Notice that the Assessment Roll is Open for Examination and Open Book 
STATE OF WISCONSIN 

A PDF of this notice can be found here.

Town of Scott, Brown County Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 70.45, the assessment roll for the Year 
2026 assessment will be open for examination starting on the 15th day of July 2026 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. to noon.  

Additionally, the assessor shall be available July 15 through July 29 via phone at (920) 288-2225 or e
mail at [email protected] The full assessment roll will be available to view at 
townofscott.com. It will also be available in print format in the lobby at Town Hall, located at 2621 Jody Drive New Franken WI, 54229.

Instructional material will be provided at the open book to persons who wish to object to 
valuations under Wis. Stat. § 70.47.

Notice of Board of Review Two-Hour Meeting 
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Scott, Brown County, Wisconsin,  shall hold its next Board of Review Meeting on August 6, 2026, at 5:30 p.m., at Town Hall (2621  Jody Drive, New Franken, WI 54229).

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board of Review: 
a. After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board of Review’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact or provide information to a member of the Board of Review about the person’s objection, except at a session of the Board of Review. Open book shall occur no less than 7 days prior to the Board of Review. 

b. The Board of Review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the Board of Review’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the Board of Review Clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the 
submission of a written objection, the Board of Review shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the Board of Review’s first scheduled meeting, and the Board of Review may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session, or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days, with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the Board of Review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting. 

c. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed 
with the Board of Review Clerk within the first 2 hours of the Board of Review’s first 
scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the 
Board of Review may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session, 
or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The Board 
of Review may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted 
on forms approved by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, and the Board of Review 
shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. 
Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate 
valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and 
improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the 
valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or 
proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection 
has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the Board of Review 
in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the Board of Review, under 
oath, of all of that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of 
that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express 
action of the Board. 

d. When appearing before the Board of Review, the objecting person shall specify in writing 
the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the 
subject of the person’s objection and specify the information used to arrive at that 
estimate. 

e. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board of Review by 
telephone, or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the 
objector using the income method of valuation, unless no later than 7 days before the 
first meeting of the Board of Review, the person supplies the assessor with all the 
information about income and expenses that the assessor requests, as specified in 
Assessor's  Manual  Under  Wis.  Stat.  §  73.03(2a). Town of Scott has an 
ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the 
assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for persons using information in the 
discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court. The 
information that is provided in this paragraph, unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is 
not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Wis. Stat. § 19.35(1). 
f. The Board of Review shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who 
present to the board a letter from a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice 
nurse prescriber certified under Wis. Stat. § 441.16(2) that confirms their illness or 
disability. No other persons may testify by telephone unless the Board of Review, in its 
discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request 
to testify under oath by telephone or written statement. 

g. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board of Review by 
telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the 
first meeting of the Board of Review , or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if 
the objection is allowed under Wis. Stat. § 70.47(3)(a), that person provides notice to the Board 
of Review Clerk as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of 
the Board of Review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length 
of time the hearing will take. 
h. No person shall be allowed to appear before the board of review, to testify to the board 
by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if 
the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to enter 
onto property to conduct an exterior view of the real or personal property being assessed. 

Notice is hereby given this 30th day of June, 2026 by: 
Jaime Fuge, Town of Scott Clerk

(Noticed posted on June 30, 2026, at Town Hall (2621 Jody Drive) and Notice posted at townofscott.com on June 30, 2026)