The homeowners of Sussex County can expect to receive the long-awaited letters of property reassessment this fall. âKent County is actually a year ahead of us, so ours is not going to be complete until this time next year,â said Chris Keeler, director of assessment for Sussex County, âSo it’ll be spring of 2025 before the project is completed, and …
Kim Patterson Luton of Dover got a Christmas present nobody would want: A letter detailing the new reassessment of her familyâs property. The letter, which arrived in mid-December, concerned property built in 2005 and long assessed at $59,300. Under the new evaluation, her home is assessed at an eye-popping $419,300.  âMy husband and I are seniors and living on fixed …
A bill that would ban a local school tax increase after the statewide property reassessment is completed was tabled Wednesday in the House Educaiton Committee after a lengthy discussion. House Bill 42, sponsored by Rep. Mike Smith, R-Pike Creek, would remove the up-to-10% increase in school property taxes that current law would allow schools boards to levy. Rep. Rich Collins, …
