Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios has announced that reassessment notices have been mailed to over 7,000 single-family and 250 condominium homeowners in Lemont Township. Reassessment notices contain proposed values for Property Tax Year 2017, which will be reflected on Second-Installment Tax Bills to be mailed and due in the summer of 2018. Each year, the Cook County Assessor’s Office reassesses one-third of the nearly 1.8 million parcels of property located in Cook County. As always, tax years are billed and due for payment in the following calendar year. The time to file appeals on these proposed assessments is now, however, when the reassessment notices are received. The deadline for appeals for Lemont Township is June 9, 2017. Assessor Berrios stressed that homeowners do not need an attorney to file an appeal. There is no fee. Homeowners can check their property’s characteristics and search for information on similar properties to use as comparables if they choose to appeal their assessed values. Residential taxpayers may also file an appeal online, and the Assessor’s web site allows them to search for comparables and add those comparables to their online appeals. For more information, visit www.cookcountyassessor.com.