RANDY B. HOLMAN ASSESSOR

Jefferson County OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR Assessor News

IMPORTANT DATES

• To avoid penalties, Personal Property declarations are due by March 1, of the year.
• Tax rolls for 2006 were certified on May 31, 2006.
• The last day to appeal your property value to the Board of Equalization is the third Monday in June.

FYI

• Jefferson County encompasses an area of approximately 628 square miles.
• Jefferson County has thirteen incorporated cities. They are Arnold, Byrnes Mill, Cedar Hill Lakes, Crystal City, DeSoto, Festus, Herculaneum, Hillsboro, Kimmswick, Parkdale, Pevely, Olympian Village, and Scotsdale.

• There are 105,000 parcels of property in Jefferson County.
• The total assessed value property for 2006 is $1.74 billion. This is an increase of $67 million over the same period last year.
• New construction this year to date totals $51.5 million.
• This past year, more than 887 new homes were added to the tax roll.
• The total assessed value of personal property in Jefferson County is $587 million.
• The total number of automobiles and trucks reported in Jefferson County is 151,361.
• The mapping department processed 14,435 deeds in 2005 and 362 new subdivisions were processed.