Lake County’s property appraiser, is requesting an additional $1.2 million to increase the office’s budget, which currently stands just under $5 million, but not everyone is on board.

The member of the Lake County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals who inspired a PTABOA member Indiana residency bill left the board earlier this year, officials said. Samantha Steele, who is ...

CROWN POINT | Lake County Republicans are only 10 days from holding a caucus to name the next county assessor and still waiting for someone to step forward and apply for the job. "This looks like one ...

CROWN POINT | The Lake County assessor is defending an employee who is the subject of a complaint by a Hammond landlord unhappy with the county's tax assessment of his rental house. Charles J. Rocek, ...

It’s not unconstitutional to limit curtilage to one acre when calculating homestead property taxes, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Monday in a Lake County case. “This is not only a positive outcome ...