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Bolivar property tax: where it goes

A typical Bolivar house pays about $1,940 a year on the property tax bill, including flat charges on the same bill. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

A Bolivar house pays 5.076% of its taxable value in property tax. For a house at $38,304 of value before exemptions, that's about $1,944 a year.

Tax is levied on Assessed value: residential property is assessed at 19 percent of its true value in money..

The State Auditor lists 2025 as the latest published Polk County levies; 2026 levies were not yet posted.

Who taxes this house

Taxing agencyRateOn $38,304
Bolivar R-I School District (schools)4.12%$1,578
Polk County (general revenue, senior services, developmental disabilities board)0.3594%$138
Polk County Health Center0.16%$61
Polk County Library District0.2189%$84
Bolivar special road district (road & bridge)0.1873%$72
State of Missouri (blind pension)0.03%$11
Total5.076%$1,944

2025 tax year, Polk County (Bolivar R-I School District).

Sources

  1. Missouri State Tax Commission
  2. Blind pension levy

Checked October 31, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.

Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.

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