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What this office does · Indiana

Township Assessor

Assesses property in a large township whose voters kept the office in 2008; elsewhere the county assessor does this work.

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The basics

Term
4 years. [1]
Term limit
None. [1]
Who may stand
Level II assessor-appraiser certification before first taking office; Level III if returning; township residence. [1]
On the 2026 ballot
12 races in Indiana

What the law puts in this job

  • Performs the assessing duties of IC 6-1.1 in the township; exists only where the township had 15,000+ parcels on Jan. 1, 2008 and voters disapproved transferring the duties to the county assessor. [1, 2]

What the officeholder decides

  • Annual adjustments and reassessment work within the county plan; SEA 270 township mergers do not affect the township assessor office. [5, 6]

Who the officeholder answers to

  • Voters; the county assessor equalizes countywide; DLGF approves ratio studies. [4]

What it pays, and who sets that

  • Appropriated under IC 36-6-8; incremental pay based on certification level. [3]
  • Varies; not compiled.

Questions worth asking a candidate

Ours, not a questionnaire anyone answered. They come from what the job actually involves.

  • What is your certification level?
  • How do your township's ratio-study results compare with the rest of the county?

Sources

Office research by Legal Insights (Oct. 13, 2026): Indiana Code 2026 edition, state agencies and county budgets. Nothing here rates an officeholder or candidate.

Sources

  1. Indiana Code 36-6-5-1 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  2. Indiana Code 36-6-5-3 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  3. Indiana Code 36-6-8-6 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  4. Indiana Code 36-2-15-5 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  5. Indiana Code 36-6-1.7-22 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  6. Indiana Code 6-1.1-4-4.2 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  7. Legal Insights office summaries (Civic)
  8. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Sept. 22, 2026) (Indiana Election Division)
What's included
the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
Everything else
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5

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