Reassessment Notice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Northumberland County Property Owners:

Notices of Real Estate Assessment Change with property valuations will be mailed the week of November 24, 2025 to Northumberland County property owners.  The reassessment will be effective January 1, 2026 and affect taxes due November 5, 2026.

The reassessment process has been undertaken by Pearson Appraisal Service Inc.  (now Vision Government Solutions, Inc.) and began in August 2024 with a study of the real estate market in Northumberland County for 2024-2025.

The last reassessment in Northumberland County was effective January 1, 2020 and previous valuations no longer reflect the current market.

In collecting data from sales and in assigning assessed values, Vision Government Solutions. considers the following: location; views; access to highways, shopping and schools; construction costs and quality; condition; and building types in each neighborhood and throughout Northumberland County.

SALES WHICH WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OR LOWER THAN AVERAGE WERE NOT CONSIDERED IN THE SALES STUDY.  These may include family transactions or sales which took place for reasons out of the norm on the part of the buyer or seller.  This can occur when there is an immediate need to raise funds, and time will not allow for the property to be adequately exposed to the open market.  This may result in a sale for less than market value.  It is also possible that an adjoining property owner may pay more than market value in order to protect his/her existing property and/or control how the adjoining property is used.

After the reassessment notices are mailed, computer printouts showing the 2026 assessed values will be available for public inspection. To view Northumberland County 2026 Proposed Values, please visit Northumberland.CAMA.ConciseSystems.com.

Property owners who believe their assessment is over market value, or out of line with similar properties, may appeal their assessment.  The property owner should schedule a hearing.  Instructions for scheduling a hearing will be on the Notice of Real Assessment Change and are outlined below.  The property owner should bring their Notice and any supporting documentation with them to their scheduled hearing.  Percentage of increase above the old assessed value is not, by itself, grounds for an appeal.

REASSESSMENTS ARE NOT CONDUCTED TO RAISE TAXES, BUT RATHER ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO BRING ALL ASSESSMENTS TO 100% MARKET VALUE AND TO ASSURE UNIFORMITY OF ASSESSMENTS.

Vision Government Solutions, Inc. is under contract with Northumberland County to complete the reassessment.  Vision assigned values to properties based on the market conditions within Northumberland County only and without influence from the Board of Supervisors or the Commissioner of the Revenue.  Vision is certified by the Virginia Department of Taxation to perform Ad Valorem assessments.

Vision’s assessors and staff will conduct hearings starting Monday, December 8, 2025 with any County property owner who wishes to appeal his/her property reassessment.

Hearings are scheduled as follows:

You may call (888) 546-2855 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., no later than Monday, December 15, 2025 at 4:00 pm to set up an appointment to discuss your assessment with an assessor. All hearings will be conducted at 6958 Northumberland Highway (former EVB Bank Building), Heathsville, VA 22473.

If you are unable to make an appointment, you may mail your appeal to:  Northumberland County Reassessment Office, P.O. Box 185, Heathsville, Virginia 22473.   Please make sure to include your “Map #” (as shown on the NOTICE OF 2026 REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT CHANGE) on all written appeals. 

These written appeals will be accepted until Monday, December 15, 2025.