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Glynn County assessors say new state law will change assessment notices and centralize homestead records
Summary
Chief appraiser Ryan Eason told the Glynn County Board of Assessors that Senate Bill 566 will revise the state's notice of assessment, remove estimated-tax and rollback language, be backdated to Jan. 1, 2026, and create a state-maintained homestead list — but the county has not yet received the final notice form.
Chief appraiser Ryan Eason told the Glynn County Board of Assessors on March 12 that Senate Bill 566, signed by the governor, will substantially change how assessment notices are prepared and delivered. He said the law removes the estimated-tax and rollback language from notices, will be applied retroactively to Jan. 1, 2026, and requires the state to maintain a centralized list of homestead exemptions to help counties verify claims.
"It's going to be a good common sense change," Eason said, describing two practical effects: taxpayers will receive notices that show assessed values and itemized exemptions rather than an estimated tax amount, and counties will be able to verify homestead claims more quickly using a single state list. Eason said the county has not yet received the state's final notice form and that software vendors are waiting for that final version so they can update the CAMA systems used by assessors.
Eason said the change should reduce taxpayer confusion created when notices previously included estimated taxes that did not reflect all levying authorities. He described a prior example in which levying authorities had opted out and counties showed only a maintenance-and-operations estimate, which he said produced an incomplete picture for property owners. Under the new approach, exemptions will be itemized on the notice rather than presented as a single total dollar reduction, he added.
Eason cautioned that the county is awaiting the state's finalized notice and implementation guidance. He told the board he will share the final form when it arrives and work with vendors to integrate the new notice format into local systems. The office did not propose any local policy changes at the March 12 meeting; the discussion was an informational briefing about the law's expected operational effects.
Next steps: the county will circulate the state's final notice form to the board and its vendor(s) once received and expects to include implementation details on its agenda in a subsequent meeting.
