Notices of Annual Assessment were placed in the mail on June 5, 2023. Per Georgia Law, you have until July 20, 2023 to file an appeal of your current valuation. Please click the following link to print an appeal form: PT-311A Appeal of Assessment Form. Although the form being linked here is not required to be used by the taxpayer, as an appeal can be filed made in the form of any typed or handwritten letter, the use of this form is strongly encouraged as it requests all required elements of a lawful appeal.

Please note that we encourage you to file an appeal in cases where you feel our valuation has exceeded the property's true Fair Market Value. We further encourage you to research the market using the tools on our website, as well as other tools found on the Internet to determine your estimate of your property's value, prior to filing your appeal. It will be very helpful to your case if you state a factual basis for your opinion and provide to the Assessors any facts you feel support your basis. However, filing an appeal based on emotion because you are unhappy that your property has been increased or because of how you believe the reassessment will affect your tax burden, is very unlikely to result in a successful appeal outcome. Also note, while you have the right to place any value you wish in the Owner's Value Assertion box (which is required on the form linked above), simply placing last year's value in that box gives the appearance of an appeal based on emotion rather than one that that was well-researched when prepared.

Lastly should you file an appeal, please understand that a staff appraiser will perform a site visit to the appealed property at some time in the coming months. Placing a good contact number and email address on the form (or in your own prepared letter) will help the appraisal staff contact you to ascertain any additional information required, and will also help our clerical staff contact you to arrange a meeting with the Board of Tax Assessors to discuss your appeal. This contact information may also be used by the Appraisal Staff to facilitate a site visit. However, we cannot guarantee you that site visits will be arraigned in advance.

If you have any questions or require any assistance, please call our office at (706) 283-2008.

Board of Tax Assessors & Appraisal Office

Questions about property appraisal and assessment in Elbert County are not uncommon. We are happy to provide this powerful new information source.

We pride ourselves on providing excellent service to the taxpayers and citizens of Elbert County. Should you need additional information not provided here, please feel free to call our office Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm at 706-283-2008.







PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice to the Elbert County Property Owners and Occupants. In accordance with O.C.G.A. 48-5-264.1, please be advised that the Elbert County Appraisal Staff may be visiting your property to review your parcel information concerning an appeal filed, return filed, construction of new improvement or addition, review of parcel, and/or conservation use application. The field appraiser from our office will have photo identification and will be driving a marked county vehicle. If you have any further questions, please call our office at (706) 283-2008.