Assessment
Welcome to the City of Barre's Assessing Department
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Barre City Chief Assessor
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Barre City Assistant Assessor Carly Martin 6 N Main St, Suite 7 Barre, VT 05641 |
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Call: (802) 476-0244 |
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Kathryn H. Bramman, Assessing Clerk
6 N Main St Suite 7
Barre VT 05641
(802) 476-0244
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For lister cards, please email Kathryn or call her at (802) 476-0244 and she will be more than happy to assist you.
The amount of your property taxes is based on two components, the tax rate and the assessed value of the property. The assessed values for all properties in the City are set periodically when the City does what is known as a reappraisal. This is a time-consuming process in which an attempt is made to inspect all of the properties in the community and then establish an assessed value for each property that should reflect the current market value.
The City of Barre is in the process of collecting property data for the 2026 city-wide reappraisal. The city-wide reappraisal will issue new assessed values for all the properties in Barre City for 2026-2027 property tax year. The last time a city-wide reappraisal took place was in 2006. Since the early 2000s, property values have changed dramatically. Barre City assessments are currently structured around the parameters of the 2006 reappraisal model. It is important that the City be reappraised in full to establish equitable assessments more appropriate to current standards.
The city-wide reappraisal will not take effect until Spring 2026, when preliminary values will be mailed. Property owners will have the opportunity to attend informal, informational public hearings with the reappraisal contractor to discuss the proposed assessments. This process is prior and in addition to formal grievance appeals with the Assessor. The informal process is designed to hear from property owners with any questions, comments or concerns that they may have before the assessments become more finalized. Instructions regarding the process will be included in the notice of preliminary valuation mailed to all property owners.
Over the next year, property owners should expect to receive a letter by mail that outlines the reappraisal process before any visit is attempted by the reappraisal contractor. Many property owners have already received the introductory letter and have had their properties inspected. The goal of any full reappraisal is to create equity and fairness throughout a municipality. It is crucial to the process that thorough, detailed information is collected as a foundational piece of fair and equitable assessments. We ask for the community’s continued cooperation throughout the process to achieve a successful reappraisal.
Independent of the city-wide reappraisal process, the Barre City Assessor’s Office is responsible for maintaining and collecting information for the 2025 Grand List which is a document listing all of the properties in the community and the assessed value of each property. The value of properties can change as renovations are completed, or damage occurs to certain properties. Therefore, it is the assessors’ job to reflect these changes by adjusting the assessed values between reappraisals on properties that have experienced physical changes over the past year. Any property with an active building permit or under-construction notation should expect an additional visit prior to the 2025 Grand List being lodged. Some of the under-construction notations are historical in nature, and possibly not connected to the current owner of a property. The Assessor’s Office has also prioritized inspections of flood damaged properties as part of the annual grand list maintenance. The Assessor’s annual maintenance is separate from most reappraisal activity that is occurring.
Property owners with concerns about either process are encouraged to contact the Assessor’s Office. As we get closer to the Spring of 2025, both reappraisal activity and the Assessor’s annual inspections will be taking place simultaneously. If it is decided to update an assessment for the 2025 Grand List, the property owner would receive a change of appraisal notice from the City with instructions to appeal included. We thank you for your patience as we continue with our coordinated effort to achieve these goals.
Sincerely,
Larry & Carly Martin
Barre City Assessors
Property Sales Reports
City of Barre Grand List:
The City of Barre Grand Lists have been provided below as both a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and as an Adobe *.pdf document that can be searched by name, parcel number or address, and is valid as of July 15 of each year. These files will not reflect any specific property value changes that have occurred after this date.
For further information or to verify any updates made since July 15th, please contact Cheryl Metivier, City Clerk/Treasurer, or Kathryn Bramman, Assessing Clerk.
For the Year 2024 (April 2, 2024 through April 1, 2025), the are:
Adobe PDF file: FY24 City of Barre Grand List
Microsoft Excel file: FY24 City of Barre Grand List
For the year 2023 (April 2, 2023 through April 1, 2024), they are:
Adobe pdf file: FY23 City of Barre Grand List
Microsoft Excel file: FY23 City of Barre Grand List
For the year 2022 (April 2, 2022 through April 1, 2023), they are:
Adobe pdf file: FY22 City of Barre Grand List
Microsoft Excel file: FY22 City of Barre Grand List
For the year 2021 (April 2, 2021 through April 1, 2022), they are:
Adobe pdf file: FY21 City of Barre Grand List
Microsoft Excel file: FY21 City of Barre Grand List