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Chief assessor: notices of assessment to be mailed May 30; 45-day appeal window set
Summary
James Stokes, chief assessor, told the Board of Commissioners that the county will mail notices of assessment Friday, May 30, initiating a 45-day appeal window that will close July 14; he said the digest is relatively flat and noted recent Department of Revenue changes to the notice format.
James Stokes, chief assessor for Paulding County, told the Board of Commissioners the county planned to mail annual notices of assessment on Friday, May 30, and that those notices will start a 45-day appeal window with an appeal deadline of July 14.
“We are on track to mail our notice of assessments this Friday, May 30. That's gonna give a, 45 day appeal window. That appeal deadline is July 14,” Stokes said.
Stokes told commissioners this year’s digest is “relatively flat,” with the net change around 2.5 percent, and attributed much of that effect to a new floating homestead exemption. He said roughly 30 percent of properties in the county had reductions because values were “bumping along the top.”
Stokes also said the Georgia Department of Revenue adopted a new annual notice-of-assessment format in response to law changes; the new notice removes the bottom-line estimated tax figure because it confused property owners and replaced it with an estimated rollback rate. Stokes warned residents not to rely on that estimate and said county staff will publish short explanatory videos on the notice and appeal process around the time the notices go out.
Stokes closed by offering to answer questions from commissioners; none were recorded in the provided transcript.
