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Paulding County appraisal office reports roughly 5% growth, warns floating homestead exemption and new notice format will delay mailed assessment notices
Summary
Chief appraiser James Stokes told commissioners the county's digest grew about 5% but programming changes to implement the statewide floating homestead exemption and a new assessment notice format are delaying notices; commissioners discussed differences among taxing authorities and outreach plans.
James Stokes, the county's chief appraisal official, told the Board of Commissioners on May 11 that Paulding County's real‑estate digest is up about 5% overall but that implementation of the statewide floating homestead exemption and changes to assessment notices are delaying the county's usual schedule for mailing annual notices of assessment.
Stokes said sales volume is down by about 1,000 transactions compared with the prior period and that approximately 30% of properties show declining values even as the county continues to grow. He said the statewide floating homestead…
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