Assessment Staff: Here to Serve

Welcome to the City of Rochester Bureau of Assessment
Web Pages!

The Bureau performs the following services:

• It determines the market value of every property in the City through on-site visits, data collection, and market analysis.
   
• The Bureau monitors recent property transfers, neighborhood and economic conditions, financing, legal restrictions, and location influences as they pertain to City properties.
   
• It provides the public with data on property ownership, tax exemption programs, filing deadlines, and sales information.
   
• The Bureau processes tax exemption applications, tracks ownership, files assessment changes, mails notices to owners when the assessments change, and responds to owners' inquiries.

Please review these web pages for information about how we can help you with property assessment, property exemptions, property taxes, and more!