Assessor's Office - Welcome
Assessor's Office - Welcome
Lisa Goree, Acting Town Assessor
Email: lgoree@southamptontownny.gov
Maureen Berglin, Deputy Town Assessor
Email: mberglin@southamptontownny.gov
Phone: (631) 283-6020
Fax: (631) 287-4509
The Assessors Office of the Town of Southampton is responsible for property tax assessment, which forms the basis for funding of local government in the State of New York. As an administrative department of the Town of Southampton, this office is charged with the responsibility of producing a fair and equitable assessment roll for the purpose of real property taxation.
The Assessor's Office is guided by the following principals and responsibilities:
- To provide fair and equitable assessment by maintaining an equalized tax base.
- To establish professional training standards for personnel.
- To foster relationships with professionals in the private sector to aid in accumulating, analyzing and exchanging information necessary for the appraisal process.
- To provide the public with a trained, efficient and competent staff that is ready to assist them.
Brief Overview:
The Town of Southampton covers over 153 square miles and includes six incorporated villages. The Town of Southampton also has a inter-municipal agreement to assess part of a village that extends into the Town of East Hampton. Southampton is also made up of thirteen school districts, twenty-one fire districts, nine lighting districts, two water districts and nine ambulance districts. Taken together, these areas encompass over 51,000 parcels, making Southampton one of the larger assessing units in the state. In accordance with section 305 of the RPTL, the town assesses property at 100% of its market value. The total market valuation of the town for the 2011/2012 tax year is set at approximately $55.84 Billion Dollars. The largest portion of the municipality's high valuation is Southampton's tremendous amount of waterfront which has been put at some 200 miles.
The office maintains a distinct mapping function wherein our records are kept in conformance with the official Suffolk County Tax Map. Research into ownership, overlay problems, rights of way, riparian rights etc. are researched on a routine basis. To this end we also maintain an excellent working relationship with the County of Suffolk for researching, retrieving and transferring information. In addition, we are tasked with maintaining a current street address file in order to comply with the E-911 emergency dispatching system.
Important Dates to Remember
KEY ASSESSMENT DATES FOR TOWN PROPERTY OWNERS
JULY 1, 2011
Valuation Date
March 1, 2012
Taxable Status Date
March 1, 2012
New Exemption Applications Due
May 1, 2012
2012 Tentative Assessment Roll available for public viewing
in Assessor’s Office and on this website
May 15, 2012
Senior Citizen enhanced and disability exemption renewals
(Applies in renewal years only)
May 15, 2012
Grievance Day
Click here for more information
JULY 1, 2012
Board of Assessment Review Issues Final Decisions on Grieved Assessments
Assessor Signs Final 2012 Assessment Roll
EARLY DECEMBER 2012
Tax Bills Mailed early December
FOR VILLAGE OF SOUTHAMPTON & VILLAGE OF SAG HARBOR
PROPERTY OWNERS ONLY
Valuation date December 31
January 1
Taxable Status Date:
January 1
Exemption applications due:
3rd Tuesday in February
Grievance Day:
Applicable to Village of Sag Harbor
and the Village of Southampton only
No Grievance Days in other Villages
For information on the Village of West Hampton Dunes,
Contact the Village Office at (631) 288-1654
Early June
All villages mail their Tax Bills in
June 1 - May 31
Lien Year
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