Town Of Hopewell: Assessment Information: Assessment Information [Digital Towpath]

Sole Assessor Kelly Ducar 2716 County Road #47 Canandaigua, NY 14424 Phone: (585) 394-0036, ext. 5 Fax: (585) 394-8714

Educational Videos About the Assessment and Property Tax Systems
EXEMPTION FORMS AND GRIEVANCE APPLICATION ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD BELOW UNDER DOCUMENTS.
How to File for a Review of Your Assessment RP 524 (Grievance Application) is below for completion.
Link to General Information
Exemption Forms available through NYS not listed below under documents
New York State Office of Real Property Service

Uniform Percentage of Value The percentage of market value (full value) used by an assessing unit to establish uniform assessments. This value must appear on the tentative roll. Real Property Tax Law Section 305 specifies, "all real property in each assessing unit shall be assessed at a uniform percentage of value..."
Taxable Status Date The ownership and physical condition of real property as of this date are assessed (valued) according to price fixed as of the valuation date. All applications for property exemptions must be filed with the assessor by this date.
Residential Assessment Ratio (RAR) A percentage established by the State Board of Real Property Services according to law, using the ratio of assessed value to the sales price for each usable residential sale in a recent one-year period. Ratios are then listed from highest to lowest; the midpoint (median) ratio is selected as the RAR. The RAR can be used to prove that a residential property is assessed at a higher level than other homes on the assessment roll. Your locality's RAR indicates at what percent of full value residential properties are assessed. For example, a RAR of 20 indicates that residential properties are assessed at approximately 20 percent of their full value.
Equalization Rate "State equalization rate" means the percentage of full value at which taxable real property in a county, city, town or village is assessed as determined by the state board." (RPTL Section 102) The rate is a ratio of the sum of the locally determined assessed values for all taxable parcels for a given assessment roll divided by ORPS's estimate of total full value for that same roll.
Cold War Veterans Exemption - NEW On October 29, 2009 the Ontario County Board of Supervisors authorized the Cold War Veterans exemption for county real property tax purposes. Eligible veterans will be honorably discharged from active duty service wholly served between September 2, 1945 and December 26, 1991, and outside the war time periods designated in NYS RPTL§458-A. The exemption is available on primary residences only. Follow this link (Forms) to the application form and instructions (Instructions). Please remember, the filing deadline in the Town of Hopewell is MARCH 1st each year.

Ag Long Form - RP 305 (PDF - 116.1 KB)
Ag Renewal Form - RP 305r (PDF - 111.1 KB)
Lease (blank) for completion (PDF - 11.0 KB)
Disability with Limited Income - RP 459c (PDF - 62.2 KB)
Disability with Limited Income Renewal - RP 459c r nw (PDF - 29.6 KB)
BASIC STAR Exemption Appliction - RP 425 (PDF - 53.3 KB)
Enhanced STAR Exemption Renewal - RP 425r nw (PDF - 39.3 KB)
Senior Exemption - RP 467 (PDF - 66.5 KB)
Senior Exemption Renewal - RP 467r nw (PDF - 83.7 KB)
Veterans Exemption - RP 458a (PDF - 28.3 KB)
Cold War Veterans Exemption Application - RP458b (PDF - 51.3 KB)
Grievance Application - RP 524 (PDF - 54.1 KB)