Property Tax Appeal · St. Louis City, MO
Appeal your property taxes
in St. Louis City, MO.
Home to St. Louis, St. Louis City homeowners appeal through Missouri’s system: the county assessor sets the value, and the county Board of Equalization (then State Tax Commission) 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 to the county Board of Equalization are due by the second Monday in July in most counties — charter counties like St. Louis and Jackson set their own dates. Reassessment notices arrive in odd-numbered years. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for St. Louis City’s procedure.
The State Tax Commission level is where documentation quality really pays: it decides value fresh on the evidence presented, without deference to the BOE’s number.
St. Louis City questions
Appeals to the county Board of Equalization are due by the second Monday in July in most counties — charter counties like St. Louis and Jackson set their own dates. Reassessment notices arrive in odd-numbered years. Your assessment notice states the exact date for St. Louis City.
Missouri reassesses in odd-numbered years, and assessors must notify you when your value increases. The path runs: informal review with the county assessor’s office, appeal to the county Board of Equalization (generally filed by the second Monday in July), and then a fresh appeal to the State Tax Commission, whose hearing officers function much like a tax court. Residential property is assessed at 19% of market value, so the fight is over the market value behind that math — and decisions lean heavily on adjusted comparable sales as of January 1 of the reassessment year, which is what a licensed appraisal puts on the record.
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 Equalization (then State Tax Commission) 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.