Assessment Office

DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT/CHIEF ASSESSOR

E. JOHN FEDOR

ASST. DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT/ASST. CHIEF ASSESSOR

KIM SHIFFLETT

717-771-9232

The assessment office is responsible for evaluating residential/ agricultural/commercial and industrial properties, and placing market value assessments on them.

Map Office

717-771-9232

Bonnie Grove
Supervisor

Makes necessary changes to parcels from deeds and subdivisions. Maintains the base mapping system for the York County Geographic Information System.

Tax Claim Bureau

717-771-9205

Vanessa Shive
Supervisor

Handles all aspects of delinquent taxes.

HOMESTEAD EXCLUSION  for use in conjunction with Act 1 of 2006, formerly Act 72 - - Homeowners Tax Relief Act 2004.  

Either Print an application by clicking the link below or call 771-9232 for more information.

Want to find out what Act 1 is? Click the following link - Act 1

To see the Act 1 letter click the following link - Act 1 Homestead Letter 2006

ASSESSMENT OFFICE

The Assessment Office is a very important fiscal office in the County of York. It is through this office that equitable and fair valuation are established on all real estate in York County. These records are kept up to date by field review, deeds, sub-division plans, building permits, and the work of a staff of professional assessors working out of the Assessment Office. This office is required to send notification to all property owners whose assessments increase or decrease. However, the office has no direct involvement with the collection of taxes or the refunds due, due to the change in assessment. The local tax collector performs these duties.

This office derives its authority from the Board of Assessment Appeals. The Board is made up of three members which are appointed by the County Commissioners. The Appeals Board holds hearing for real estate assessment grievances, occupation assessment grievances, exemptions requests, and "Clean and Green" Rollback violation grievances.

PURPOSE

The Assessment Office shall assess all parcels of real property for the purpose of ad valorem (at value) taxation.

Current assessments are based on 100% of the market value of real property as of July 1, 2004. The  most recent reassessment went into effect on January 1, 2006.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

The "Clean and Green" program is also administered through this office. "Clean and Green" is simply a term used to describe the act which offers eligibility for a tax break to the owners of property with ten (10) or more acres in agricultural use, forest reserve, or agricultural reserve. Applications and copies of the "Rules and Regulations" are available in the Assessment Office.

Public information in provided via public terminals located at the Assessment Office in the Administrative Center (28 E. Market ST, York) or at the Recorder of Deeds Office in the Administrative Center (28 E. Market ST, York). For a nominal fee, copies of the assessment records can be purchased at the Assessment Office.

HOMESTEAD EXCLUSION  for use in conjunction with Act 1 of 2006, formerly Act 72 - - Homeowners Tax Relief Act 2004. The program may make possible a real estate tax reduction of owner - occupants of residential properties. Applications and procedures are available at this site. Applications are also available at the Administrative Center. Applications must be received by the Assessment Department by March 1, 2007.

HOURS

The Assessment Office and the public records are open from 8 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.

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