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Dade County chief appraiser outlines assessment notices, ratios and 45‑day appeals window
Summary
Chief Appraiser Paula Duvall reviewed updated property assessment notices, explained sales-ratio measures (median, COD, PRD), summarized adjustments across property classes and reminded owners of a 45-day appeal window ending July 20.
Paula Duvall, Dade County’s chief appraiser, presented updated assessment notices and the statistical basis the tax office used to adjust values, and told residents how to review and appeal their notices.
“Just wanted to get this information out,” Duvall said, explaining notices were mailed and that values and map layers are being updated on the county’s parcel site. She described how the office uses sales-ratio metrics — median, coefficient of dispersion (COD) and price-related differential (PRD) — to determine whether assessed values align with market sales.
Duvall said the county’s residential median was roughly 0.3668 before initial changes — just below Department of Revenue standards — and that after adjustments staff brought the median and dispersion measures into compliance. “So once we made our changes and trust me, we do sales ratios all the way through this process… we have corrected the issue,” she said.
Duvall reviewed specific changes: modest raises to residential dollar-per-square-foot from $135 to $138; minor grading and effective-year adjustments for commercial parcels rather than broad per-square-foot changes; base dollar-per-acre increases for agricultural tracts in Area 1 from $1,500 to $1,600 and per-acre adjustments in Areas 2 and 3 from $12.50 to $13.75. She said these were small changes intended to retain statistical compliance while limiting large shifts for property owners.
On appeals and notices, Duvall said assessment notices were being mailed and that property owners who do not receive a notice should contact the appraiser’s office. She reminded residents they have 45 days from the mailing date (June 3) to file an appeal, which she said puts the deadline at July 20. “Please come in and talk to us,” she said; staff offered help and pledged to provide the data used to make changes.
Duvall also noted the assessment notice format changed this year per recent legislative updates; the new notice will show 100% value and an exemptions-savings box rather than an estimated tax amount. She encouraged residents to use the parcel lookup at qpublic.net/ga/dade for details and comparable sales research.
The commissioners did not take any formal action during the presentation; Duvall’s office will support appeals and provide further breakdowns on homestead counts if needed for the board’s separate discussion of local tax options.
