1
: an official who assists a judge or magistrate
2
: one that assesses
especially
: an official who assesses property for taxation
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The easiest way to find your county assessor’s site is a quick Google search.
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Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
These government-run sites use data from assessors to estimate the value of real property within a county, city, town or village.
—Kim Komando, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
The assessors continue to pull the doppelgänger thread.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
The new federal tax assessors, in contrast, were often Quakers or Moravians.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
These government-run sites use data from assessors to estimate the value of real property within a county, city, town or village.
—Kim Komando, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
The assessors continue to pull the doppelgänger thread.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
The new federal tax assessors, in contrast, were often Quakers or Moravians.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Assessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assessor. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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assessor
noun
as·ses·sor
ə-ˈses-ər 
: an official who assesses property for taxes
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