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Durham County tax administrator details 2025 reappraisal, 10,390 appeals and relief options
Summary
Tax Administrator Q. R. Doyle told commissioners the 2025 reappraisal uses a valuation date of 01/01/2025; change-of-value notices were mailed Feb. 27 and appeals closed June 16 with 10,390 appeals filed. He described the appeals process, payment options, and state and county relief programs including a DSS Low Income Homeowner Relief program opening Sept. 1.
Durham County Tax Administrator Q. R. Doyle updated commissioners on the 2025 county reappraisal, appeals workload and available tax-relief options.
Doyle reminded the board that the appraisal date for the 2025 reappraisal is Jan. 1, 2025: "The reappraisal process is basically just the process of appraising thousands of properties as of 01/01/2025," he said. He said extensive outreach began in February 2024 and change-of-value notices were mailed Feb. 27, 2025. An online appeal system opened March 3, 2025, and the appeal deadline was June 16, 2025. As of the June 16 deadline, Doyle said appeals totaled 10,390; his slides showed 5,009 appeals processed through the date he prepared the presentation with more pending.
Doyle explained appeals do not stop interest or penalties automatically; appellants may file and payments made while appeals are pending will be refunded if adjustments are granted. He outlined state tax relief programs — the elderly and disabled homestead exemption, the disabled veteran exclusion, and the circuit-breaker deferment — and described the Department of Social Services Low Income Homeowner Relief Program. He said the county DSS program opened Sept. 1 for current-year tax relief and that applicants with very low incomes (tiered by area median income) may receive full or partial relief for the current tax bill.
Commissioners raised questions about the number of untimely appeals, the timeline for processing outstanding appeals (Doyle said staff aim to finish by Dec. 1), and how the county will track and publicize use of relief funds. Commissioner Jacobs asked that DSS provide a year-end report showing program applicants and amounts spent; staff agreed to follow up. Commissioners also discussed broader context — state and federal funding shifts and potential effects on long-term homeowners and renters as property tax changes flow through to rents.
