Our Goal

The Kern County Assessor’s Office strives to deliver a fair, uniform and accurate property assessment roll, created efficiently and timely; consistent with current appraisal standards and property tax law. The Assessor is committed to providing prompt, professional and courteous public service.

Our Job

The Assessor is responsible for valuing taxable property within the County of Kern, in accordance with applicable constitutional, legislative and administrative provisions.

Duties include:

• Discovering, classifying and valuing all taxable real and personal property
• Administering various tax exemption programs
• Producing and delivering the annual assessment roll – the basis for property tax revenue
• Creating and maintaining assessment maps for all real property
• Tracking and updating property ownership records
• Assisting the public with questions concerning property assessment, exemptions and taxes

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The Assessor’s staff takes pride in our reputation for public service, and we continually strive for improvement. If you were looking for information which you were unable to find on this website, have an idea of how we might better serve the taxpayer, or have a comment, positive or negative about your experience with the Assessor’s Office, please let us know.