Butte County, California property tax appeals

Who hears a Butte County appeal?

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Where is the Butte County office?

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When were past Butte County deadlines?

When is the deadline to appeal a property tax assessment in Butte County?

The soonest deadline we list: Butte County, Butte County Assessment Appeals Board — Closes November 30, 2026.

When a filing counts as on timeButte County Assessment Appeals Board

In Butte County, an appeal deadline that falls on a weekend moves to the next workday; the regular filing period with the Clerk of the Board runs July 2 through November 30.[1]

Deadline detailButte County Assessment Appeals Board · Filing period

Butte County's regular appeal filing period is July 2 to November 30.[2]

Who decides a property tax appeal in Butte County?

The Butte County Assessment Appeals Board's decision is final and not reheard; the owner or the Butte County Assessor may seek review in superior court. Butte County Assessment Appeals Board: In Butte County the filing is an assessment appeal on the Assessment Appeal Application (BOE-305-AH), heard by the Butte County Assessment Appeals Board.

Appeal stepsButte County Assessment Appeals Board

The Butte County Assessment Appeals Board's decision is final and not reheard; the owner or the Butte County Assessor may seek review in superior court.[3]

What the appeal is calledButte County Assessment Appeals Board

In Butte County the filing is an assessment appeal on the Assessment Appeal Application (BOE-305-AH), heard by the Butte County Assessment Appeals Board.[3]

How do I file a property tax appeal in Butte County?

Butte County Assessment Appeals Board: In Butte County you file an application for changed assessment with the Clerk of the Assessment Appeals Board on the Clerk's form. Butte County Assessment Appeals Board: Butte County publishes its own copy of the Assessment Appeal Application (BOE-305-AH) with filing instructions.

How to fileButte County Assessment Appeals Board

In Butte County you file an application for changed assessment with the Clerk of the Assessment Appeals Board on the Clerk's form.[2]

FormsButte County Assessment Appeals Board

Butte County publishes its own copy of the Assessment Appeal Application (BOE-305-AH) with filing instructions.[3]

Filing feeButte County Assessment Appeals Board

Butte County charges a $40 non-refundable processing fee, paid when the appeal application is filed.[3]

Who may fileButte County Assessment Appeals Board

On the Butte County application, an agent must be authorized in writing unless the agent is a California attorney or the owner's spouse, child, parent or registered domestic partner.[3]

Informal reviewButte County Assessment Appeals Board

In Butte County you can ask the Assessor for a free decline-in-value review on the Assessor's review form, in person, by mail or by email.[4]

HearingsButte County Assessment Appeals Board · Schedule

Butte County mails an Assessment Appeals Board hearing notice 45 days before the hearing; several cases are scheduled at 9:00 am and the applicant must attend.[2]

How much could a lower assessment save on Butte County property taxes?

Tax rate used: 1.114% of assessed value (county average, fiscal 2024-25).

These are examples: the tax rate times a lower assessed value. Exemptions, credits, caps and phase-ins can make the real change smaller. This is not a prediction for any home. Rate source: BOE Annual Report 2024-25, Table 14: average tax rate by county (Property Tax Allocations, BOE Open Data Portal).

What do homeowners in Butte County pay in property tax?

The median owner-occupied home in Butte County was worth $424,700, and the median property tax its owners paid was $2,951 a year, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Median home value

$424,700

Margin of error ±$6,679.

Median property tax paid per year

$2,951

Margin of error ±$103.

Median tax as a share of median value

0.69%

A ratio of two medians, not a tax rate. Your own bill depends on your assessment and local levies.

Owner-occupied homes

47,717

Margin of error ±947.

These are survey estimates of what owners reported about their own homes. They are not assessed values, not tax rates, and not an opinion of what any home is worth.

They cannot tell you whether your own assessment is fair. That takes a comparison with similar homes, which we offer only in counties we have researched.

How often is property reassessed in Butte County?

Butte County's application instructions explain that the base year is the year the property changed ownership or new construction was completed. On the Butte County application, a regular (decline-in-value) appeal concerns the value as of January 1 of the current year.

Reassessment cycle

Butte County's application instructions explain that the base year is the year the property changed ownership or new construction was completed.[3]

Valuation date

On the Butte County application, a regular (decline-in-value) appeal concerns the value as of January 1 of the current year.[3]

Level of assessmentDecline in value

Each year the Butte County Assessor enrolls the lower of the factored base year value and the January 1 market value (Prop 8).[4]

What other rules apply in Butte County?

Butte County Assessment Appeals Board: Filing a Butte County appeal does not postpone the tax bill: taxes are still due by the dates on the bill.

Paying the tax while you appealButte County Assessment Appeals Board

Filing a Butte County appeal does not postpone the tax bill: taxes are still due by the dates on the bill.[3]