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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66640</law_id><section_number>58.1-3252</section_number><catch_line>In counties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-3254</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="32">Real Property Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Reassessment/Assessment Cycles</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There shall be a general reassessment of real estate every four years or, if determined by majority vote of a county&#x2019;s board of supervisors, every three years. Any county that has a total population of 50,000 or less may elect by majority vote of its board of supervisors to conduct its general reassessments at either five-year or six-year intervals. In addition, Augusta County and Bedford County may elect by majority vote of their respective board of supervisors to conduct their general reassessments at either five-year or six-year intervals.
		Nothing in this section shall affect the power of any county to use the annual or biennial assessment method as authorized by <span class="dictionary">law</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-778; 1950, p. 10; 1976, c. 717; 1977, c. 419; 1979, cc. 574, 577; 1981, c. 439; 1984, cc. 273, 675; 2009, c. 529; 2018, c. 24; 2022, cc. 361, 362.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
