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Burke County plans in-house 2027 property revaluation; schedule of values due in fall
Summary
Tax administrator Travis Isaac told commissioners the county will perform a 2027 reappraisal in-house, deliver a schedule of values by late September/early October, and hold a likely public hearing in November; an online appeals process will be available to taxpayers.
County tax administrator Travis Isaac told the Burke County Board of Commissioners that the county is preparing for a 2027 mass reappraisal and will conduct the work in-house to save taxpayer dollars and increase transparency.
"We do have a 2027 reappraisal we're tasked with that'd be set for January 1," Isaac said, describing a task force formed last fall to guide the process. He said the county expects to deliver a schedule of values around the end of September or October and provide roughly 21 days for public inspection before a likely November hearing. The presentation emphasized sales-ratio analysis required by the North Carolina Department of Revenue and the county's decision to use an in-house appraisal team rather than outside contractors to reduce costs.
Isaac outlined the mechanics of mass appraisal—selecting appropriate valuation methods (sales, income or cost approaches), reviewing property record cards and adjusting land and improvement rates—and urged property owners to check their property record cards for accuracy. "We're gonna revamp our website so we can get more information out there so taxpayers can go in there and read and understand what's gonna happen," he said, summarizing planned outreach and a new online appeal process.
County staff and the tax reevaluation task force described the change as both a fiscal and engagement effort: officials estimate in-house appraisal work will save the county and taxpayers significant expense compared with contracting (the presentation cited typical per-parcel contracting costs). Commissioners asked procedural questions and unanimously accepted the presentation and the plan to open the application for public review when materials are published.
