Property Tax Appeals · North Carolina
Appeal your property taxes
in North Carolina.
North Carolina counties reappraise on multi-year cycles — anywhere up to eight years apart, though many now run four — and your value stays fixed at the last reappraisal until the next one. Appeals start informally with the county tax assessor’s office, then go to the county Board of Equalization and Review, which convenes early in the year and hears cases until it adjourns. Beyond that sits the state Property Tax Commission. The reappraisal year is the moment to act: values reset county-wide, errors cluster, and a correction carries forward until the next reappraisal.
The appeal window opens in January and closes when your county’s Board of Equalization and Review adjourns — often in spring, but the adjournment date varies by county.
In a non-reappraisal year, the question isn’t what your home is worth today — it’s what it was worth as of January 1 of the county’s last reappraisal. Comparable sales tied to that date, assembled the way a licensed appraisal assembles them, is the evidence the board is set up to weigh.
The evidence
Boards act on value,
not frustration.
However North Carolina labels the process, the case underneath is identical: show what your home was actually worth on the assessment date. A licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal — comparable sales, documented adjustments, a signed opinion of value — is that showing. Start with the $5 check to see if the numbers are on your side before you spend real money.
- Valued as of your assessment date — not today
- Comparable sales with adjustments and citations
- Signed by a state-licensed NC appraiser
- Phone walkthrough — no stranger in your home
- Delivered in 48–72 hours, rush available
North Carolina counties
North Carolina questions
From January until your county’s Board of Equalization and Review adjourns for the year — the adjournment date varies by county, so file early. Your reappraisal notice also states the process.
Your value is frozen between reappraisals — which can be up to eight years apart. Winning a correction in the reappraisal year locks in savings for every year until the next one.
You can still appeal, but your evidence must show value as of the last reappraisal date, not today. An appraisal with comparable sales as of that date is the way to make that case credibly.
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.