NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review shall hold its first full session on Monday, August 17, 2026, at the Richmond Town Hall, located at 1428 100th St. New Richmond WI 54017.
OPEN BOOK ON MONDAY, AUGUST 10 , 2026 from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board.
1) After the first meeting of the Board of Review (BOR) and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who isscheduled to appear before the BOR may contact or provide information to a member of the Board about the person’sobjection, except at a session of the Board. Open Book shall occur no less than seven (7) days prior to the BOR.
2) The Board of Review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the Board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the Board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent tofile an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the Board shallwaive that requirement during the first two (2) hours of the Board’s first scheduled meeting, and the Board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if thesession is less than five (5) days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48 hour noticerequirement and failure to appear before the Board of Review during the first two (2) hours of the first scheduled meeting.
3) Objections to the amount or valuation of the property shall first me made in writing and filed with the clerk of the BORwithin the first two (2) hours of the Board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinarycircumstances, the Board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end ofthe final day of the session if the session is less than five (5) days. The Board may require objections to the amount orvaluation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the Board shall requirethat any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements tothat land may object to aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvementsto that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of propertyunless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the Board in supportof the objections and made full disclosure before the Board, under oath, of all of that person’s property liable toassessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the Board.
4) When appearing before the Board of Review, the objecting person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate ofthe value of the land and of the improvements that are subject of the person’s objection and specify the informationthat the person used to arrive at that estimate.
5) No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board or by telephone, or object to a valuation ifthat valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method of valuation, unless the personsupplies the assessor all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the assessor’s manual under s73.03(2a) WI Statutes, that the assessor requests. The Town of Richmond has an ordinance for the confidentiality ofinformation about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptionsfor persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their office or by order of acourt.* The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is notsubject to the right of inspection and copying under s 19.35(1) of WI Statutes.
6) The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from aphysician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness and disability. No other person may testify by telephoneunless the Board in its discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request totestify under oath by telephone or written statement.
7) No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of anyassessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board, or at least 48 hours before the objection isheard if the objection is allowed under s 70.47(3)(a) WI Statutes, that person provides to the clerk of the BOR noticeas to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the Board of Review and, if so, which member, andprovides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take.
Notice is hereby given on July 15, 2026.
Pat Earley, Clerk
715-808-1795
[email protected]
1453 County Road GG, New Richmond, WI