Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the Real Property Lister are defined in Chapter 70.09 of the
Wisconsin Statutes. These responsibilities include:
- Preparing and maintaining accurate ownership and description information for all parcels of real property in Douglas County (except for the City of Superior), including:
- Parcel Identification Numbers
- Current ownership from the latest accurate document recorded with the Register of Deeds
- Current mailing and property addresses
- Accurate brief legal descriptions used for assessing and taxing property
- Calculated land acreages, from the best available information on file, for assessment roll purposes
- Assessment rolls
- Special districts
- Special assessments and charges
- Private Forest Crop, Managed Forest Lands
- Property splits
- Current property assessment valuations
- Assessment classifications
- Mill rates and fair market ratios
- Preparing and printing property tax bills