Department Information

The Assessor's Office is responsible for title assignment of values to all real estate properties and mobile homes; NOT the tax amounts.

What This Office Does:

• Appraise real property and manufactured (mobile) homes for tax purposes
• Conduct county wide reassessment every 5 years required by the South Carolina Department of Revenue
• Accept and process appeals of values generated by office
• Transfers ownership of real property recorded deeds
• Maintain property boundary lines using recorded information or visual representation of each parcel of land through GIS mapping procedures
• Process 4% legal residence and agricultural
• Provide aerial and tax maps for sale upon request
• Measure and appraise new construction for tax
• Maintain and process multiple lot discount applications for developers owning 10 or more lots in a neighborhood
• Provide actual & potential rollback tax information
• Change mailing addresses for real property & mobile owners as requested
• Issue Moving Permits
• Represents the County in real property & mobile home value appeals to the Board of Assessment Appeals
• Maintains GIS Mapping Web Site with property information

This Office Does Not:

• Give legal advice
• Research real property for legal claim
• Issue new Decals for Mobile Homes
• Have tax or other information on vehicles, boats, motors, or other person property (See Auditor)
• Accept payments for County property taxes (See Treasurer)
• Grant exemptions for real property (See Department of Revenue)
• Give information on delinquent taxes
• Assess manufacturing or utility properties

Department Forms

• Address Change Form
• Appraisal Application
• Agricultural Assessment
• Legal Residence Application
• Property Appeals Brochure