Assessment

Burt Township Offices has broadband internet access available to the public to access online to our assessment services.The public can access BS&A online to view parcel information by going to: https://bsaonline.com/

Burt Township Board welcomes Derek Morrison as the Township Assessor effective April 1, 2017. He is in the office periodically, and can be reached at the above forms of contact for questions. 

MCL 41.61 permits the township board to provide for the appointment of assessors for the township who have all the powers and duties of the supervisor in the assessment of property. The supervisor remains the chief assessing officer and the assessors are, in all cases, subordinate to the supervisor.

Where the supervisor is not a certified assessor or has not received a conditional six-month certification or where he or she is a newly elected or appointed supervisor without normal certification, the township board must employ a certified assessor to perform the assessing functions and sign the roll. The conditional six-month certification is not available to a township with a state equalized valuation in excess of $125 million (MCL 211.10d). If an assessor is not employed by the township, the county tax or equalization department or the State Tax Commission must perform the assessment functions and prepare the assessment roll at the expense of the township, which can be quite costly.

The completed assessment roll is deposited with the supervisor for appropriate handling. Assessors are compensated as determined by the township board. The use of an assessor is particularly necessary if the supervisor is not certified at the sufficient level or if the township is sufficiently developed that it is impossible for one person to perform the assessing function.