Resources:

This is the 2025-2026 Direct Charge Summary List that is also on the  Auditor/Controller  website under Property Taxes.

Property Tax Assistance

Possessory Interests

Supplemental Assessments

Property Tax Payment Assistance - Aged 62 & The Disabled

State Controller, Tax Postponement

Parcel Search & Information

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Legend of Frequently Used Abbreviations

• California State Board of Equalization (SBE or BOE): State agency that oversees and assists in the application of Property Tax Law by each County Assessor's Office.

• California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD): State agency that, among other things, oversees the registration of Manufactured Homes.

• California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV): Provides vehicle and vessel ownership information to Assessors Offices.

• Madera County Assessment Appeals Board (AAB): Five person appointed board that presides over Assessment Appeal Hearings in Madera County.

• Revenue and Taxation Code of the State of California (R & T): Codified Laws that define and explain the application of Proposition 13 for the entire state.

• Base Year Value (BYV): The assessed value established in the year of property acquisition or new construction.

• Factored Base Year Value (FBYV): The annual maximum 2% increase in assessed value allowed by Proposition 13 to the Base Year Value.