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Union County tax office outlines 2025 reappraisal, warns of higher assessed values and appeals
Summary
Union County tax staff told commissioners the mandated 2025 reappraisal will show substantial increases in market values, driven by strong land and residential sales; officials described the five‑level appeals process and a new online appeals portal meant to manage expected appeal volume.
Union County Tax staff on Feb. 12 told county commissioners that the county is carrying out a state‑mandated reappraisal for 2025 and expects sizable increases in assessed values, particularly for rural land and residential property. Tax staff said the county’s final sales ratio for 2024 was 66.7 percent and that countywide market values increased about 60 percent in gross terms for the 2025 cycle before exempt property adjustments. Van Harrell, a tax office staff member, said the county now has roughly 114,000 parcels in the database and has seen sharp increases in vacant land prices — about a 94 percent rise in the rural land component — which will raise gross valuation figures but will not all be immediately taxable because of exemptions and deferred taxes.
Harrell explained that North Carolina statute requires reappraisals when a county’s sales ratio moves outside statutory thresholds (below 0.85…
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