Pickens County tax commissioner outlines payment options, warns homestead relief grant not available this year

Graham Parker, host of the Around Pickens podcast, interviewed Daniel Reeves, Pickens County Tax Commissioner, about how the tax commissioner's office collects property and motor‑vehicle taxes and what residents should expect when bills arrive.

Reeves said the tax commissioner is an elected constitutional officer responsible for billing, collecting and disbursing property and motor‑vehicle taxes to schools and local governing authorities; assessors set property values and handle exemptions. "The tax commissioner's job is to bill and collect and to disperse," Reeves said.

The office offers multiple payment options intended to ease taxpayer burden. Reeves said residents can enter a prepayment…