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Good News!

Due to recent changes in the law signed by Governor Kemp, if you missed the April 1^st deadline for filing your Homestead Exemption application this year, you may file during the property assessment appeal process once the Notices of Assessment are mailed.

Please ask any staff member if you have any questions.

To receive any Exemptions:

You must apply in person with a valid GA Driver's License or GA Id

Must have license updated with current address of property.

Please provide your settlement statement or warranty deed at time of application.

All exemption applications are printed and filled out when you arrive at the Tax Assessors Office located at 2782 Marietta Hwy, Suite 200 Canton GA 30114.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice to Cherokee County Property Owners and Occupants: In accordance with Georgia Law (O.C.G.A. 48-5-264.1), please be advised that the Cherokee County Appraisal Staff may be visiting your property concerning an appeal filed, return filed, construction of new improvement or addition, review of parcel, review of a conservation use application, or verification of information. These site visits are necessary for our office to more accurately determine the fair market value of  your property and/or make other determinations as required by law. In the case of residential property visits, the appraiser will collect information about the property which may include measurements and photos of the exterior of buildings. If an adult is home, the appraiser will want to ask some questions to make our records as accurate as possible. Answering these questions is purely voluntary.

The field appraiser from our office will have county-issued photo identification and will be driving a marked county vehicle. If there is any question about the identitiy of the Appraisal Staff member, do not hesitate to call our office. 

If you have any further questions about this visit, please call our office at 678-493-6120. 

Operational Authority

O.C.G.A. 48-5-6 requires all property to be returned for taxation at its fair market value as defined in O.C.G.A. 48-5-2 on January 1 of each year per O.C.G.A. 48-5-10.  The county appraisal staff (O.C.G.A. 48-5-260, 261, 262, 263, 264) is required to find and appraise, for tax purposes, all real and personal property within the jurisdiction of the county. Appraisals shall conform to all laws, rules, and regulations as set forth in the O.C.G.A. and by the State Revenue Commissioner.  Duties of the county appraisal staff include, but are not limited to, responsibility to maintain all property assessment records and maps for the county in a proper and current condition, while maintaining custody of such records; responsibility for preparing annual notices of assessments on all property required to be assessed by the board of tax assessors, including submission of all assessments for approval to the board on the date requested; and, responsibility for preparing annual appraisals on all tax exempt property within the jurisdiction of the county, including submission to the board of tax assessors for approval.  Each county appraisal staff member shall successfully complete at least forty hours of training courses prepared and offered by the State Revenue Commissioner (O.C.G.A 48-5-268) during each two years of tenure as a staff appraiser.  State level appraisal certifications must also be maintained as defined in O.C.G.A 48-5-262.

Appraisal Methodology

The Cherokee County Board of Tax Assessors conforms to the appraisal guidelines as defined in O.C.G.A 48-5-2 and the Georgia Appraisal Procedures Manual (Department of Revenue Rule 560-11-10).

The county appraisal staff utilizes the three approaches to value (sales comparison, cost and income) to determine the valuation of properties.  Statistical analysis, as defined in O.C.G.A. 48-5-274, is utilized to calculate the level of assessment, uniformity of assessment and assessment bias for groupings of properties defined by area, neighborhood, or class (residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial).

After completing all calculations, considering the information supplied by the property owner and legal research, and considering the reliability of sales, cost and income and expense information, the appraisal staff will correlate any value indicated by those approaches to value that are deemed to have been appropriate for the subject property and form their opinion of the fair market value. The appraisal staff then presents the resulting proposed value assessments to the Board of Assessors for final approval. 

Current Board of Assessors

Each member of the board of assessors is appointed by the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners for a six-year term with each assessors term staggered over the others. The Chair and Vice Chair positions are then elected by the assessors themselves.

• Mary Beth Burnette, Chairman
• Raymond Gunnin, Vice Chairman
• Tommy Mann 
• Dennis Conway
• Mark Young

The Board of Tax Assessors (BTA) is an autonomous board whose members are appointed by the Board of Commission to staggered six year terms, have specific responsibilities, and employ the Chief Appraiser who is responsible for the operation and functioning of the county property appraisal staff as per the Official Code of Georgia (OCGA) 48-5-290,264, & 299.

The Board of Tax Assessors is Responsible for ensuring that all taxable property within the county is filed and assessed for taxes at its fair market value; and that taxpayers shall pay, as nearly as possible, only their proportionate share of taxes (termed equalization) as per OCGA 48-5-306. The BTA is to maintain all tax records and maps for the county including, but not limited to, the mapping, platting, cataloging, and indexing of all real and personal property in the county as per OCGA 48-5-263. Further the BTA shall provide for the training of new appraisers and the continuing education of experienced appraisers as per OCGA 48-5-263,267, & 268.