Silver Creek, Township

Township Assessor

Assessor

Anne Richmond

Email: scassessor@sisterlakescable.com
Phone: 269-424-3025, ext 2.
Cell: 269-870-4587

Office Hours:
Tues 9am-12pm
2nd & 4th Wed 9-12pm

Other days by appointment

Assessor’s Availability 

Assessing Information

Assessing is one of the three statutory duties required of townships, in addition to tax collection and election administration. Doing this job well is paramount to the success of townships—and to serving residents. Anne Richmond serves as our assessor and reports directly to the Supervisor. She is certified as a Michigan Advanced Assessing Officer, Level III, and Personal Property Examiner.

Assessing Information

The Assessor’s four basic duties are:

  • To inventory and list all property within the assessment jurisdiction.
  • To equitably evaluate every item of taxable property.
  • To calculate the taxable value for every taxable property.
  • To prepare and certify an assessment roll with all taxable property listed in an orderly fashion by parcel number or legal description.


To understand a property tax bill, you should understand three values—true cash value, assessed value and taxable value. The true cash value is the market price a property would likely receive if it was sold. By law, the assessed value must be 50 percent of the property’s true cash value after equalization. These two values may change when they’re evaluated through a sales study, which compare them to similar properties. The taxable value is the number used to determine property taxes. It’s calculated using the previous year’s taxable value and multiplying it by the inflation rate multiplier or 5 percent, whichever is less, and adding or subtracting for any losses or additions to the property. Most homeowners who have owned their home for several years have a taxable value that is lower than their assessed value. The only time a taxable value can increase beyond the state limit is when the property is sold or transferred in some way. Once this happens, the property is “uncapped,” meaning the taxable value will be equal to the assessed value in the first tax year after the transfer. Then, the cap applies going forward.