The Stafford Township Tax Assessor is governed by State law and regulated by the Director of the Division of Taxation while supervised by the Ocean County Tax Administrator. The Assessor is statutorily responsible for establishing and maintaining a fair and equitable determination of value known as tax assessments for all real property throughout Stafford Township. Currently, there are over 14,700 taxable properties in the municipality containing an assessed value total of over 4 billion dollars. The Tax Assessment Department performs periodic township wide reassessments to establish new assessed values to reflect true market value. The last municipal wide reassessment was implemented in 2005. Between reassessment years an assessed value to market value ratio is determined by the NJ Division of Taxation for each municipality. The current 2010 assessed to market value ratio is 86.77%.
In addition to determining assessed values, the Tax Assessment Department also maintains; ownership records, descriptive property record card information, property tax exemptions, property tax deductions, tax maps, qualified farmland along with many other responsibilities and services.
* Stafford Township Tax Maps
PROPERTY TAX DEDUCTIONS
* Veteran Deduction Application
* Senior Citizen/Disabled Person Deduction Application
* Income Form which must be submitted with Senior Citizen/Disabled Person Application
TAX APPEALS (DEADLINE TO FILE IS APRIL 1st EACH YEAR)
* Guidelines on Tax Appeals
* Petition of Appeal Form
* Property Tax Assessment Information
James A. Mancini, Tax Assessor
Township of Stafford
Tax Assessment Department
260 East Bay Avenue
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
Phone (609)597-1000 Ext. 8546
Fax (609)242-8223
Email assessor@twp.stafford.nj.us