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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54109</law_id><section_number>58.1-3292</section_number><catch_line>Assessment of new buildings substantially completed, etc.; extension of time for paying assessment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-3222</reference><reference>58.1-3661</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="7">Reassessment/Assessment (Valuation) Procedure and Practice</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any county, city or town that has not adopted an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Assessment of new buildings substantially completed in a county operating under the urban county executive form of government, and in certain other cities and counties; extension of time for paying assessment" href="/58.1-3292.1/">58.1-3292.1</a>, upon the adoption of an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> so providing, all new buildings substantially completed or fit for use and occupancy prior to November 1 of the year of completion shall be assessed when so completed or fit for use and occupancy, and the commissioner of the revenue of such county, city or town shall enter in the books the fair market value of such building. No partial assessment as provided herein shall become effective until information as to the date and amount of such assessment is recorded in the office of the official authorized to collect taxes on real property and made available for public inspection. The total tax on any such new building for that year shall be the sum of (i) the tax upon the assessment of the completed building, computed according to the ratio which the portion of the year such building is substantially completed or fit for use and occupancy bears to the entire year, and (ii) the tax upon the assessment of such new building as it existed on January 1 of that assessment year, computed according to the ratio which the portion of the year such building was not substantially complete or fit for use and occupancy bears to the entire year. With respect to any assessment made under this section after September 1 of any year, the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> for nonpayment by December 5 shall be extended to February 5 of the succeeding year.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-811.1; 1954, c. 250; 1958, c. 77; 1960, c. 414; 1964, c. 308; 1980, c. 497; 1984, c. 675; 1999, c. 760.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
