Assessing Services
Important Dates
Assessment Date: April 1st.
Commitment Date: September 24, 2025
Fiscal Tax Year: July 1st to June 30th.
2025-2026 Tax Rate: $14.85 per $1,000 of assessed value.
Certified Ratio: 100%
Payment Dates: 1st payment is due November 15, 2025 and 2nd payment is due May 15, 2026
Applications for Homestead Exemption, Blind Exemption, Veteran Exemption (62 years old OR 100% service related disability), Current Use Tree Growth, Farm Land, or Open Space must be filed in the Assessor’s Office by April 1st.
If an exemption has already been granted to you, there is no need to re-apply. Completed forms may be dropped off, sent by mail, faxed, or attached to email.
Current Land Use Programs
The State of Maine has four “current use” programs that offer the property owner a reduction in assessed value: Farmland, Open Space, Tree Growth, and Working Waterfront. The programs establish valuation of property at its current use, rather than at market value.
All four programs are available to property owners through an application process with the local municipality. Applications must be filed on or before April 1 of the year the reduced valuation is first requested.
Property must meet certain criteria to qualify for each program and any future change in the use of the land will cause disqualification resulting in a penalty.
For more information and the corresponding forms, please CLICK HERE.
Maine Revenue Services
Please visit the Property Tax Division website for information on laws regarding property taxation.
Maine Revenue Services Administers several programs aimed at providing eligible Maine taxpayers with tax relief.
Contact Information
Emanuel Cregg, Certified Maine Assessor
- Phone: (207) 336-2521
- Email: assessor@townofbuckfield.org
- Location: 34 Turner Street, Buckfield, ME 04220
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 179, Buckfield, ME, 04220
Please call ahead for an appointment!
Land Surveys
The Town of Buckfield does not conduct land surveys or determine legal property boundaries. Town tax maps are prepared for assessment and reference purposes only and should not be considered legal boundary surveys. Property information maintained by the Town is generally based on descriptions contained in recorded deeds and other available property records.
The Town may have a copy of a private land survey in a property file only when a property owner or other party has provided a copy to the Town Office and requested that it be included in the file. Therefore, the absence of a survey from Town records does not necessarily mean that a survey has never been completed.
Property owners seeking survey information should also check the Oxford County Registry of Deeds to determine whether a survey or plan has been recorded for their property. For questions regarding the precise location of property lines, property owners should consult a licensed professional land surveyor.
Forms and Records
- 2025–2026 Tax Bills (PDF)
- 2025–2026 Commitment Book (PDF)
- Blind Exemption Application (PDF)
- Homestead Exemption Application (PDF)
- Veteran Exemption Application (PDF)
- Poverty Abatement Application (PDF)
Archived Tax Bills
- Fiscal Year 2024–2025 Real Estate Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2024–2025 Personal Property Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023–2024 Real Estate Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023–2024 Personal Property Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2022–2023 Real Estate Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2022–2023 Personal Property Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2021–2022 Tax Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2020–2021 Tax Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2019–2020 Tax Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2018–2019 Tax Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2017–2018 Tax Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2016–2017 Tax Bills (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2015–2016 Tax Bills (PDF)