There is a small fee to pay directly from your checking account. You have 30 days from the date of issue on your bill to utilize the City’s online payment system. You can pay your Motor Vehicle, Real Estate, Personal Property and Water/Sewer tax bills online at our Online Payment Center. Pittsfield’s ability to mark licenses and registration as nonrenewable because of unpaid motor vehicle excise taxes and parking tickets has proven to be another very effective collection tool. The City also participates in the Registry of Motor Vehicles license and registration renewal and marking program. Delinquent motor vehicle bills issued on behalf of the City of Pittsfield by Kelly & Ryan Associates can be paid at the Collector's office. Since that time they have collected thousands of dollars of overdue excise taxes. The City hired Kelley & Ryan Associates of Hopedale, Massachusetts as Deputy Collector’s. We also issue Municipal Lien certificates. The Assessor's Office is not responsible for the mailing of tax bills or collection of taxes.The Collector's/Parking Clerks Office is responsible for billing and collecting real estate, personal property, motor vehicle, water and sewer, parking tickets, water and sewer betterment fees, and other departmental billings. Every five years, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue must certify all real and personal property values, represent full and fair cash as of the assessment date, which is January 1st, before the Town is allowed to issue real estate and personal property tax bills.Īdditional responsibilities of the Assessors' Clerk includes processing motor vehicle abatements and personal exemptions along with address changes. State Laws require that assessed values remain current with the market.Īccording to State Law, the primary function of the Assessors is to determine the 'full and fair cash value' of real property in the Town. Real property is all residential, commercial and industrial land and buildings within the Town limits. Real estate values are adjusted annually to reflect market activity. The office is frequented by taxpayers, appraisers, real estate agents and insurance representatives seeking information on properties and their assessed values. The Assessors' Clerk assists the public from the Assessor’s Office at Town Hall and provides administrative support to the Lenox Board of Assessors and conducts the daily operations of the Assessing Department.

Pittsfield township tax assessor