Union County tax reappraisal raises values; appeals process, deadlines explained

Van Harrell, Union County tax administrator, told the Board of Commissioners on March 17 that a state‑mandated 2025 reappraisal increased gross market values in the county by about 60%.

The update matters because the reappraisal sets market values used to calculate taxable value and triggers an appeals process that began when value notices were mailed. "This was a mandated reappraisal," Van Harrell said, adding the county pulled roughly 47,000 sales to set market values and is following statutory appraisal standards.

Harrell said the county now shows roughly a 60.05% gross increase in overall market value across about 114,000 parcels, with residential values up about 63.45% (the median individual property increase was just under 57%) and a commercial increase near 45.6%. He also said land valuation increased about 94%, but noted much of land value will be reduced for taxable purposes under present‑use valuation (PUV) programs for farmland. "If your market value on the notice you receive, let's just as an example, if it's $50,000 an acre at market value, for farm land, you're only going to be taxed on…