Supervisor of Assessments

Description of Services

The Cass County Office of Assessments is responsible for accurately assessing the more than 11,400 farm and non-farm real estate parcels within Cass County. We also annually apply over homestead and non-homestead exemptions on behalf of the taxpayers of Cass County. We assist the various facets of the public with many assessment questions each day, while keeping an organized and efficient office to serve the taxpayers to the best of our trained abilities. In addition, we calculate the annual farmland and preferential assessments, manage the exemptions, mail out new exemption forms for qualified taxpayers, track all of the real estate transfers of ownership in the tax data system, as well as maintain the GIS parcel mapping system for the county and property owners. The Cass County Office of Assessments would like local taxpayers to seek departmental and regulatory information from the Illinois Department of Revenue publications shown below:

Illinois Property Tax System

This is a great source of information applicable to any assessment office in the State of Illinois.

Publications & Applications

The following publications may be viewed or printed by clicking on the titles below:

• Change of address 

• Application for Single Family Owner Occupied Residence (Homestead Exemption)

• IL DOR An Overview of Property Tax Publication

• PTAX-227 Farm Property Assessment Complaint

• PTAX-230 Non-Farm Property Assessment Appeal/Complaint

• PTAX-323 Application for Homestead Improvement Exemption

• PTAX-324 Application for Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption

• PTAX-341 Application for Returning Veterans' Homestead Exemption

• PTAX-340 Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze 2019 - Homestead Exemption Application & Affidavit

• Homestead Exemption Legislative Updates Handout from IDOR

• PTAX-342 Application for Standard Homestead Exemption for Veterans with Disabilities

• PTAX-342-R Annual Verification of Eligibility for Standard Homestead Exemption for Veterans with Disabilities

• PTAX-343 Application for the Homestead Exemption for Persons with Disabilities

• PTAX-765 Application for Fraternal Organization Assessment Freeze (501 (c) (8))

• PTAX-766 Application for Fraternal Organization Assessment Freeze (501 (c) (10))

• The Illinois Property Tax System - A General Guide

• Capital Area Association of Realtors - Yearly Home Sales Report

• CASS COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW RULES

Please call our office if you want to make sure you are receiving

all the Homestead exemptions you are entitled to receive.