Property Tax Appeals · Virginia
Appeal your property taxes
in Virginia.
Virginia real estate is assessed locally — by a real estate assessor’s office in most cities and larger counties, or the commissioner of the revenue elsewhere — at 100% of fair market value. Reassessment frequency varies enormously: Northern Virginia jurisdictions reassess every year, while some rural counties go up to six years between general reassessments. The usual track is an administrative review with the assessing office first, then a hearing before the local Board of Equalization; Virginia also lets you take a valuation challenge directly to circuit court. Whichever forum, the presumption favors the assessment, so the burden is on you to prove fair market value with credible evidence.
Deadlines are set locality-by-locality — many appeal windows follow the annual reassessment notice, and your notice states yours.
Because Virginia’s standard is full fair market value with the burden on the taxpayer, the cases that succeed are the ones anchored to documented comparable sales as of the assessment date — the exact work product of a licensed appraisal. In annual-reassessment jurisdictions, a win also positions next year’s value.
The evidence
Boards act on value,
not frustration.
However Virginia 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 VA appraiser
- Phone walkthrough — no stranger in your home
- Delivered in 48–72 hours, rush available
Virginia counties
Virginia questions
Start with an administrative review at your city or county assessing office, then appeal to the local Board of Equalization if needed — or go directly to circuit court. Deadlines are local and printed on your reassessment notice.
It depends on the locality — annually in most of Northern Virginia and the larger cities, and as infrequently as every several years in smaller counties. Your appeal window follows your locality’s reassessment notice.
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.