Moultonborough residents should soon be getting notice of updated property values

The Citizen  Tuesday, August 5, 2008

The townwide revaluation is nearing its end as taxpayers will be able to have informal hearings and information will be available. On Monday, the town released a statement that the state-required townwide revaluation of Moultonborough is about to enter its final stages, Moultonborough announced that Vision Appraisal Technology will shortly be mailing out informational letters to property owners of the town's approximately 7,250 parcels of land. The letters will state the property assessed value of land and buildings as of April 1.
Informal hearings will be available to property owners to ask questions about their assessments. Property owners who would like an informal hearing to discuss the proposed values should call Vision Appraisal at 1-888-844-4300 from Monday, Aug. 11 through Friday, Aug. 29, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The last scheduled day for hearings is Sept. 2.  Topics of discussion can include an explanation of valuation, information on the property record card and the market data used to determine the proposed value. The town stresses that the notices being mailed out are not tax bills and Vision will not be able to discuss or predict the actual amount of the tax bill that will result. Informal hearings will be by appointment only and will be held at the town hall. If a property owner will not be able to attend one of the five hearing days available during August and early September, they can submit evidence they would like considered to Vision Appraisal, c/o Assessor's Office, PO Box 139, Moultonborough, NH 03254 to request a review. The deadline to submit this evidence and request a review is also Aug. 29. In addition to the letter being mailed, the proposed value and property data can also be viewed online at www.visionappraisal.com starting next Monday. At that time a listing of all proposed values will be available at the town hall administration offices and the public library during normal business hours. "It is always tough balancing the state's timelines for the revaluation and their filing dates, while also giving our taxpayers sufficient time to seek and have hearings in order to get their questions answered," said Karel Crawford, chair of the Board of Selectmen said in the statement. "I am pleased that we have been able to double the time for our taxpayers to make their hearing appointments with Vision Appraisal."

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