07/06/2026 Assessment Community Weekly
Deadline to request advisory appraisals
If you’re conducting a reassessment and you would like to request a utility advisory appraisal, the deadline to submit Form RP-7021, Utility Advisory Appraisal Request is 270 days prior to your tentative roll date (by August 4 for localities using the standard assessment calendar). Please also notify your ORPTS customer service team as soon as possible. We cannot deliver advisory appraisals without Form RP-7021 on file for the current year, and your county team must be aware of the reassessment.
Reminder: Run your assessor’s report as final before submitting the roll to us
Within ten days of publishing your final roll, please ensure that you use the Upload Files tool in the Online Assessment Community to transmit your final roll and assessor’s report to ORPTS.
Do not submit your roll to ORPTS in PDF format. Upload a copy of your RPSV4 database or—if you do not use RPSV4—a 15-c file.
Note: When using the Upload Files tool, we strongly encourage you to use Google Chrome.
RPSV4 users: Before you generate your final roll file, run your assessor’s report and ensure that you’ve selected the Final AR checkbox under Create Option. We’ve received several rolls where the database processing flags were not set to Final and were still in edit status. This could cause a delay in the reconciliation of the assessor’s report and the establishment of the equalization rate.
When you submit your final roll to ORPTS, please include a backup of the database file that was used to run the final assessor's report.
For details, see Assessor’s report instructions for cities and towns and Roll submission information.
If you have questions, contact ORPTS customer service team.
STAR letters hitting mailboxes
We are continuing to mail the following letters to impacted STAR recipients across the state:
RP-5300-WSC: Recipients of this letter are registered for the STAR credit. We are not able to confirm they meet the income requirements for a STAR benefit based on the information we have on file. Recipients of this letter should follow the instructions to provide their income information using the Homeowner Benefit Portal or our online STAR Income Worksheet.
RP-5300-RWS: Recipients of this letter were previously sent a letter (Form RP-5300-WSC) requesting their income information. They should follow the instructions to provide their income information using the Homeowner Benefit Portal or our online STAR Income Worksheet.
RP-5300-DNL: Recipients of this letter have not responded to previous letters requesting income to demonstrate their eligibility for the STAR exemption within the 45-day timeframe, and will be denied the STAR exemption for their property.
Reminder: New STAR seminars coming this summer for homeowners. (You’re also welcome to attend!)
This summer we are launching a tour of STAR seminars across the state.
In each presentation, we will share with homeowners:
- a brief history of the program,
- what to expect from the program if they are already enrolled, and
- steps on how to enroll if they are a new homeowner.
We will also cover our most common FAQs and have staff on site to help new homeowners register at self-service kiosks.
Each event is open to the public; preregistration is not required.