Assessor
Cynthia Tuttle
Assessor/Code Enforcement Officer
Phone: (207) 453-7765
Fax: (207) 453-4280
ctuttle@fairfieldme.com
The Office of the Assessor is charged by State law with discovering, describing, and valuing property, as well as the ownership of that property, for the purpose of taxation. To raise the funds for the budget approved at Annual Town Meeting, the Assessor prepares a list of these properties and commits the assessments to the Office of the Treasurer for collection. The records compiled by the Assessor are made available for public inspection at the Town Office. The Office of the Assessor then submits an annual report to the Maine Revenue Service.
The Office of the Assessor maintains permanent records setting forth title information, descriptions of land and buildings, the valuation of all properties (taxable and exempt), tax maps showing lot size, and a list of all personal property used in trade and manufacturing. Accurate record keeping of the property cards, tax maps, deeds and transfer documents from the State is ongoing. Change in title from the deeds and declaration of value are processed on a monthly basis. Land sales and new subdivisions are tracked and recorded on all the proper documents (i.e. - property cards and tax maps).
The Office of the Assessor maintains assessment information which is available to the public, including tax maps, valuation listings searchable by name or map/lot, sales lists, property cards, and real estate transfer tax forms. These may be examined during regular office hours and copies are available for a reasonable fee.
New Property Valuations
During the past several months, the Town of Fairfield has been going through the revaluation process. The project has included the reappraisal of real estate for property tax purposes. The project is now in its final phase. This program was undertaken in order to stay in compliance with certain tax assessment standards established by state law and to continue to keep the local tax assessments as fair and equitable as possible.
The Assessor's Office has mailed each property owner a notice of valuation for 2009. The valuation represents our estimate of your current valuation at 100% of current market value. The notice also includes an estimate of what your tax would be based upon this new valuation. This is a tax estimate only for the purposes of informing you of the new valuation. Your actual 2009 tax bill may vary somewhat from this estimate based upon the actual tax rate set by the Town.
If you want to examine how your property valuation relates to other values in the Town of Fairfield, click on the links below.
2009-2010 Property Revaluation
- New Valuation - Alphabetical Order by Owners Name
- New Valuation - Ascending Order by Map & Lot Number
- Commitment Book 2009-2010
- Request for Tax Abatement