Property Tax Appeal · Jefferson County, KY
Appeal your property taxes
in Jefferson County, KY.
Home to Louisville, Jefferson County homeowners appeal through Kentucky’s system: the Property Valuation Administrator (PVA) 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.
Appeals run through the open inspection period — roughly the first two weeks of May in most counties. You must confer with the PVA during that window; your county posts exact dates. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for Jefferson County’s procedure.
Because the deadline is compressed and the conference is mandatory, Kentucky rewards showing up prepared — PVAs settle cases at the conference when the evidence is credible, and comparable sales as of January 1, documented the way a licensed appraisal documents them, are what credible looks like.
Jefferson County questions
Appeals run through the open inspection period — roughly the first two weeks of May in most counties. You must confer with the PVA during that window; your county posts exact dates. Your assessment notice states the exact date for Jefferson County.
Kentucky property is valued by an elected Property Valuation Administrator (PVA) in each county at 100% of fair cash value as of January 1. The state’s distinguishing rule: before you can formally appeal, you must first hold a conference with the PVA’s office during the tax roll’s open inspection period, which falls in May. If the conference doesn’t resolve it, you file your appeal with the county clerk right as the inspection period closes, and the county Board of Assessment Appeals hears the case. Miss the PVA conference and you’ve missed the year.
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.