Clerks, treasurers, assessors, librarians
For the people who answer the counter questions
Residents ask the same questions every season: why the tax bill jumped after a sale, how the PRE works, what the March Board of Review can and cannot do, what a new Michigander files first. Michigan Porch keeps sourced, dated answers to those questions — and turns the most-asked ones into one-page sheets you can print for the counter.
The handouts
Free to print, copy, and rack
Every sheet on the handouts page is one printed page, carries its official sources, and states what it cannot know. No login, no watermark beyond a one-line credit, no ads on the sheets. Print them, photocopy them, and hand them out — that is what they are for.
If you post one on a website or a resource list, please link to the sheet's page rather than a saved copy. The online version updates when a rate, form, or deadline changes; a saved PDF quietly goes stale.
The standards
What you are vouching for
- Every load-bearing fact traces to an official source — a statute, a Treasury page, an agency page — linked on the page that states it. The methodology page explains the process, review cadence, and correction policy.
- The site explains; the office decides. Pages point residents back to the local assessor, treasurer, and clerk for the real record — never away from you.
- The data layer is open: the rate tables and deadline calendar behind the tools are published as free, citable datasets.
- Corrections land fast: email hello@michiganporch.com and the fix carries a review date.
The ask
Link it where residents look
If a sheet or a guide answers a question your office hears weekly, a link on your resources page saves the counter time — and it always lands residents on the current version. Anything here may be linked directly; nothing requires permission. Questions, corrections, or a request for a sheet that does not exist yet: hello@michiganporch.com.