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Real Estate

Under Virginia law, real property is assessed to the registered owner on January 1st of the taxable year. For any sale thereafter, the seller and purchaser is required to resolve the taxes between themselves. The normal procedure, the taxes are pro-rated in the purchasers favor and credited to the purchaser at the time of the closing. The liability is prorated between the buyer and seller but the lien which arises from a delinquency attaches to the land.

If you buy property, your settlement attorney must ascertain all taxes due and prorates them for payment out of the proceeds from the sale. If you have sold the property referred to on the tax bill and another person has assumed responsibility for payment, please forward the bill promptly to that person or return it to the Treasurer's Office with information as to the new owner. A delay could cause the new owner to pay a penalty and interest for late payment.
 
Tax Rate - $0.61 per $100.00 assessed value Taxable Year 2023
Dates - JULY 1ST & December 5th

Changes to  Real Estate Taxes  is as follows:

  • The Amherst County Board of Supervisors by County Ordinance No. 2021-0008, amended Section 14-26, of Article II, Real Property Tax, Chapter 14, Taxation, to the Code of the County of Amherst relating to the first installment of semi-annual taxes for real property.    The change is the DUE DATE for the first installment which shall be paid on or before July 1 of each year, beginning with 2022.  The second installment date remains the same – to be paid on or before December 5th of each year.    The Amherst County Board of Supervisors approved this change on September 21, 2021.
  • Truist, formerly SunTrust and/or BB&T, will no longer be accepting real estate and/or personal property tax payments, effective immediately. 

     

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