Office of the Valuer General

Office of the Valuer General provides professional and confidential advice on all types of residential, rural, industrial and commercial property. Our national coverage, specialist knowledge of local markets and analytical skills gives us the ability to determine property & land value and give informed and considered advice on market trends and the performance of land & property assets.

Valuations Services offered by Office of the Valuer General include:

Statutory Valuation

• Rating & Taxing Valuation
  Information is available on Rating & Taxing Valuation
• Objections & Appeal against Rating & Taxing Valuation
  Objection & appeals under Subdivision D of Part IV of Valuation Act
• Valuation for Valuation Rolls
  Valuation rolls is prepared by the Valuer General on a declaration of a Valuation Area

Property Valuations

• Property Valuations
  Are implemented under two sub programs being Government Valuation & Private Valuation through the Valuation Co-ordination Unit.

Property Information

• Property Information
  Under the Valuation Act (Chapter 327) all property sales, subdivisions, consolidations of leases etc are to be notified to the Valuer General within 24 days after a person or a company becomes or ceases to be an owner.

The Valuer General heads the Valuation Division of the Department of Lands & Physical Planning. The duties & responsibilities of the Valuer General are vested in the Valuation Act (Chapter 327).

The main functions of the Division are to:

Develop & maintain valuations under the provisions of the Valuation Act, a 'valuation roll' for the purposes of local authority rating, Provincial Government land tax and state lease rental

Provide a valuation consultancy service to client departments, statutory authorities and agencies on updated market valuations for the purposes of sale, asset, rental, probate & feasibility & acquisition & compensation etc related to the current real estate market conditions

Provide property valuation services to enable equitable revenue to be raised by the Department of Lands & Physical Planning through determination of unimproved value for land rentals purposes and through request of market valuation for individual & general public upon payment of valuation fees.

Chairing the PNG Valuers' Registration Board and being a member of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Valuers and Land Administrators