Bristol Assessor's Office Information

Kelly L. Ducar
Sole Assessor

Office hours:
Tuesday 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Wednesday 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Thursday 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Phone: (585) 229-2400, ext. 12
Fax: (585) 229-4319
E-mail address: brstlasr@frontier.com

Assessment Information

• Equalization Rate: 99% (2017)
• Taxable Status Date: March 1st
• Valuation Date: July 1st
• Tentative Roll: May 1st
• *****Grievance Day: 1st Tuesday in June ****
• ******Appointments are needed prior to grievance day & will only be scheduled after all applications & supporting documents are supplied at least 4 days in advance. There is paperwork that is needed that takes time to prepare PRIOR TO Grievance day.  You have the right to apply on Grievance day. However, the assessor may then request that your hearing be adjourned so to give adequate time for review.  This is why we STRONGLY REQUEST that all applications & support of your estimate of value, be supplied at least 4 days prior!!!!  THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
• Final Roll: July 1st
• Last Revaluation: 2015
• Number of Parcels in Municipality: 1480

Links

• New Tax Related Videos
• 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.
• Learn About Assessments and Property Taxes
• Ontario County Real Property Tax
  2017 Final Assessment Roll 
• Property Tax Cap Information
• ONCOR
• Ontario County Real Property Tax Assessments.
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FAQ

Click on the link below to go to the State webpage www.tax.ny.gov

******NEW*******New York State School Tax Relief (STAR) Program

The STAR program is now a personal income tax credit for new homeowners. A link will be in place here once the State sets up a process to register.

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 - March 1^st
The Assessor is required by New York State law to value property as it is on this date. A partially completed building will receive a partial assessment based on its estimated percentage of completion as of March 1st. If you suffer a loss to your property (ex: fire, demolition) after this date you will see no reduction for that loss on forthcoming roll. Exemption forms must be filed by this date also.

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 to the application form and instructions.
Please remember, the filing deadline in the Town of Bristol is March 1st of each year.

Documents

• Agricultural Long Form - RP 305 (PDF - 116.1 KB)
• Agricultural Renewal Form - RP 305r (PDF - 111.1 KB)
• Lease (blank) for completion (PDF - 11.0 KB)
• Disability with Limited Income - RP 459c (PDF - 41.0 KB)
• Disability with Limited Income Renewal - RP 459c rnw (PDF - 41.6 KB)
• BASIC STAR Exemption Application - RP 425 (PDF - 53.8 KB) **DISCONTINUED**
• Enhanced STAR Exemption Renewal - RP 425r nw (PDF - 52.4 KB)
• STAR Program - Optional Income Verification Form for completion - RP 425 IVP (PDF - 65.2 KB)
• Senior Exemption - RP 467 (PDF - 41.4 KB)
• Senior Exemption Renewal - RP 467 rnw (PDF - 45.6 KB)
• Veterans Exemption - RP 458a (PDF - 28.3 KB)
• Cold War Veterans Exemption Application - RP 458b (PDF - 51.3 KB)
• Grievance Application - RP 524 (PDF - 54.1 KB)
  *** Please note: Appointments are needed prior to grievance day & will only be scheduled after all applications & supporting documents are supplied at least 4 days in advance.