Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 70.48 (2026)
Assessor to attend board of review
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70.4870.48 Assessor to attend board of review. The assessor or the assessor’s authorized representative shall attend without order or subpoena all hearings before the board of review and under oath submit to examination and fully disclose to the board such information as the assessor may have touching the assessment and any other matters pertinent to the inquiry being made. All part-time assessors shall receive the same compensation for such attendance as is allowed to the members of the board but no county assessor or member of a county assessor’s staff shall receive any compensation other than that person’s regular salary for attendance at a board of review. The clerk shall make all corrections to the assessment roll ordered by the board of review, including all changes in the valuation of real property. When any valuation of real property is changed, the clerk shall enter the valuation fixed by the board in the proper class and enter a note of the valuation of the assessor and the change to that valuation made by the board. The clerk shall also enter upon the assessment roll, in the proper place, the names of all persons found liable to taxation on personal property by the board of review, setting opposite such names respectively the aggregate valuation of such property as determined by the assessor, after deducting exemptions and making such corrections as the board has ordered. All changes in valuation of personal property made by the board of review shall be made in the same manner as changes in real estate.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1952–2017 · leading case: Nankin v. Vill. of Shorewood, 2001 WI 92 (Wis. 2001).
Nankin v. Vill. of Shorewood, 2001 WI 92 (Wis. 2001). “In contrast, at the board of review hearing, only the assessor is required to appear, Wis. Stat. § 70.48 , and only the board may, and upon the request of the assessor shall, subpoena other witnesses to appear, Wis.”
Vincent Milewski v. Town of Dover, 2017 WI 79 (Wis. 2017). “See Wis. Stat. § 70.48 ("The assessor or the assessor's authorized representative shall attend without order or subpoena all hearings before the board of review and under oath submit to examination and fully disclose to the board such information as the assessor may have…”
State Ex Rel. Baker Mfg. Co. v. City of Evansville, 53 N.W.2d 795 (Wis. 1952). “Sec. 70.48, Stats., directs the assessor to appear at all hearings before the board of review and under oath submit to examination and fully disclose to said board such information as he may have touching his assessment and any other matters pertinent to the inquiry being made.”
State ex rel. Gregersen v. Bd. of Review of Town of Lincoln, 92 N.W.2d 236 (Wis. 1958). “Sec. 70.48, Stats., provides that: “The assessor shall attend without order or subpoena all hearings before the board of review and under oath submit *32 to examination and fully disclose to said board such information as he may have touching his assessment and any other matters…”
Vincent Milewski v. Town of Dover (Wis. 2017). “See Wis. Stat. § 70.48 ("The assessor or the assessor's authorized representative shall attend without order or subpoena all hearings before the board of review and under oath submit to examination and fully disclose to the board such information as the assessor may have…”
Vincent Milewski v. Town of Dover (Wis. 2017). “See Wis. Stat. § 70.48 ("The assessor or the assessor's authorized representative shall attend without order or subpoena all hearings before the board of review and under oath submit to examination and fully disclose to the board such information as the assessor may have…”
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