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Chesterfield County reassessment adds roughly $4.2 billion to land book; notices to hit mailboxes this week
Summary
County assessment staff reported an overall reassessment increase of about $4.2 billion for 2026, with residential revaluations supplying most of the change and commercial projects contributing notable gains. Final notices were delivered to USPS for mailing; online assessments will be available tomorrow and appeals open Feb. 1.
Mel Bloomfield, director of real estate assessments for Chesterfield County, told the Board that the county’s 2026 reassessment produced an approximately $4.2 billion increase in the land book and moved the county closer to statutory valuation targets.
“State statute 58.13201 basically states that all property shall be assessed at 100% of the fair market value,” Bloomfield said during the board’s finance briefing. He said the office set a start sales-assessment ratio of about 0.95 this year so the revaluation aligns statistically with that legal standard.
Bloomfield gave a headline figure for the county’s overall land book and the composition of recent growth. He reported a total assessed land book near $69.5 billion, with residential and agricultural properties…
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