Massachusetts

In Massachusetts property is assessed for local tax purposes at its full and fair cash value as of January first of each year.  Every three years, a community's assessments must be reviewed by the Commissioner of Revenue and certified as meeting legal standards.  Adjustments to assessments made in the years between this triennial certification to reflect changes in market conditions must also meet legal standards, although they are not subject to annual review by the Commissioner.

Resources about assessment may be available at the Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers site here

Some areas are available through Vision Appraisal Technologies, with registration. You can also search real estate sales records in Massachusetts from 1994-present here. Many municipalities link through Patriot Properties; many counties are available through the Commonwealth’s Registry of Deeds here

City	Multiplier	Phone Number	Additional Information
Abington			Abington Assessor
Acton	1	978-264-9622	Acton GIS
Acushnet		508-998-0205	Acushnet Assessor (note – quirks in how house numbers are recorded e.g., 0015, not 15)
Adams		413-743-8350	Adams Assessor
Amesbury		978-388-8102	Amesbury Assessor
Amherst	1	413-256-3024	Amherst Assessor (PDF only)
Andover (town)			Andover (via Patriot Properties)
Arlington	1	781-316-3050	Arlington Assessor (links to Patriot Properties) Search
Ashby		978-386-2427	Ashby Assessor
Ashland		508-881-0100	Ashland Assessor
Athol
Attleboro		508-223-2222	Attleboro Appraisal
Barnstable County			Barnstable County (links to towns and villages) Barnstable County Registry of Deeds
Barnstable		508-862-4022	Barnstable Assessor
Bedford		781-275-0046	Bedford Assessor
Belchertown	1	413-323-0413	Belchertown
Bellingham			Bellingham Assessor
Belmont	1	617-489-8231	Belmont Assessor Direct to Search
Berkshire	1	413-637-5502
Beverly	1	978-921-6004	Beverly
Billerica (town)		978-671-0971	Billerica Assessor Direct to Search (via Patriot Properties)
Blackstone			Through Vision Appraisal
Boston (city)		617-635-4287	Boston Assessor
Bourne		508-759-0600	Bourne Assessor
Braintree (town)		781-794-8050	Braintree Assessor or Direct to Search (through Patriot Properties)
Brewster (town)	1	508-896-3701	Brewster Assessor
Bridgewater (town)		508-697-0928	Bridgewater Assessor
Brookline (town)	1	617-730-2060	Brookline
Burlington (town)		781-270-1650	Burlington Assessor
Cambridge	1	617-349-4110	Cambridge Assessor
Canton (town)		781-821-5008 and 5009	Canton
Charlton		508-248-2233	Charlton Assessor
Chatham	1	508-945-5103	Chatham
Chelmsford			Chelmsford
Chelsea	1	617-889-8213	Chelsea Assessor
Chicopee		413-594-1430	Chicopee Assessor
Chilmark		508-645-2102	Chilmark Assessor
Concord	1	978-318-3070	Concord (Through Vision Appraisal)
Danvers		978-777-0001 ext. 3057 or 3058	Danvers Assessor
Dartmouth (town)			Dartmouth
Dedham	1	781-326-1995	Dedham Assessor Searchable through VisionAppraisal
Dennis	1	508-394-8300	Dennis Assessor
Dover	1	508-785-0726	Dover Assessor 2009 values spreadsheet
Dracut	1		Dracut
Dudley	1		Dudley
Dukes			Dukes County Searchable through State
Dunstable		978-649-3257	Dunstable Assessor
Duxbury	1.09	781-934-6586	Duxbury through Vision
Eastham			Eastham
Easthampton			Easthampton GIS
East Longmeadow (includes Holyoke)		413-525-5400 x1600	East Longmeadow Direct to Search
