AGENDA DATE: 1/15/2025
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Calendar Year 2025 Real Estate Reassessment Update
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Receive the presentation of Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Real Estate Reassessment
ITEM TYPE: Regular Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Herrick, Bessette, Sumner, Bowman, Lynch
PRESENTER (S): Peter Lynch, County Assessor
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Albemarle County Code ?15-700 requires all real estate in the county to be assessed annually as of January 1st each year and requires the County Assessor's Office to conduct a new reassessment. The Constitution of Virginia, Article X, Taxation and Finance, Section 2, Assessments dictates that "all assessments of real estate and tangible personal property shall be at their fair market value, to be ascertained as prescribed by law." Also, State Code ?58.1-3201 requires all real estate assessments to be made at 100% of fair market value.
The Real Estate Assessor's Office has completed the annual reassessment process for CY 2025 and notices are scheduled to be mailed to property owners on or before January 24, 2025. Property owners who have signed up for e-statements should receive their notice through email as long as no change has been made to their information such as their mailing address. Information traditionally provided by the County Assessor's Office includes the average overall change in assessed value and average change for different property classes. Additional details are provided regarding single family residential properties, which make up the vast majority of properties in the county.
Property owners who wish to request a review of their annual reassessment to the County Assessor must do so by February 28, 2025; this level of appeal is referred to as an Assessor's Review and is allowed by County Code ?15-702. Appeals may also be made to the Board of Equalization, if filed by March 31, 2025, or 30 days after the County Asses...
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