Most information in the assessor’s office is a public record and most assessors are happy to discuss your assessment and provide details of your property record. The county assessor of property is an elected official who strives to perform the job and serve the public, and no assessor is paid on the basis of higher assessments. It is a fact that the mass appraisal process values most property within a reasonable range of fair market value as of the assessment date, but invariably there will be some properties valued too high and some too low.