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Dare County is ramping up for revaluation.

“The proposed schedules, standards, and rules to be used in appraising real property for the Dare County 2025 property revaluation have been submitted to the Dare County Board of Commissioners and are available for public inspection at the following location: County Assessor’s Office, Dare County Justice Center, 962 Marshall C Collins Drive, Manteo. An electronic copy is available online at darenc.gov.”

On the county’s website, go to Tax Department and scroll down to the button for Appraisal Real Property.

The document, 201 pages long, “provides the methodology and procedures for appraising all real property (land, buildings, and other improvements to the land) in Dare County at its fair market value as of January 1, 2025…”

Dare County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposed schedules, standards and rules in the Board of Commissioners Meeting Room on 954 Marshall C. Collins Dr. in Manteo on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 at 9 a.m.

Comments may be sent via email to dcboc@darenc.gov. Comments in person will also be allowed during the public hearing.

On Oct. 7, 2024, Hosea Wilson, county assessor, presented the proposed schedules, standards and rules to the Board of Commissioners as required by North Carolina General Statutes. The board voted for the Nov. 4 public hearing.

At the same meeting, Becky Huff, tax collector, presented her settlement report for 2023 taxes, both paid and unpaid.

For the tax year 2023, the total county real estate and personal property levy was $67,593,483.77. That total includes all real estate, mobile home, boats, rental personal property and business personal property. It also includes properties in bankruptcy, properties with unknown owners, and properties in conflict regarding ownership, states the settlement.

Taxes collected on the county’s tax levy at June 30, 2024 was $67,361,530.90 for a collection rate of 99.66%.

Dare County also collects taxes for five municipalities. Collection rates for those towns are: Kill Devil Hills 99.67%; Southern Shores 99.63%; Duck 99.94%; Kitty Hawk 99.57%; Manteo 99.56%.

The commissioners charged the tax collector to begin tax collections for the 2024 levy.

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