:: Grafton Township Assessor ::
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The purpose of the Assessor is to place an assessed value on all real property
contained within the township.  The assessed value will represent one third of the
fair market value of the property. This office is does not calculate or mail property
tax bills, that is done by the McHenry County Treasurer's Office.
The 2011 Senior Freeze forms are available in our office.  If you feel you qualify, contact our office and we
can mail the form to you once they become available.

New advantages for Senior Citizens paying property taxes.   

We will continue to make the comparison table available.
Comparison Table         

Tax Rates by Tax Districts 2003 payable in 2004
Tax Rates by Tax Districts 2004 payable in 2005           
Tax Rates by Tax Districts 2005 payable in 2006    
Tax Rates by Tax Districts 2006 payable in 2007  
Tax Rates by Tax Districts 2007 payable in 2008    
Tax Rates by Tax Districts 2008 payable in 2009         
7:45am- 3:45pm Mon-Fri
After hour appointments
available upon request.
Phone: 847-669-3383
Fax:      847-669-8233
Email:
assessor@graftontownship.us
We Have an online database that contains our most current
assessment information click below
William T. Ottley,
CIAO-S
Grafton Township
Assessor
~Recent News~
October 4, 2011
The deadline to file an appeal with the Board of Review for Grafton
Township has passed.  The Board of Review will no longer accept any
assessment appeals from Grafton.

September 21, 2011
Your Grafton Township Assessor, William "Bill" Ottley, and his entire staff are
committed to helping Grafton property owners that feel their assessment is higher
than the market value of their property to file an appeal with the Board of Review. If
you need assistance completing the appeal forms, please contact our office or stop
in to speak to a member of the assessors staff.
If you have a disability that prevents you from visiting our office, or are helping a
Deployed Armed Forces Property Owner - please contact our office with your
specific needs, we are here to help.

September 1, 2011
Sept. 1, 2011 is the publish date for Grafton Township.  The McHenry County Board
of Review will accept completed assessment appeal forms from property owners in
Grafton Township until Oct 3, 2011.  McHenry county mailed notices of assessment
to all property owners on or around Monday Aug. 29, 2011. For 2011, McHenry
County increased all assessments in Grafton by 5.31% due to the sales ratio study
mandated by state law which uses the previous 3 years average sale price.  
Our office encourages any property owner who believes their assessment is higher
than the market value of their property to file an appeal with the Board of Review.
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Assessment notices for 2011 have been mailed by McHenry County.
Click here for instructions on how to appeal an assessment.

August 2011
The 2011 Board of Review appeal forms are now available.
Residential appeal packet, 17 pgs  
Commercial appeal packet 17 pgs  
Property owners in Grafton must wait until McHenry County publishes the assessed
values.  Do not submit an appeal until the assessments are published and mailed
from the county.  The Board of Review will dismiss any appeal filed early.  
We have included these forms on our website so property owners may begin
completing the forms and collecting evidence on comparable property sales.
Do not submit an appeal before the assessment's publish date.

August 2011
Factors that led to the township wide reduction of assessed values in 2010

August 2011
Our office has sent the 2011 assessment to McHenry County.  The Supervisor of
Assessments at McHenry County will perform the equalization process and then mail
the 2011 notice of assessments.  The supervisor's office will also publish the
assessed values in the local newspaper which is the Huntley Farmside.  The date of
publication will begin the 30 day period that property owners may file an appeal of
their assessment with the McHenry County Board of Review.

July 2011
A study of the assessment levels for Del Webb was conducted to determine the
accuracy of public statements that a significant difference exists between the
Grafton and Rutland portions of Del Webb.  
Click here for the results of the Del Webb/Grafton and Rutland study.  

July 2011
A message to all property owners in Grafton Township.  The notice of assessments
for 2011 will be mailed from McHenry County by the end of August or early
September.  Unfortunately, because of state law all assessments in Grafton will be
increased 5% by McHenry County.
Every property owner should file an appeal of this assessment if it is higher than
market value this year.  The assessor's office knows market values continue to
decline and assessments should also be declining; unfortunately, our office is not
the final authority on assessed values and any reductions made by our office would
be undone by McHenry County.
Click here to learn what property owners can do to reduce their
property tax burden  

May 2011
Property tax bills have been sent out by the McHenry County Treasurer's office.  If
you do not receive your tax bill you should contact their office 815-334-4260.

April, 2011
The Illinois Department of Revenue has issued a multiplier of 1.0348 to all assessed
values in McHenry County.  All assessed values on our property search website will
reflect this change.

November, 2010
The 2010 assessed values for Grafton Township have been published in the Huntley
Farmside and Notices of Assessed Value have been mailed to all property owners
from The McHenry County Supervisor of Assessments Office.
Publication  Date in Huntley Farmside (Locations):  November 18, 2010
Deadline to file an Appeal with Board of Review:  December 20, 2010

Any property owner may file an appeal of their 2010 assessed value with the
McHenry County Board of Review before December 20, 2010.
Click Here for instructions   

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October, 2010
The 2010 assessed values for Grafton should be finalized by the first week of November.  Once the
McHenry County Supervisor of Assessments has equalized our values, the assessments will be
published in the Huntley Farmside newspaper and notice of assessments will be mailed to all
property owners.  The final date to file an appeal of assessment will be 30 days after the publication
date in the Huntley Farmside.
Mailing Address:
Grafton Assessor
PO Box 893
Huntley, IL 60142
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