Town of New Haven, Dunn County,
State of Wisconsin
Notice of Board of Review
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of New Haven, Dunn County,
Wisconsin, shall hold its first meeting on May 7, 2024, from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, at the New
Haven Town Hall, E1318 1260th Ave, Connorsville, WI.
Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the board of review and
procedural requirements if appearing before the board:
1. No person will be allowed to appear before the board of review, to testify to the board by
telephone, or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the
person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to enter
onto property to conduct an exterior view of such property being assessed.
2. After the first meeting of the board of review and before the board’s final adjournment, no
person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact or provide
information to a member of the board about the person’s objection, except at a session of
the board. Open book shall occur no less than 7 days prior to the board of review.
3. 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 to file an objection, except that upon
a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive
that requirement during the first 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 the session is less than 5 days with proof of
extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure
to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting.
4. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed
with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled
meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, 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 the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the
amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of
Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the
property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to
the 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 improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action
or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written
objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in
support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of
that person’s property liable to assessment 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.
5. When appearing before the board of review, the objecting person shall specify in writing
the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject
of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that
estimate.
6. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or
object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the
income method of valuation, unless no later than 7 days before the first meeting of the
board of review the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and
expenses, as specified in the assessor’s manual under s. 73.03 (2a), Wis. stats., that the
assessor requests. The Town of New Haven has an ordinance for the confidentiality of
information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this
paragraph that provides exceptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties
imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court. The information that is
provided under this paragraph, unless a court determines before the first meeting of the
board of review that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying
under s. 19.35 (1), Wis. Stats.
7. The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the
board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or
disability. No other persons may testify by telephone unless the Board, in its discretion, has
determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under
oath by telephone or written statement.
8. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or
contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of
the board, or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed
under s.70.47 (3) (a), Wis. stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review
notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of
review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time
the hearing will take.
Notice is hereby given this 22nd day of April 2024.
Katie Bovee, Clerk
PO Box 258
Boyceville, WI 54725
[email protected]