Assessor

When mailing your documents to the Polk County Assessor's office we recommend that you get a hand-stamped postmark from the post office counter showing your item was mailed on or before the due date.

Starting now through the next 5 months, appraisers will be out knocking on doors looking at anything new that was built this past year. From new single family dwellings, to additions, remodels, out buildings, and more.

Oregon laws provide property tax exemption for property owned, being purchased or leased by specified institutions and organizations. The most common institutions or organizations are religious, burial grounds and cemeteries, fraternal, charitable (which include literary, benevolent and scientific), schools, daycares and commercial facilities under construction.

​Disabled and senior citizens can "borrow" money from the state of Oregon to pay property taxes.

A disabled veteran (40% or more), or the surviving spouse/registered domestic partner of a veteran, may be entitled to a Veteran Exemption on property taxes. The filing period is between January 1st and April 1st of the assessment year.

Please click on one of the links below for the application:

Disabled Veteran or Surviving Spouse Property Tax Exemption.