Polk County officials announced Thursday that Assessor Jim Maloney is planning to retire.Maloney has been with Polk County for 45 years. He was elected County Auditor in 1969."Jim has been a terrific ...

To the annoyance of Polk County Assessor Randy Ripperger, an employee of another county office is appealing almost two dozen property valuations ― even though he owns none of the properties. Deputy ...

Polk County homeowners will open their mail this week to find their home's assessed valuation has gone up despite the pandemic recession. Residential assessments have increased an average of 7.45%, ...

The property tax statements people receive at the end of a year are based on the status of their property as of Jan. 1 earlier that year. Each assessor has until mid-March of that year to figure out ...