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You may appeal the real market, maximum assessed, specially assessed, or assessed value of your property to the Board of Property Tax Appeals no later than December 31. You can get petition forms and information by calling 503-846-3854. These forms are also available online.
The Washington County Assessor Maps are drawn for the purpose of assisting the County Appraisal Division in the process of inventorying real property. These maps are drawn as accurately as possible from several sources and show a lot of detail. More and more agencies are using these maps as a "base map" to tie to other data sets. Washington County Cartography cannot be responsible for any other uses, or additional data overlays by other jurisdictions.
Many factors can affect the amount of your tax bill. If you live in a taxing district that has new voter approved bonds or local option levies, your property taxes may increase more than 3%. If you made any major improvements or changes to your property prior to the assessment date of January 1, your property taxes may increase more than 3%.
The officiant will fill in the required information and sign the license. Once complete, the officiant is responsible for returning the license to Washington County within five days of the ceremony.
All property owners receive a tax statement. If you did not receive a tax statement by November 1, you should call the tax collections office at 503-846-8801 or go to www.washcotax.org to view or print a copy of your statement.
Delinquent taxes are included in the amount listed in the "Payment Options" on the front of the tax statement.
Call the collections office at 503-846-8801 if you have any questions.
Interest on any past due amounts accrue on the 16th of each month at a rate of 16% annually or 1 1/3 per month.
All payments are applied to the most delinquent tax year.
Please contact the Cartography Division at 503-846-8871 to report ownership corrections.
At the time the property tax bills were printed, the ownership of the property had not been transferred in the Assessment & Taxation system. In order for the new owner to receive a bill, please contact the tax office at 503-846-8801. In most instances, the ownership has been updated and a new bill can be generated and forwarded to the new owner.
As long as the online ordination meets the requirements from the State of Oregon, it is just as official as a traditional religious ordination.
The new improvements will be appraised at market value. This additional value will then be adjusted to the average level of other property and added to the current assessed value. For example, this year the adjustment factor for residential property is 0.514. This factor is called the CPR or “Changed Property Ratio”. The assessment date is January 1, which means that the tax bill you receive in October is based on the actual value in place on the previous January 1. For example, if your house was under construction and only 50% complete on January 1, the tax bill payable on November 15, would reflect 50% of the value of the finished house.
A "code split" is a tax lot that is divided by multiple, yet similar taxing entities, such as cities or service districts. For example, a portion of a tax lot may be in a city, and the remainder may be in unincorporated Washington County. Another example would be a tax lot that has portions in two different school districts. Because the tax rate is different on either side of that boundary, a separate tax statement will be sent to accurately represent each portion.
A Deed of Reconveyance is a document that typically releases a security interest held by a lender. It is recommended that you confirm with the lender that the obligation is satisfied.
An "And/Or" tax code relates to properties that are in rural fire protection districts. All rural properties with structures, and properties up to 5 acres in size, pay taxes to the Rural Fire Protection District that it is located within. Rural properties without any structures, or with land greater than 5 acres, typically with timber, will be protected by the State of Oregon Forestry - Fire Patrol. Basically, the land use and size of the area determines how the tax rate is applied. So a tax lot could be in Rural Fire AND Fire Patrol. Or, the tax lot could be all in Rural Fire OR all in Fire Patrol.
The "surveyed acreage" is everything within the boundaries of a surveyed property. The "taxable acreage" may not include areas used by the public such as within road right-of-ways. Some property boundaries extend into the public road right-of-way and are dedicated as such.
A "tax lot" is an area of land defined by a polygon on the assessor map. An account number is assigned to track the ownership and tax information related to it. A "legal lot of record" is tracked by the Planning office, who track if a parcel was created legally by deed, ordinance, and within zoning laws. A "legal lot of record" can be a tax lot but not all tax lots are "legal lots of record."
You will not receive a new deed as you received the deed when you purchased the home. However, you may receive a Satisfaction of Mortgage or Deed of Reconveyance from your mortgage company at time of payoff.
The following people can perform ceremonies:
You may have received more than one property tax statement because a tax lot is split by taxing boundaries.
Generally, you will also receive more than one property tax statement if you own both a manufactured structure and the land on which it resides.
There are four major reasons your property taxes can increase by more than 3%.
If you live in a taxing district that has new voter-approved Bonds or Local Option Levies, your property taxes may increase more than the anticipated 3%. There are new levies or bonds approved or reauthorized by the voters that will be reflected in this year’s tax bill.
If you made any major renovations or changes to your property in the 12 months prior to the assessment date of January 1, your property taxes may increase more than the anticipated 3%. The next two reasons are more complicated and require the definition of key terms to help understand the process. These terms include: Assessed Value is the lower of the Real Market Value or the Maximum Assessed value. Real Market Value is the amount determined by the County Assessor for a property that would sell in an arm’s length transaction between a willing buyer and seller on January 1 of each year. Maximum Assessed Value is the taxable value limit established for each property and is allowed to increase each year by no more than 3%.
Your Assessed Value (AV) may have increased more than 3%. Under Oregon law, your AV is the lesser of your Real Market Value (RMV) and your Maximum Assessed Value (MAV). If your RMV has dropped below your MAV, it is possible for your RMV to increase more than 3% from last year yet still be less than your MAV. As the lesser of the two values, RMV then becomes your AV. Your taxes are calculated on the lower of the Real Market Value or the Maximum Assessed Value. This then becomes your Assessed Value.
The last reason is due to compression. The operating taxes for schools and local government are limited. Each account is tested to determine if the operating taxes based on the assessed value exceed the limit of $5.00 per $1,000 of RMV for schools and the $10.00 per $1,000 of RMV for local government. If the limit is reached, the tax bill is reduced (compression). As the market value increases, the difference between the market and the assessed values may increase as well. This reduces the chance for compression, but can also increase your tax liability if compared to a prior year’s tax that was in compression. If your account has been in compression, it is possible that as the real market values increase you will see an increase in your property tax bill by more than 3%.
Oregon Revised Statute 311.280(3) states that "The assessor or tax collector shall not divide an assessment under this section unless all ad valorem taxes, fees and other charges required to be placed upon the tax roll that have been certified for collection under ORS 311.110 and become a lien upon the entire parcel of property have been paid." Between July 1 and the certification of the tax roll (in October), the taxes are owing as a lien against the property. Since the actual taxes are not known until the tax roll is certified, an estimate of taxes is calculated for pre-payment. That pre-payment of taxes must be paid before the boundary can be adjusted. Contact the Cartography Division at (503)846-8871.
