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The Warrick County Assessor’s Office is the tax assessor for Warrick County, Indiana. The Warrick County Assessor is responsible for assessing the value of real and personal property located within Warrick County, Indiana, for the purposes of taxing that property. The current Warrick County Assessor is Sarah Redman.
Warrick County is a small county located in Indiana and is considered part of the Evansville Indiana-Kentucky Statistical Area. At the 2010 Census, the population of Warrick County was 56,689, but it is one of the ten fastest-growing counties in Indiana. The county seat of Warrick County is Boonville. Warrick County contains the cities or towns of: Boonville, Chandler, Elberfeld, Lynnville, Newburgh, and Tennyson. In addition, the county contains a number of townships and unincorporated towns, including: Ash Iron Springs, Baugh City, Bullocktown, Camp Brosend, Castle Garden, Center, Dayville, De Gonia Springs, Dickeyville, Earnes, Eby, Fisherville, Folsomville, Graham Valley, Greenbrier, Heilman, Hemenway, Hillcrest Terrace, Jarretts, Jockey, Loafers Station, Millersburg, New Hope, Paradise, Pelzer, Red Bush, Rolling Acres, Rosebud, Rustic Hills, Saint John, Scalesville, Selvin, Stanley, Stevenson, Turpin Hill, Vanada, Victoria, Wheatonville, Yankeetown, Anderson, Boon, Campbell, Greer, Hart, Lane, Ohio, Owen Pigeon, and Skelton. If you have questions about whether your property is located in Warrick County and do not see the name of your city, town, or township on this list, you can contact the assessor for more information.
In Indiana, the county assessor performs several tax and revenue related functions. The county assessor is responsible for identifying real and personal property located within the county, listing all of that property, and determining a value for that property. The process of value determination is known as assessment. The county assessor is responsible for original assessments on new property, as well as reassessing property value. Furthermore, the county tax assessor is responsible for insuring uniform countywide property assessment equalization. The county assessor serves as a member of the county’s property tax assessment board of appeals. The tax assessor is responsible for identifying and discovering omitted property. In addition to calculating the assessed value of real property, the tax assessor is also responsible for reviewing and verifying the self-reported values of the personal property located within the taxing district. The tax assessor is responsible for calculating the assessed value of all real property in the taxing district, and certifying current assessments to the County Auditor’s Office. The tax assessor is also responsible for supervising the functions inside the County Assessor’s Office and handles tasks like selecting assessment software.
In order to assess property values, the Warrick County Assessor looks at recent sales of comparable properties. This helps with establishing a base market rate for the county. This base market rate is then adjusted for location, neighborhood, nearness to amenities, and other factors that can influence price. While the actual market value may not be the same as the assessed value, with assessed value tending to be lower than market value, changes in market value are a good predictor of changes in assessment value.
Real property includes land and buildings, as well as anything affixed to the land. For residential real property, real property includes things like the home, outbuildings, fences, in-ground swimming pools, and any other permanent improvements. For a business, the real property includes all buildings on the land, including warehouses, factories, and offices, as well as structures that are affixed to the land, but does not include removable structures like equipment.
Assessments for a calendar year are due the following calendar year. Therefore, 2016 assessments are due in 2017. To find out the assessed value of your property, what taxes are due, and how to pay your taxes, you can access the Warrick County Assessor’s searchable database of property values. In this database, you can search for specific pieces of property by address, but you can also search for property using characteristics such as lot size, home size, or location.
In Indiana, property taxes are due in the spring and the fall. If you fail to pay your property taxes, then your property may be sold at a tax sale when the prior year’s spring installment of property taxes becomes delinquent. Prior to selling property, the county auditor or treasurer must ask the court for a judgment. If the court orders a sale, the treasurer will sell the property at public auction. The original property owner has a limited right of redemption.
In Indiana, the County Assessor is an elected position. County Assessors are elected for four-year terms, and may be re-elected. However, the current Warrick County Tax Assessor is Sarah Redman, and she became assessor after the resignation of the prior county assessor, because she was the only candidate to file an intent to run for the position. She is considered a Level III Certified Indiana Assessor-Appraiser. Redman became the Warrick County Assessor in October 2015.
You can reach the Warrick County Assessor during business hours, which are Monday-Friday 8am-4pm CST:
Warrick County Assessor’s Office
Once County Square
Judicial Center, Suite 280
Boonville, IN 47601
Email: assessor@warrickcounty.gov
Phone: 812-897-6125
Website: http://in-warrick-assessor.publicaccessnow.com/
Sarah Redman is the current Warrick County Assessor, and she attained the position after the prior assessor resigned and no other candidates filed for the position. She is a Level-III Certified Indiana Assessor and Appraiser. She is the official tax assessor for Warrick County, Indiana. Warrick County is a small, but fast-growing, county in the Evansville metro area. In this role, she uses comparable market values to assess the value of real property in Warrick County for the purposes of taxation.