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Supervisors set county-wide property reassessments every four years
Summary
After public comment and staff summary of state code options, the Nottoway County supervisors voted to move the general real-estate reassessment cycle to every four years, rejecting shorter and longer intervals discussed at the meeting.
The Nottoway County Board voted to set the county's general real-estate reassessment interval at every four years.
County staff reviewed Virginia Code options and circumstances in which a county may select a different reassessment interval. As staff said, "That says there that there should be a general reassessment real estate every 4 years or if determined by majority vote of the county's board of supervisors every 3 years," summarizing the statutory framework under discussion. Supervisors debated cost (one member cited an estimated $250,000 reassessment cost) and timeliness of value updates.
After hearing a public commenter request that assessors visit properties "not do it from a piece of paper," the board discussed operational trade-offs and ultimately a motion to reassess every four years passed by voice vote. Supervisors directed staff to begin planning the next reassessment and to prepare budgetary and logistical steps tied to the chosen interval.
The board also recorded preferences expressed during discussion — a supervisor argued for no less than five years citing cost concerns, while others preferred four years because of recent rapid property value changes. The final action was the board's motion to set the cycle at four years.
