KMA Associates is your Township and City Assessing solution.  Serving the Greater Thumb Area, our staff of Certified Michigan Advanced Assessing Officers (MAAO) is ready to serve your community.

KMA Associates is owned and operated by Clay Kelterborn and Valerie McCallum, Michigan Advanced Assessing Officers.  Associate member, Lisa Clinton, is a Michigan Certified Assessing Officer.  Offices are located in Caseville, Michigan.

The Assessor’s office maintains a large amount of public information on local properties in order to correctly classify and assess them for tax purposes.  While the primary purpose for these records and documents is to assist assessment personnel with their duties, this information is also used extensively by other government offices, members of the local real estate community, legal and financial communities, as well as the general public. Below are a few of the major information sources and services available at the Assessor’s Office:

Property Record Cards

The Assessor creates and maintains an individual property record card on every parcel they have assessed.  Information contained on property record cards includes:

• street address of the property
• names of owner(s)
• parcel identification number
• address of owner(s)
• subdivision name (if applicable)
• lot number (if applicable)
• dimensions of lot
• acreage for larger tracts
• construction types and components for structures (type roofing, foundation, etc.)
• extra features of improvements (fireplaces, driveways, etc.)
• value for improvements
• value for land
• overall appraisal for tax purposes for land and all improvements
• assessment classification
• overall assessment value
• transfer data, including sales history (amounts, dates, deed liber and page numbers)

Property Maps

The Assessor’s Office maintains a set of maps of all properties in the jurisdiction to keep inventory of size, location, and boundary information.  These maps are constantly updated through the use of data contained in transfer deeds, registered surveys and recorded plats of subdivisions.  Tax Maps are for assessment purposes only.  They are constructed from property information recorded in the Register of Deed’s office, and represent no more than a graphic illustration of that information.  They are not conclusive as to location of property, size, shape, or legal ownership.