Easton (town)		508-230-3416	Easton (through Vision)
Edgartown (Martha's Vineyard)	1	508-627-6140	Edgartown
Egremont	1	413-528-0182
Essex County (North)	1		Essex Registry of Deeds
Essex County (South)			Essex Registry of Deeds
Everett	1	617-394-2205	Everett Assessor
Fairhaven			Fairhaven (through Patriot Properties)
Fall River	1	508-324-2300	Fall River Assessor
Falmouth	1	608-861-7611	Falmouth Assessor
Fitchburg		978-345-9562	Fitchburg Assessor
Framingham		508-532-5415	Framingham Assessor  Direct to Search
Franklin		508-520-4920	Franklin Assessor
Freetown		508-644-2205	Freetown Assessor Or through Appraisal Resource
Fitchburg	1	508-345-9562
Foxborough			Foxborough (through Vision)
Gardner			Gardner
Georgetown			Georgetown (requires free registration)
Gloucester	1		Gloucester (through Vision)
Great Barrington (town)			Great Barrington Assessor
Greenfield		413-772-1506	Greenfield Assessor
Greenwich	1.3 (2005 values, revaluation for 2009)	203-622-7885	Greenwich Assessor
Groton		978-448-1127	Groton Assessor
Hadley	1	413-586-6320	Hadley Assessor Direct to Search (requires Silverlight)
Hampden		413-566-3223 (bd of assessors) 413-525-5425 (East Londmeadow bd of assessor)	Hampden Registry of Deeds
Hanover	1	781-826-5000 x 1005	Hanover Assessor Through Vision Appraisal
Hanson	1	781-293-5259	Hanson Assessor
Harvard		978-456-4100 x 315	Harvard Direct to GIS
Harwich	1	617-631-0236	Harwich Assessor
Haverhill (city)			Haverhill Assessor
Hingham		781-741-1455	Hingham (via Vision)
Holden	1	508-829-0222	Holden Assessor (link to Vision Appraisal)
Holland			Through Vision Appraisal
Holliston			Holliston
Holyoke (city)		413-322-5550	Holyoke Direct to Search (via Patriot Properties)
Hopkinton		508-497-9720	Hopkinton
Hudson			Through Vision Appraisal
Hull (town)			Hull
Lakeville			Through Vision Appraisal
Leicester	1	508-892-7001	Leicester
Lenox (town)		413-637-5500 x2	Lenox
Leominster	1	978-534-7531	Leominster
Lexington	1.03	781-862-0500 ext. 203	Lexington
Lincoln (town)		781-259-2611	Lincoln Assessor
Littleton	1	978-952-2309	Littleton Assessor
Longmeadow	1	413-565-4115	Longmeadow Assessor
Lowell (city)		508-970-4200	Lowell GIS
Lynnfield (town)		781-334-2231	Lynnfield through Patriot
Manchester (Manchester-by-the-Sea)		978-526-2010	Manchester Assessor
Mansfield			Mansfield
`Marblehead	1	617-631-0236	Marblehead Assessor Direct to Search
Marion	1	508-748-3504	Marion
Marlborough			Marlborough
Marshfield			Through Vision Appraisal
Mashpee (town)		508-539-1400 x529	Mashpee
Mattapoisett			Mattapoisett
Medford	1	781-383-2435	Medford Assessor Direct to Search (through Vision)
Melrose (city)		781-979-4104	Melrose (through Patriot Properties)
Methuen (city)			Methuen
Middleboro			Middleboro
Milbury			Milbury Assessor
Milton (town)			Milton Assessor Direct to Patriot Properties
Monterey (city)			Monterey Assessor
Nantucket	1 (may be a bit higher)	508-228-7211	Nantucket (Via Vision)
Natick			Natick Assessor
Needham	1	781-455-7507	Needham Assessor Direct to Search
Newburyport			Newburyport
Newton (city)		617-796-1160	Newton
Newburyport			Newburyport
Norfolk		781-461-6101	Norfolk deeds
Northampton		413-587-1200	Northampton
North Attleboro			North Attleboro
Northborough		508-393-5005	Northborough Assessor Direct to Search
Norwell		781- 659-8014	Norwell (via Vision; requires Silverlight)
Oak Bluffs		508-693-5519	Oak Bluffs
