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Assessor’s Office
111 North Main Street
Bristol, Ct. 06010
860-584-6240
Fax 860-584-6151
Link to 1811 Grand List Photo
Link to 1811 Grand List First Page Photo
Thomas DeNoto
Assessor
email: ThomasDeNoto@ci.bristol.ct.us
Judith Dick
Deputy Assessor
email: JudithDick@ci.bristol.ct.us
John B. DiGiovanna
Assessment Technician
email: JohnDiGiovanna@ci.bristol.ct.us
Office hours are Monday thru Friday 8:30 to 5:00
QUICK LINKS
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MISSION STATEMENT
The Assessor's Office is responsible for maintaining and creating the annual Grand List. This List includes Real Property, Personal Property, and Motor Vehicles. All assessments are at 70% of its value in accordance with provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Real property is land and building improvements located within the City limits. Taxation is based on the assessed value established during the last revaluation. The interim years are updated with the addition of new construction. This involves the physical inspection of new construction, i.e., new house, addition, decks, remodeling, etc. The source is usually through the building permits issued.
The Personal Property list consists of all businesses located within the corporate limits of the City of Bristol. In general terms, personal property is everything needed to engage in a business enterprise, excluding land and any improvements thereon. The common categories are machinery, furniture and fixtures, equipment, data processing equipment, and unregistered motor vehicles. Discovery of new accounts are obtained by telephone directories, newspaper articles, advertisements, trade names filed with the City Clerk, and a physical canvass of the business districts. State Statutes require all owners of business personal property to file annual lists of such property no later than November 1st, or be subject to a 25% penalty.
The Motor Vehicle list is developed with the help of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Pursuant to Section 14-163 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is required to furnish to the Assessor in each town, a list containing the names and addresses of the owners of motor vehicles, residing in their respective towns, as they appear on October 1st of each year, using the records of the motor vehicles department. The list is then priced and developed according to this information. The values are based on average retail from the National Automobile Dealers Association price guides recommended by the Office of Policy & Management. There are many problems that can develop in preparing this list. Some of the common problems are vehicles appearing on the list that do not belong due to wrong tax town, or vehicle sold. There are several explanations for this occurrence and they are as follows.
1. Misinformation given to DMV at time of registration.
2. Failure by the taxpayer to provide the DMV with timely change of address.
3. Data entry error.
4. Failure by taxpayer to surrender plate when vehicle is sold, destroyed, or stolen.
If any of the above should occur, proof of such incident must be supplied so that my staff can assist you in correcting this problem.
Another aspect of the Assessor's Office includes the processing of various applications for property tax exemption, (i.e., elderly, veterans, local-options, etc.). At present, there are 88 different recognized exemptions, 58 state mandated and 30 local options.
The last City-wide revaluation was completed October 1, 2007.
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