Property Tax Appeal · York County, ME
Appeal your property taxes
in York County, ME.
Home to Alfred, York County homeowners appeal through Maine’s system: the municipal assessor sets the value, and the local Board of Assessment Review (or county commissioners) 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.
You have 185 days from the date your town commits the taxes to file a written abatement application with the assessor — statewide. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for York County’s procedure.
Maine towns assess at different ratios of market value (the certified ratio), so compare your assessment to market value through your town’s ratio before deciding the assessment is fair. A licensed appraisal as of April 1 establishes the market-value half of that comparison.
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You have 185 days from the date your town commits the taxes to file a written abatement application with the assessor — statewide. Your assessment notice states the exact date for York County.
Maine towns value property as of April 1, and the route to a lower bill is an abatement: a written application to your municipal assessor filed within 185 days of the tax commitment. If the assessor denies it (or lets it sit), you appeal to the local Board of Assessment Review where one exists, or to the county commissioners where it doesn’t. The abatement statute puts the burden on you to show the assessment is manifestly wrong — which in practice means showing what the home was actually worth on April 1 with evidence a board can rely on.
Comparable sales as of the assessment date, adjusted for the differences between those homes and yours — the substance of a licensed appraisal. local Board of Assessment Review (or county commissioners) 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.