ASSESS
To determine financial worth. To ascertain the
amount of damages. To fix and adjust the individ-
ual shares to be contributed by several persons
toward a common beneficial objective in propor-
tion to the benefit each person will receive. To tax
by having qualified experts estimate the value of
property by considering the nature of the property,
its size, the value of other comparable property,
and the proportionate share of services that is used
by that property. To levy a charge on the owner of
property that has been improved at the expense of
the local government unit, such as when sewers or
