Assessor's Office

Note: The Assessor's Office does not generate tax bills, nor does it directly receive homestead and/or school exemption applications. The Assessor's Office is responsible for the valuation of property. For information on tax bills, homestead and school exemptions, please review the Tax Commissioner's Office website, or contact them directly at 770.461.3652

Public Notices

Pending Appeals

The Assessors’ Office will be closed in observance of Christmas from December 23, 2024 through December 27, 2024. If you have a pending appeal with a deadline of December 21, 2024 to continue to the Board of Equalization, written requests for continuation will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on December 23, 2024. There is a drop box outside the Assessors’ Office that will be available for any written appeal continuations.

STORM REPORTING

In the event that you have any structural damage, damage due to flooding, electrical damage, structural-tree damage, or Roof Collapse, click on this link and it will take them directly to a form that will be routed to the appropriate departments so we can make assessments.

Citizen Storm Reporting Link

2024 Assessment Notices

were mailed out on
June 4, 2024
The 2024 Appeal Deadline is
July 19, 2024

In November 2020 Fayette County voted in favor of HB 1166, an additional Homestead Exemption to the BOE portion of the property tax bill. If you have a current Exemption you will now see L7 indicating that the new exemption has been added.

This is a floating value Homestead Exemption that only applies to the BOE Portion of taxes.

View HB 1166

Notice to the Fayette County Property Owners and Occupants

In accordance with O.C.G.A. 48-5-264.1, please be advised that the Fayette County Appraisal Staff may be visiting your property to review your parcel information concerning an appeal filed, return filed, construction of new improvement or addition, review of parcel, and/or conservation use application. The field appraiser from our office will have photo identification and will be driving a marked county vehicle. If you have any further questions, please call our office at 770-305-5402.

Contact Information:

Assessor's Office
Stonewall Administrative Complex
140 Stonewall Avenue West
Suite 108
Fayetteville, Georgia 30214
770.305.5402

Office Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Board of Assessors
J. Sam Burch / Chairman
Bruce Donaghey / Vice Chairman
Walter Ponder

Chief Appraiser/Director
Lee Ann Bartlett - lbartlett@fayettecountyga.gov

Deputy Chief Appraiser – Commercial/Industrial Property
Sonya Kennedy – skennedy@fayettecountyga.gov

Personal Property / Mobile Homes
Tracey Holder - tholder@fayettecountyga.gov

Residential Property
Denise West - dwest@fayettecountyga.gov

Tax maps are NOT legal documents. To learn more about how to find legally recorded deeds and plats, please watch this video

The websites referenced in the video are linked below:
GIS Maps (qPublic)
Deed/Plat Search (Fayette County Clerk of Superior Court)

Board of Assessors

The Board of Assessors is comprised of three local taxpayers who are appointed for six year terms by the Board of Commissioners. The primary responsibility of the Board of Assessors is to appraise property at fair market value as of January 1 of each year.

The Fayette Assessors have a staff of thirteen appraisers, one GIS mapping technician, one administrative assistant and one appraiser aide. These appraisers track ownership changes, parcel boundaries, zoning, use, building and property characteristics, tax exemptions, trends in sales prices, constructions costs, rents, incomes, expenses and personal property assets in order to appraise property each year. Real estate, furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment, inventory, boats, aircraft, heavy duty equipment, mobile homes and motor vehicles are appraised by staff.

The appraisal staff is required to adhere to the Appraisal Procedures Manual established by the State of Georgia Department of Revenue. Much of the data gathered and used by the Assessor's staff is public and can be viewed during normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Fair Market Value

Official Code of Georgia 48-5-2. Definitions. (3)

Fair Market Value sale is an “Arm’s length, bona fide sale” meaning a transaction which has occurred in good faith without fraud or deceit carried out by unrelated or unaffiliated parties, as by a willing buyer and a willing seller, each acting in his or her own self-interest, including but not limited to a distress sale, short sale, bank sale, or sale at public auction.