Property Tax Appeal · Charleston County, SC
Appeal your property taxes
in Charleston County, SC.
Home to Charleston, Charleston County homeowners appeal through South Carolina’s system: the county assessor sets the value, and the county Board of Assessment Appeals hears the case. Boards act on evidence of market value as of the assessment date — a licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal is that evidence. Start with the $5 check to see what you’d save.
You have 90 days from the date on your assessment notice to file a written objection with the county assessor. In years with no notice, you can still initiate an appeal — timing rules differ, so ask your assessor’s office. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for Charleston County’s procedure.
Before fighting the value, confirm your 4% legal residence ratio is actually applied — it isn’t automatic, and it’s the single biggest lever on the bill. The valuation fight itself turns on market value as of the applicable assessment date, which comparable-sales evidence in the form of a licensed appraisal establishes.
Charleston County questions
You have 90 days from the date on your assessment notice to file a written objection with the county assessor. In years with no notice, you can still initiate an appeal — timing rules differ, so ask your assessor’s office. Your assessment notice states the exact date for Charleston County.
South Carolina counties reassess on a five-year cycle, and the appeal starts with a written objection to the county assessor within 90 days of the assessment notice. The assessor reviews and responds; if you’re still apart, the county Board of Assessment Appeals hears the case, with the Administrative Law Court beyond that. Two South Carolina features shape the strategy: the owner-occupied “legal residence” ratio taxes your home at 4% instead of 6%, and reassessment-year increases on existing owners are capped at 15% — but a purchase resets value to market under the point-of-sale rules, which is why recent buyers so often find the most to fix.
Comparable sales as of the assessment date, adjusted for the differences between those homes and yours — the substance of a licensed appraisal. county Board of Assessment Appeals panels see hundreds of cases; a signed, USPAP-compliant report is the document they can act on.
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.