Property Tax Appeal · New Haven County, CT
Appeal your property taxes
in New Haven County, CT.
Home to New Haven, New Haven County homeowners appeal through Connecticut’s system: the town assessor sets the value, and the Board of Assessment Appeals hears the case. Boards act on evidence of market value as of the assessment date — a licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal is that evidence. Start with the $5 check to see what you’d save.
Written appeals to your town’s Board of Assessment Appeals are due February 20 (March 20 in towns granted a grand list extension). Hearings follow in March. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for New Haven County’s procedure.
Because of the 70% ratio, the assessment on your card isn’t the town’s market-value claim — divide by 0.70 to see what the assessor really thinks your home is worth, then test that number. A licensed appraisal pegged to the October 1 valuation date answers it directly.
New Haven County questions
Written appeals to your town’s Board of Assessment Appeals are due February 20 (March 20 in towns granted a grand list extension). Hearings follow in March. Your assessment notice states the exact date for New Haven County.
Connecticut towns assess property at 70% of fair market value as of the October 1 grand list date, with a full revaluation at least every five years. To contest your value, you file a written application with your town’s Board of Assessment Appeals by February 20 and appear at a March hearing — New Englanders often call the resulting reduction an abatement. If the board won’t move, you can take the case to Superior Court. Revaluation years are when values jump and when appeals are most worth a hard look.
Comparable sales as of the assessment date, adjusted for the differences between those homes and yours — the substance of a licensed appraisal. Board of Assessment Appeals panels see hundreds of cases; a signed, USPAP-compliant report is the document they can act on.
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.