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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61965</law_id><section_number>58.1-208</section_number><catch_line>Classifications of real property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Department of Taxation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> shall establish a classification system of real property appropriate for inclusion on local land books. Such classification shall be placed on the local land books or the land books shall be organized in a manner appropriate for identification of the classifications by the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> in conducting the annual sales ratio studies. The local assessing officer of any county, city, or town may subdivide such classifications into lesser included classifications should he deem such subclassification desirable.
		The <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> shall cooperate with and seek the <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> of local assessing officers in establishing such classification system.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-33.3; 1975, c. 623; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
