San Miguel County Assessor’s Office Calendar:

• January 1 through February 28 Assessments period.
• April 1 – Notice of Valuations (unless the deadline has been extended by a Property Tax Division order).
• After Notice of Valuations are mailed, there will be a 30 day protest period.
• July 1 – Certification Report has to be submitted to Taxation and Revenue Property Tax Division for the purpose of establishing Tax Rates.
• September 1 Tax Rates are entered for current year.
• October 1 -Tax Roll due Treasurer's Office.
• October 1 -Warrant and Abstract Report submitted to state indicating revenues generated and taxes to be collected.
• October -Before tax bills are printed, change latest acceptable taxing year so we can do individual rollovers.
• October -Rollover support tables.
• December - After tax bills are printed, mass rollover is done for the following year.
• Monthly reports generated: Certification, Warrants, Abstract and Re-Assessment Tax Roll.
• Mass recalculation has to be done before notice of valuation and tax rolls are done.

Goals:

• Obtain CAMA System (Computer Aided Mass Appraisal System)
• Have started implementing a GIS system and is about 50% complete.
• Hope to have property owners and maps on internet to allow public to be able to locate parcels and property owners readily.

Objectives:

• To provide competent and efficient assessments services in a manner resulting in equitable and fair of all San Miguel County taxpayers.
• To provide mandated by State Law, New Mexico Constitution, Taxation and Revenue Property Tax Division.
• Locating all taxable property in the County and identifying the ownership.
• Appraising all property subject to property taxation.
• Listing the value of all property on the tax rolls; and applying all legal exemptions.