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Laurens County staff say reassessment could move many properties into higher value ranges; 90‑day appeal window to follow
Summary
County officials told the March 9 council meeting that updated assessment schedules show substantial market‑value increases and explained the appeals process: notices will be mailed this summer and taxpayers will have 90 days from notice to appeal; staff emphasized reassessment is not itself a tax increase and the state requires a millage rollback.
County officials on March 9 updated the Laurens County Council on the ongoing five‑year reassessment, saying the county’s new value schedules reflect substantial market increases and explaining how residents can appeal new values.
"Reassessment itself is not a countywide tax increase," the presenter said, adding that updated schedules show many properties moving into higher ranges and that overall increases are "somewhere between 50 and 60%" compared with the last revaluation five years ago. The presenter explained that state law requires a millage rollback…
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