Worcester MA Assessor Office

Assessor Offices in Worcester, MA are responsible for assessing the values of all taxable property within their jurisdictions. Assessors appraise values of all land and commercial property (real property), and business' fixed asset (personal property). The office determines property tax values, tax rates, maintains and updates the local tax assessment rolls.

• Worcester property tax appeals and challenges
• Property tax assessments and reassessments
• Worcester GIS maps, plat maps, and property boundaries
• Delinquent property taxes
• Worcester, MA property tax payments and due dates
• Assessment rolls and property tax rates

Worcester Assessors keep property records for all real property within their jurisdictions. The Office maintains records which include geographic area, land size, building size and type as well as GIS maps, plat maps, and property boundaries. The Office also maintains public records available for search, including historical assessments of real and personal property, property deeds and bills of sale.

Tax assessors adjust Worcester, Massachusetts real property valuations and real estate tax rates by tracking comparable real estate sales and market valuations. Assessors track zoning requirements, construction permits, renovations, demolitions, working with Building Departments and Inspectors to reflect accurate changes to the property list.

Real property assessments are reassessed at intervals set by the local government. During reassessments Worcester Assessors update real property values based on changes in market conditions, additions and removals to the property list.

Businesses in Worcester are responsible for self-reporting personal property to the office of the Tax Assessor.