HOME Commissioners Departments... Committees Services Documents Forms Projects Links			EQUALIZATION DEPARTMENT Personnel & Contact Information (click on name to email that person)   Linda Engelhuber – Field Appraiser Phone: 231-882-0160 Thomas Longanbach –     Director of Equalization Phone:  FAX: 231-882-0015 231-882-0033 Location / Address Lower Level Government Center 448 Court Place Beulah, MI 49617 Office Hours   Monday — Friday 8:30 a.m. to noon 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Parcel Search - Mapping Parcel Search - search these maps of Benzie County: County Base Map Current Property Class Current Taxable Value School Districts Most Recent Sale Amount Most Recent Sale Year Search Tutorial - A pictorial tutorial (PDF format — 2.3 mB, 9 pages) Services Offered Parcel maps Parcel descriptions and values Property sales information Addresses issued Tax Maps Aerial photographs Equalization reports Millage rates Description The Benzie County Equalization department serves as a liaison between the County Board of Commissioners and the State Tax Commission by conducting statutory annual equalization of property tax assessments to create uniformity among the various taxing jurisdictions within the County. The Equalization Department is responsible for the maintenance and printing of assessment rolls, issuing addresses for 911 purposes, and parcel mapping. Fees: Aerial photos: 8 1/2" x 11” – $1.00 36 “ x 36” – $10.00 Copies – $0.50/page Realtor summary sheets – $1.00 Emails – $1.00 per attachment Faxes – $3.00 for the first page plus $1.00 for each additional page Digital parcel information – $0.015/parcel (rounded down) plus; whole county add $10.00; part of county add $20.00 Documents Equalization Report for 2009 (18 pages, 5.8 mB) Forms Homeowner's Principal Residence Exemption Affidavit Request to Rescind Homeowner's Principal Residence Exemption Related Web Links Michigan Assessors Association Michigan Center for Geographic Data Geographic Data Library (shape files and aerial imagery ) Mapping applications Michigan Locator Map Michigan DLEG Corporation/LLC Database Search Michigan DNRE Enviromental Mapper (leaking underground storage tanks and discharges) Michigan Department of Treasury — Property Tax Owner Forms Property Tax Estimator State Assessors Board State Tax Commission — Bulletins Michigan Municipal League Michigan Tax Tribunal Michigan Township Association Statewide Search for Subdivision Plats U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency EnviroMapper for Superfund U.S. Dept of Agriculture Geospatial Data Gateway (aerial imagery) Note: To view the PDF documents on this page, Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed. If you do not already have it, you can get it free from Adobe. Once installed, simply clicking on the link will bring up the document. Note however that the document will first be transferred to your computer, which can take a while for large documents and/or if you have a slow connection.
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