Steve C. Helm, Dallas County Assessor
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What are the Assessor's duties?*
The assessor is charged with several administrative and statutory duties. The primary duty and responsibility is to make sure all real property within his jurisdiction is assessed except where the law provides otherwise. This includes residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural classes of property.
Real property is revalued every two years. The effective date of the assessment is the first day of January of the current year. The assessor determines either a full or partial value for new construction and improvements depending upon their state of completion on January First.
* Based on information prepared by the public relations committee of the Iowa State Association of Assessors
2009 Assessment Notices
The new 2009 assessment notices were postmarked and mailed to property owners on April 10, 2009. The new 2009 assessment values are based on “fair market value” as of January 1, 2009. Assessment notices were only mailed to property owners that had assessment changes to their property as of January 1, 2009. The protest period, if a property owner disagrees with the new 2009 assessed value, is from April 16, 2009 to May 5, 2009. The protest form link is located below. The address of the Assessor is: Dallas County Iowa Courthouse, 801 Court Street, Room 204, Adel, IA 50003. The protest form must be postmarked on or before May 5, 2009 to be accepted. Additional information on Iowa property taxes and general property assessment information can be located on the Iowa Department of Revenue website.
The mission of the Dallas County Assessor's Office is to:
- Appraise all property for tax purposes fairly and equitably by Iowa law.
- Provide the public with information and service in a complete and courteous manner.
- Encourage and assist employees in professional growth to help meet organizational objectives and increase individual creativity and confidence in pursuit of personal goals.
- Operate the office in such a manner that methods and procedures are open to scrutiny and understood by the public.
- Use resources efficiently and effectively.
- Be a leader in the field of assessment administration in developing, analyzing, and sharing data with public and private interests.