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Putnam County Assessor seeks switch to four-year reappraisal cycle, commission approves plan for 2030
Summary
Assessor Steve Pierce asked the commission to move from a five-year to a four-year property reappraisal cycle to keep appraisals aligned with market values; commissioners approved the plan, which is scheduled for implementation in 2030 and will be submitted to the State Board of Equalization.
Steve Pierce, Putnam County assessor, asked the county commission to support changing the property reappraisal cycle from five years to four, saying the move would keep appraisals closer to market values without raising property tax revenues.
Pierce told commissioners the county’s equalization ratio — a measure the State Board of Equalization and the Comptroller’s Division of Property Assessments uses to compare local appraisals to market sales — had been about 74% in 2023 and fell to about 62% in 2025. He said delayed reappraisals shift more of the…
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