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Hardin County adopts 2025 property tax rates after public hearing

5682080 · August 27, 2025
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After a public hearing required by state law, the Hardin County Fiscal Court voted to adopt 2025 county property tax rates that modestly lower the real-estate rate while raising the business personal property rate to offset revenue declines.

Hardin County Fiscal Court voted Tuesday to adopt property tax rates for 2025 after a public hearing required by Kentucky statute.

The court approved a real-estate tax rate of 10.8 cents per $100 of assessed value, a business personal property rate of 12.3 cents per $100, and a motor vehicle and watercraft rate of 11.5 cents per $100. The motion to adopt the rates carried on a roll-call vote with Squire Clem, Squire Hicks, Squire Muse, Squire Pennington, Squire Saltzman, Squire Thompson, Squire Whitehead, Squire Yates and Judge Executive Keith Taul voting yes.

County staff presented the tax settlement and the recommended rates to the court before the…

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