Auditor's Office Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare & Certify tax levies for County budget, School budgets, City budgets, Township budgets, and various other Governmental Budgets
- Maintain financial records for revenues and expenditures
- Clerk to the Board of Supervisors
- Commissioner of Elections & Voter Registration
- Record real estate deeds & keep transfer records
- Record divisions & plats in plat books
- Issue warrants for claims and payroll
- Prepare assessments, keep records & pay claims for Drainage Districts
- Issue cigarette permits & liquor licenses
- Prepare valuation reports, check homestead & military records, ag land & family farm credits
- Figure utility assessments
- Secondary Road transfers
- Claims for libraries & Fairgrounds & contributions to various organizations
- Abatement of taxes
Forms
Elections
- Iowa Voter Registration
- Absentee Ballot Request Form
- Election Candidate Information
- Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board
Real Estate & Taxation
- Valuations Report FY 17-18
- Valuations Report FY 18-19
- Valuations Report FY 19-20
- Tax Levy FY 17-18
- Tax Levy FY18-19
- Tax Levy FY 19-20
- Levy Sheet FY 21/22
- Levy Sheet FY 23/24
- FY 23/24 Palo Alto County Tax Dollars Allocation
Budget and Financial Reports
- Report for Department of Management
- Notice of Public Hearing- Proposed Property Tax Levy
- Notice of Public Hearing- Proposed Budget
- Annual Financial Report- Publication
- Notice of Public Hearing- Amendment of Current Budget
Audit Report
Misc
- Permits (Cigarette and Beer License in Unincorporated Areas)
- Drainage Petition
- Beaver Trapping Form
- Application Form for Palo Alto County Board/Commission
- PALO ALTO COUNTY AFFIRMATIVE FAIR HOUSING POLICY
- CDBG Fair Housing Document
- Palo Alto County City Wards Map
- Palo Alto County Precinct Map
- Palo Alto County Supervisor District Map
Title VI Documents
Contact Information
Palo Alto Auditor’s Office
Palo Alto County Courthouse
1010 Broadway Street, PO Box 95
Emmetsburg, IA 50536
Phone 712-852-2924
Hours:
8am-4pm, Monday-Friday
Closed weekends & holidays
Staff
Carmen Moser, Auditor
cmoser@paloaltocounty.iowa.gov
Therese Geelan, Clerk
tgeelan@paloaltocounty.iowa.gov
Jordan Morey, Clerk
jmorey@paloaltocounty.iowa.gov
Amanda Hansen, Clerk