Tax Assessor

The mission of this office is to discover, list, and determine accurate values of all taxable property in a fair, efficient, and cost effective manner.  All in accordance with local and state laws so that the distribution of the tax burden is fair and equitable. 

Responsibilities of the Tax Assessor’s Office include: the preparation of regular and addendum tax rolls for real estate and business personal property, working with the Tax Collection Department to insure that property information is up-to-date for billing purposes, reading and analyzing deeds, updating the town’s tax maps, maintaining ownership records and mailing addresses, processing tax appeals, business personal property returns, FFOS re-certifications/applications, residency based tax exemption applications, visiting all building permits, providing CRMC with letters proving ownership, processing new surveys for parcels and determining assessment values, as well as providing taxpayers with a variety of information and services.

Current Tax Rates - per thousand 
Residential - $6.79
Commercial/Tangible - $9.17

Revaluation Information
Last Full Revaluation: 12/31/2020
Last Statistical Revaluation: 12/31/2023
Next Statistical Revaluation: 12/31/2026
Next Full Revaluation: 12/31/2029

Rhode Island State Law (R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-5-11.6) mandates that cities and towns perform full revaluations of all classes of property every nine (9) years, with statistical updates of all property assessments during the intervening third and sixth years.  Full revaluations involve the interior and exterior inspection, re-measurement, and photographs of all properties.  Statistical revaluations involve only the inspection of properties that have sold within the previous twelve months.  Sales are analyzed to determine new town-wide values.

Tax Assessor's Online Database

Tax Assessors Plat Maps