Important Dates to Remember
- January 1 - Effective date of current assessment.
- April 2 through April 25 inclusive - Property owner may request an informal review of their assessment by the assessor.
- April 2 through April 30 inclusive - Protest of assessment period for filing with the local Board of Review. Board of Review Petition
- May 1 through adjournment - Board of Review meets each year.
- July 1 - Filing deadline for new Homestead Credit and Military Exemption applications. Owners must own and occupy their property on or before July of the year for which the credit is claimed.
- October 9 through October 31 inclusive - Protest period for filing with Board of Review on those properties affected by changes in value as a result of the Director of Revenue and Finance Equalization Orders (odd numbered years).
Filing is required on the following, if provisions have been made for exemptions as required:
Annual
- Fruit Tree Reservations
- Impoundment Structures
- Native Prairies
- Open Prairies
- Forest Cover
- River and Stream Banks
- Recreational Lake
- Disabled Veterans' Homestead Credit
Permanent
- Family Farm Credit
- Homestead Credit
- Military Exemption
- Forest Preserve
- Pollution Control
- Wildlife Habitat
Other
- Wetlands
- Urban Revitalization
- Industrial Partial 427B
- Geothermal Property Tax Exemption