ________ assessment roll for the year 20__ assessment will be open for examination on the ____ day of ________, 20__, at ________ [insert location of open book] from ________ ___.m. to ________ ___.m. Instructional material about the assessment, how to file an objection, and board of review procedures under Wisconsin law will be available at that time.
Notice is hereby given this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signature of town clerk]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
SECTION I – TITLE AND PURPOSE
This ordinance is entitled the Town of ________ Ordinance to Appoint Alternate Members for Board of Review. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide, upon lawful removal of named members, alternate persons to serve as replacements to the Board of Review for the Town of ________.
SECTION II – AUTHORITY
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, has the specific authority under
ss. 70.46 (1) and
70.47 (6m) (c), Wis. stats., to remove members from and to appoint alternate members to the Board of Review for the Town of ________.
SECTION III – ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE
This ordinance, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, provides for the removal of members of the Board of Review for the Town of ________ and the appointment of alternate members.
SECTION IV – MANNER OF APPOINTMENT
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this ordinance, establishes and shall maintain a public list of names of persons eligible and appointed by the town board to serve as alternate members of the board of review. The list shall be arranged and maintained by the town clerk in a priority order of probable and likely service as an alternate. The town clerk shall notify any named member who has been lawfully removed under
s. 70.47 (6m) (a) or
(b), Wis. stats., and shall then notify the alternate member of his or her appointment to replace a named member of the board of review. The alternate, once notified, if he or she approves the appointment, and if the appointment would not violate
s. 19.59, Wis. stats., shall then take the oath of office and act as a member of the board of review under
s. 70.47 (6m) (c), Wis. stats.
SECTION V – APPOINTMENTS
The following electors of the Town of ________ are named as alternate members of the board of review, to serve in the order indicated:
Alternate 1: _________________
Alternate 2: _________________
Alternate 3: _________________
Alternate 4: _________________
Alternate 5: _________________
Note: The town board may name as many alternates as it deems necessary to meet the statutory requirement that no less than 3 board of review members are needed to make a final determination of an objection to a property assessment.
SECTION VI – EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance is effective on publication or posting.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this ordinance as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
Note: Under s.
70.46 (1m), appointed clerks, appointed treasurers, or appointed combined clerk/treasurers may not serve on the board of review unless the person appointed is an elector of the town.
The Wisconsin Towns Association has developed a sample ordinance to appoint an appointed clerk who is an elector of the town to the board of review. Electronic copies of the sample ordinance may be found in the Ordinances and Resolutions section of the Information Library of the Towns Association website at:
