Saline County Arkansas

Assessor

James "Jim" Crawford

Saline County Complex

215 N. Main St. - Suite 7

Benton, AR  72015-3767

501-303-5622

Office hours: 8:00 to 4:30

 Monday through Friday.

The duty of the county assessor is to appraise and assess all real property between the first Monday of January and the first of July, and all personal property between the first Monday in January and the thirty first of May.  All property in the state shall be assessed according to its value on the first of January except merchants inventory which is assessed at its average value during the year immediately proceeding the first of January.

The assessor must make an abstract of assessment showing the total assessed value of the county.  On August 1st, the assessor turns over to the County Equalization Board his Real Property Assessment Book and his Personal Property Assessment Book.  After August 1st, the County Equalization Board and not the assessor, has the legal authority to make changes in any of the assessment books.

The assessor is required to maintain current appraisal and assessment records by securing necessary filed data and making changes in valuations as they occur in land use improvements.  He is also charged with staying abreast of all property transactions within the county and keeping a file on all properties updated throughout the year.

Saline County Assessor's Office

All the information gathered by the real estate field appraisers are entered here.  This department can run any number of reports from property values, neighborhood factors, school districts, sales information, etc..  These reports can be made available for a nominal fee.

All deed transactions are worked here and transferred to a real estate parcel card.  Approximately 6000 deed changes were made in this office for 1999 along with many new subdivisions and annexations.  This office can answer any questions you might have in regards to property ownership and value.