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Benton County Assessor's Office
Thank you for visiting the Benton County Assessor's website.
Please note that all property information is for tax assessment purposes only.
Please contact your local Planning Department for zoning and permit information.
2011 Tax Statements are now available on-line
To view property account information and tax statements, select "Property Account Search" from the menu and use it to locate your property account. Click on the account number in the search results to bring up the property details.
Market Values vs. Taxable Values
The 2011 tax statement reflects your property’s real market value as of the assessment date, January 1, 2011. These values are based on sales that occurred within the County during the 2010 year.
The Assessed Value is the value that your taxes are based on. The Assessed Value is the lower of the Real Market Value and the Maximum Assessed Value (MAV). The MAV was established by Measure 50 which voters passed in 1997. The MAV was set in 1997 for all existing properties by taking the 1995 Real Market Value and reducing it by 10 percent. The MAV increases each year by 3%, unless there have been changes made to the property such as new construction, partitions, or removal from special assessment or exemption programs. If your property didn't exist in 1997, the MAV is established by the use of a change property ratio which brings the MAV down to the same general level of property that was established prior to 1997.
Because Real Market Values have grown significantly over the past years and the MAV only increases 3% each year, there is a very large disparity between Real Market Value and the MAV. Therefore, on average, the majority of property owners in Benton County have a taxable assessed value that is much lower than their real market value.
New Voter Approved measures for 2011-12
(Rates per $1000 of Assessed Value)
• City of Corvallis Local Option was passed for a 3-year term in the amount of $0.45
The Role of the Assessment Office
The Assessor's office is responsible for assessing all properties in Benton County as of January 1st of each year. This includes residential, commercial, industrial, farm and forest, manufactured structures and business personal property. The department is also responsible for administering special programs such as special assessments, senior deferral, veteran and active duty military exemptions, enterprise zones, and various other property tax exemptions. Maps, property information, and ownership are also maintained.
The Assessor’s office reviews all taxing district budgets, computes tax rates for all taxing districts, and assures that distribution of the tax levies are uniform on all taxable property and implements any new laws and ordinances pertaining to Assessment and Taxation.
The Department acts as an information resource to a growing number of businesses, government agencies, and the public. In the interest of providing as much information as we can online, we publish a variety of documents via this WWW site. These documents are in Adobe's PDF format. If you do not have the PDF reader, you can download it.
If you have a question, please consult our list of Frequently Asked Questions. We have tried to assemble peoples' most common questions and their answers to serve you better and get you the information you need faster.
