The Office of the Assessor has a policy for certain properties (you will be told if your property falls under this category) in which a letter request for pre-valuation information and documentation is substituted for the initial reassessment notice. This program is an effort to have access to information generally unavailable to the Assessor so as to arrive at a more accurate and fair initial assessed valuation. The property owner is given an opportunity to file an appeal with the requested documentation setting forth the property owner's estimate of market value and reasons in support thereof. This program is being expanded as more comprehensive automation of the Assessor's record base is completed.