Board of Review

Assessment Roll Examination and Open Book Review - May 14, 2025

Property assessments can be reviewed with the City Assessor’s Office on May 14, 2025 during the hours of 9AM-11AM. Appointments by phone or email only. To contact the assessor or to schedule an appointment, email grota@greenfieldwi.us or call (414) 329-5340. You may email or call the assessor any time before the end of Open Book. 

Discussing your assessment with the assessor may eliminate the need for a formal appeal to the Board of Review.

• Each property is described in books called “assessment rolls” that are open for examination at the assessor’s office during regular office hours. You may also view properties other than your own.
• When you meet with the assessor, review your property records and discuss how your assessment was made. Assessors maintain a record of your property, which includes a physical description and information on how your assessment was developed.
• These property records are considered open records, which means the public has the right to inspect them. This right does not include information gathered under a pledge of confidentiality or where access is restricted by law.
• During Open Book you can discuss your property with the assessor and provide a reason for changing the value, if appropriate. At Open Book, the assessor is allowed to make any changes that are necessary to perfect the assessment roll. When Open Book ends, any changes to the assessment roll are brought before the Board of Review or circuit court.

Appeal your Assessment with the Board of Review

If you disagree with your assessment, under state law, Wis. Stats. 70.47, you may appeal the assessment. The Board of Review is the first step in the appeal process. To file an objection to be heard by the Board of Review, objectors are required to provide the City Clerk’s office with at least a 48-hour notice of intent to file, and that deadline is Monday, June 16, 2025 at 5 PM.*  A completed written and signed objection form must be filed prior to or during the first two hours of the Board’s first scheduled meeting. This includes giving an estimate of value. Paperwork to file with the City Clerk’s office to be heard by the Board of Review includes the following:

1. Notice of Intent to File Objection with Board of Review for the 2025 Assessment Year.

2. Objection Form for Real Property Assessment or Personal Property Assessment.

3. Agent Authorization-Property Assessment form. Complete and file this form if you will be represented by an agent.

4. To convince the Board of Review you are correct, you will need to bring evidence to the Board of Review that clearly supports that the Assessor’s assessed value of your property is incorrect.
           Resources to assist you in this process:
   Property Owner Requirements and Responsibilities  
   Taxpayer Property Tax Questions & Appealing Your Property Tax Assessment
   Flowchart of the assessment appeal process
   Taxpayer Duties at Hearing
   Guide for Property Owners

*Certain exceptions to the 48 hour notice of intent deadline will apply in some cases:

First, objectors who file after the 48-hour notice deadline, but within the first two hours of the Board of Review’s meeting on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 between 5 PM – 7 PM, have an opportunity to be heard before the Board. The Board of Review is able to grant a waiver of the 48-hour notice requirement, but the objector is also required to attend the Board of Review meeting on June 18, 2025 between 5PM – 7 PM to present their good cause for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and provide a written explanation of their good cause on the Notice of Intent paperwork for review and decision by the Board.

 Finally, objectors who miss these deadlines may still have an opportunity to be heard before the Board, and may file an objection form up to the end of the last day that the Board of Review is in session.  Check with the City Clerk’s office for the date.  No additional objection forms can be filed after that deadline.  Objectors who file in this manner are required to provide a written explanation, on the Notice of Intent paperwork, of evidence of extraordinary circumstances, per state law, to be reviewed and decided by the Board.

 Contact the City Clerk’s office at (414) 329-5219 or clerkdept@greenfieldwi.us with questions.

Forms

Links to commonly used Board of Review forms are provided below. Board of Review forms are also available on the Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s website or at the City Clerk's office. Forms can also be mailed or emailed upon request by contacting us at (414) 329-5219 or clerkdept@greenfieldwi.us.

Board of Review Forms: 
Notice of Intent to File Objection with the Board of Review

Objection Form for Real Property Assessment, PA-115A

Agent Authorization – Property Assessment, PA-105 

Guides/Publications

Information is available to property owners to help them with this process.

Guide for Property Owners

Taxpayer Property Tax Questions & Appealing Your Property Tax Assessment
Flowchart of the assessment appeal process
Taxpayer Duties at Hearing 
Wisconsin Department of Revenue

Appeal Board of Review Decision

There are three options to appeal a Board of Review determination:

• Appeal to the Department of Revenue (DOR)
• Appeal to the circuit court
• Appeal to the municipality

Read more about appealing a Board of Review determination here.