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Fairfield County tax assessor outlines 2025 reassessment, warns most values will rise
Summary
Tax assessor Gary Hensley told the county council that a statutorily required five-year reassessment is under way, that staff are using prior sales (most weight on the most recent three years) and that the state92s 15% cap will limit taxable-value increases for qualifying homeowners.
Good evening. Fairfield County Tax Assessor Gary Hensley told the county council on Feb. 24 that the county is conducting its statutorily required five-year property reassessment for 2025 and that the public should expect most property values to increase.
Hensley said the office is updating cost tables and land values, measuring new construction and using prior sales data to set values. "We look at the prior five years with the most weight on the most recent three years of sales," Hensley said. He described a standard…
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