Virginia Property Tax Appeal Guides
Browse source-reviewed property tax appeal guides for Virginia. County deadlines, filing methods, and available records can differ by county and tax year.
Each published guide identifies the public sources used for its deadline and filing summary. Confirm current requirements with the official filing authority before submitting anything.
How Virginia assessment appeals generally work (state framework reviewed 2026-08-03 from official Virginia sources): Counties and independent cities administer local real-property assessments. General reassessments and annual assessments are generally made at 100% of fair market value, while public-service and specially classified property may follow different authority. A taxpayer may seek correction from the local assessing official and may appeal to the applicable Board of Assessors or Board of Equalization. Circuit-court relief may be available under state law, but some localities require exhaustion of the administrative path first.
Virginia deadline framework: Virginia does not impose one statewide local-board filing date. Each locality establishes its assessment calendar, application deadline, form, and whether administrative review is a prerequisite to court. The general circuit-court limitations period is subject to statutory alternatives and locality-specific provisions, so the current notice, ordinance, and governing statute must control.
Local variation in Virginia: Counties and independent cities differ in assessment frequency, assessor structure, informal-review process, board type, forms, receipt deadlines, hearing calendars, and exhaustion requirements. Incorporated-town, public-service, land-use, and special-property rules require separate authority resolution.
Before relying on a date: Resolve the county or independent city, tax and reassessment years, assessment notice, administering assessor, board structure, and any special classification, then verify the current local application, receipt deadline, form and delivery channel, hearing and evidence rules, decision notice, exhaustion requirement, and circuit-court timing before presenting filing guidance.
State source: Virginia General Assembly, Code of Virginia Section 58.1-3201 — Amount of Assessment, https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title58.1/chapter32/section58.1-3201/. Reviewed 2026-08-03.
State source: Virginia General Assembly, Code of Virginia Section 58.1-3379 — Hearing Complaints and Equalizing Assessments, https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title58.1/chapter32/section58.1-3379/. Reviewed 2026-08-03.
State source: Virginia General Assembly, Code of Virginia Section 58.1-3984 — Application to Court, https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title58.1/section58.1-3984/. Reviewed 2026-08-03.
Fairfax County: 2026 deadline guidance is 2026 administrative and Board appeal windows closed. Guide: https://fairpath.app/property-tax-appeal/virginia/fairfax-county
Source: Fairfax County Board of Equalization, 2026 Board of Equalization Application, https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/taxes/sites/taxes/files/Assets/Documents/PDF/boe/2026-boe-appeal-application-compliant.pdf. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Source: Fairfax County Board of Equalization, Board of Equalization Assessment Appeals, https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/boe/appeal-application. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Source: Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration, 2026 Real Estate Assessment Appeal Application, https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/taxes/sites/taxes/files/Assets/Documents/PDF/real-estate/2026-appeal-application-compliant.pdf. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Source: Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration, Fairfax County iCare Property Search, https://icare.fairfaxcounty.gov/ffxcare/Main/Home.aspx. Reviewed 2026-08-09.
Source: Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration, Real Estate Assessment Appeals, https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/taxes/real-estate/assessment-appeals. Reviewed 2026-09-14.
Source: Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Administrative and Judicial Review, https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodefull/title58.1/chapter32/article12/. Reviewed 2026-08-09.
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