Orleans		508-240-3700 Ext. 430	Orleans Assessor
Otis (town)	1	413-269-0100 x106	Otis
Oxford			Oxford Assessor
Palmer		413-283-2607	Palmer Assessor
Paxton			Paxton
Peabody		978-532-3000 x 314	Peabody Assessor
Pembroke		781-293-2393
Plymouth (county)		508-830-9200 (registry of deeds)
Plymouth (town)		508-747-1620	Plymouth Assessor or Patriot Properties
Princeton		978-464-2104	Princeton Assessor
Provincetown	1	508-487-7017	Provincetown
Quincy (city)		617-376-1171, 1172, 1170	$2 fee based search by fax. Quincy through Vision Appraisal
Raynham			Raynham through Appraisal Resource
Reading	1		Reading Assessor Direct to Search (through Patriot Properties) Street Directory
Richmond		413-698-2525	Richmond Assessor
Rockport (town)	1.176	978-546-2011	Rockport
Rowley		978-948-2021	Rowley (requires free registration)
Rutland			Rutland
Salem			Salem (through Patriot Properties)
Saugus		781-231-4130	Saugus through Patriot
Scituate		781-545-8712	Scituate
Seekonk (town)			Seekonk
Sharon	1	781-784-1507
Sheffield (town)			Sheffield
Sherbourn	1	508-651-7857
Shrewsbury			Shrewsbury Assessor
Somerville		(617) 625-6600 Ext.3100	Somerville
Southborough		508- 485-0720 x3015	Southborough Assessor Direct to Search
Southbridge			Through Vision Appraisal
Southern Essex			Southern Essex Registry of Deeds
South Hadley (town)			South Hadley Direct to Search (requires Silverlight)
Southwick			Southwick
Spencer (town)			Spencer GIS
Springfield			Springfield Assessor
Stoneham	1	781-279-2660	Stoneham through Patriot Properties
Stoughton (town)	1	781-341-1300	Stoughton Assessor
Sturbridge			Through Vision Appraisal
Sudbury	1	508-443-8891	Sudbury
Suffolk	1	617-635-4287
Sutton			Sutton (via Vision) requires Silverlight
Swampscott		781-596-8858	Swampscott Assessor Search
Swansea		508-324-6702	Swansea
Taunton		508 821-1011	Taunton
Templeton			Templeton (requires free registration)
Tewksbury			Tewksbury (through Vision Appraisal)
Tisbury		508-696-4206	Tisbury
Truro		508-487-2702 ext. 15 or 16	Truro
Upton			Upton through Appraisal Resource
Wakefield (town)		781-246-6380	Wakefield
Walpole	1	508-660-7315	Walpole
Waltham	1	781-314-3200	Waltham
Wareham			Wareham
Watertown	1	617-972-6410	Watertown
Wayland (town)	1	508-358-3788	Wayland Assessor Direct to Search (via Vision Appraisal)
Wellesley	1	781-431-1019	Wellesley Assessor
Wellfleet (town)	1	508- 349-0304	Wellfleet
Westborough (town)		508-366-3010	Westborough
Westfield	1		Westfield
Westford	1	978-692-5504	Westford
West Newbury			West Newbury (through Patriot Properties)
Weston (town)	1	781-786-5050	Weston
Westport (town)			Westport GIS
West Springfield		413-263-3050	West Springfield (requires free registration)
West Tisbury		508-696-0101	West Tisbury (requires free registration)
Westwood		781-326-1904	Westwood Direct link to Vision Appraisal Westwood
Weymouth		781-335-2000	Weymouth
Wilbraham	1	413-596-2818	Wilbraham Through Vision Appraisal
Williamstown	1	413-458-9343	Williamstown
Winchendon			Winchendon (requires Silverlight)
Winchester		781-721-7111	Winchester (through Patriot Properties)
Winthrop (town)			Winthrop Assessor Direct to GIS
Woburn		781-932-4430	Woburn (through Vision Appraisal)
Worcester	1	508-799-1098	Worcester
Yarmouth	1-1.11	508-398-2231 x 222	Yarmouth

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Last update: 03/18/2022

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