Doug Bruns, Director of Property Records & Taxpayer Services
Contact Information
Phone: 320-523-3645
Fax: 320-523-3646
Office Staff:
Kim Radloff, Lead Appraiser
Brenda Vander Pol, Lead Appraiser
Larry Rock, Appraiser II
Hours and Location
Hours:
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Address:
Courthouse
500 East DePue Avenue, Suite 205
Olivia MN 56277
The Assessor’s Office directs, plans, and supervises the appraisal and recording of all property assessments in Renville County as prescribed by Minnesota Statutes and the directives of the Commissioner of Revenue to provide an equitable and efficient property appraisal system for tax purposes.
The law specifically requires that every fifth year, an appraiser inspects all properties and records property characteristics that would affect their market value (such as construction quality, condition, age, size, etc.) to determine an opinion of each particular property’s market value.
The property owner will receive a mailed assessment notice in the spring of each year. The form will indicate the property’s estimated market value from January 2 of the current year, the estimated market value from January 2 of the previous year, and the property’s appropriate classification (i.e., residential, commercial, agricultural). If you disagree with the estimated market value of your property or believe there has been an error in its valuation, information will be provided on how to appeal this assessment. Taxes for next year will be calculated from this statement’s market value.
Potential Property Tax Savings
2023 LAWS HAVE CHANGED: If you are a homeowner and have an ITIN, you can now Homestead your home! This may give you property tax benefits! Stop in or call your county assessor office.
Ahorros Potenciales De Impuestos Para Su Propiedad
LAS LEYES DEL AÑO 2023 HAN CAMBIADO: Si usted es propietario de su casa y tiene un ITIN, usted puede registrar su propiedad como bien de familia! Esto pudiera darle beneficios de impuestos. Pasen por su oficina del tasador por una aplicación.
Homestead
To apply for the homestead classification for your residence, you must fill out a homestead application. To qualify for the homestead classification you must:
- Occupy the property listed on the application as your primary residence;
- Be one of the owners of the property listed on the application;
- Be a Minnesota resident.
Your County Assessor will determine whether you are a Minnesota resident for purposes of the homestead classification. You may be considered a Minnesota resident if all or some of the following conditions apply to you:
- You are registered to vote in Minnesota
- You have a valid Minnesota driver’s license
- You file a Minnesota income tax return
- You list a property in Minnesota as your permanent mailing address
- You are employed by a business located in Minnesota
- Your children, if any, attend school in Minnesota, and/or
- You are not a resident of any other state or country
State law (MS 273.124, Subd. 9 & 13) requires that the Social Security numbers and signatures of each occupant who is listed as an owner of the property be listed on the application. Even if the owner’s spouse is not listed as an owner of the property, the spouse is still required to give social security numbers and signatures on the application if they occupy the property along with the owner’s information. In either case, the application must be signed by each owner and his/her spouse who occupies the property. If there is not enough space for all required signatures and Social Security Numbers, please attach a separate piece of paper with them to the application.
Social Security numbers are confidential information. Under state law (MS 273.124, Subd. 13) they may be given by your County Assessor to the Minnesota Department of Revenue to determine whether you or the owner of the property to whom you are related have applied for the homestead classification for other properties.
Other Homestead Application Forms
Actively Farming Homesteads
Article 5, Section 13 of the 1999 Omnibus Tax Bill allows agricultural homestead classification for farms of at least 40 acres where the farm owner does not live on the farm, but lives within four cities or townships of the farm, if the owner actively farms the land, is a Minnesota resident, and neither the owner or their spouse claim another agricultural homestead in Minnesota. This application requires signatures and social security numbers of all owners of the property, the farm number registered with the Farm Service Agency and a copy of the Schedule F filed with the previous year’s income tax return. The law also allows a son/daughter or grandson/granddaughter to qualify a father/mother for homestead. The son/daughter or grandson/granddaughter must be actively farming the land in order to qualify the father/mother for ag homestead.
Please call the Renville County Assessor’s Office at 320-523-3645 for more information on homesteads or any other property tax assessing questions.
