| Personnel & Contact Information (click on name to email that person) |
Location / Address |
| Trish Plont, MCAO Secretary Phone: 231-882-0013  Brianne Lindsay, MAAO Department Head Phone: 231-882-0160 Polly Watson Cairns, MMAO Equalization Director of Record pcairns@benzieco.net |
Lower Level Government Center 448 Court Place Beulah, MI 49617 |
| Office Hours | |
| Monday through Friday: 8:00 a.m. to noon 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
- Parcel Search - Last updated 5/26/2020
Edits for 2020 are not completed yet
At this page one can 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
Benzie County Road Commission Land Division Review Application
Benzie County Road Commission Driveway Permit Application
Documents:
- Equalization Reports
- Millage Levied per Unit
- Road Directories
- Cities and Villages Road Directories
- Township Road Directories
- State Tax Commission Bulletins & Guides
- Township Personnel Contact Information
- 2023 Board of Review Information
- Equalization Mandate and FAQ's
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.
- Aerial photos:
- 8 1/2" x 11” — $2.00
- 11" x 17" - $4.00
- 36 “ x 36” — $30.00
- Copies — $1.00/page
- Realtor summary sheets — $1.00
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Emergency Services Map (fold up) — $10.00
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Emails — $3.00 plus $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
- GIS Parcel polygon layer – $0.05 per parcel (minimum purchase township). Approximately $1,000 for the entire county.
- GIS Address point layer – $0.05 per address point (minimum purchase township). Approximately $800 for the entire county.
Related Web Links
- FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration):
- Change a Flood Zone Designation - Online Letter of Map Change
- LOMA MT-EZ FORM TUTORIAL
- Flood Insurance Rate Maps and LOMA and LOMC (Letters of map amendments and corrections are changes to the map since originally accepted).
- Michigan Assessors Association
- Michigan Center for Geographic Data:
- Geographic Data Library (shape files and aerial imagery)
- Mapping applications
- Michigan Locator Map
- Michigan DLEG:
- Michigan DNRE:
- Environmental Mapper (leaking underground storage tanks and discharges)
- Wetlands Map Viewer (MDEQ)
- Michigan Department of Treasury:
- Michigan Municipal League
- Michigan Tax Tribunal
- Michigan Township Association
- Statewide Search for Subdivision Plats - Click OLSR tab
Town & Harbor see Map of
Village of Elberta, see Frankfort, city of
Frankfort, Second Add is in Frankfort
Frankfort, 2nd Add is in Elberta
MT. Sinai Valley Assesors Plat of
Supervisor's re-plat of Assessor's Sub #2 see Benzonia Twp
Frankfort, Second Add is in Frankfort
Frankfort, 2nd Add is in Elberta
MT. Sinai Valley Assesors Plat of
Supervisor's re-plat of Assessor's Sub #2 see Benzonia Twp
- U.S. Census Bureau (census data by county, township, village, or city)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture:
- Geospatial Data Gateway (aerial imagery)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
