Office hours 8:30AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday

Location: Transylvania County Courthouse
7 E. Main Street       
   Brevard, NC  28712      

Tax Assessor: David Reid

Assistant Assessor: Annette Raines

Phone Number: (828) 884-3200

E-mail: david.reid@transylvaniacounty.org

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In FY 2001-2002 the Tax Assessor’s office conducted a county-wide revaluation of real property.  North Carolina General Statutes require that real property be assessed at market value at least every eight years.  It had been seven years since the last revaluation in Transylvania County.  Five members of the Tax Assessor’s ten-person staff worked directly on the revaluation of approximately 30,000 property records, and the entire staff became involved during the 2,868 informal hearings that followed the issuance of the property tax appraisals.  The appeal process will continue throughout the remainder of the year.  Of North Carolina’s 100 counties, only 40 do revaluations with their own staff rather than through outside appraisers. It is estimated that the county saved approximately $500,000 by doing the revaluation in-house versus outsourced.  Overall real property in the county increased in value by an average of 49%.

In addition to participating in the revaluation, the Tax Assessor’s office performed its routine duties.  These included updating the value of 35,870 motor vehicles, mobile homes, boats, trailers, and airplanes; changing 2,281 real property records; and processing a multitude of wills, death certificates, building permits, and property splits.  As a result of internal and external audits of business personal property, almost $175,000 in revenues was realized.  Considerable time and effort was also spent settling real and personal property tax appeals made by the county’s two largest taxpayers.  The Tax Assessor’s office provides various records to realtors, attorneys, surveyors, other county offices, and the general public.

Whether conducting a revaluation or performing their routine responsibilities, the Tax Assessor’s office strives to serve all the county’s citizens in a professional, friendly, and courteous manner.