Yolo County, California property tax appeals

Who hears a Yolo County appeal?

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Where is the Yolo County office?

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When were past Yolo County deadlines?

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

The soonest deadline we list: Yolo County, Yolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board) — Closes November 30, 2026.

When a filing counts as on timeYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board)

Yolo County appeal applications may be filed from July 2 but must be received in the Clerk of the Board's office by November 30.[1]

Deadline detailYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board) · Filing period

In Yolo County the appeal may be filed from July 2 and must be received by the Clerk of the Board by November 30.[1]

Who decides a property tax appeal in Yolo County?

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

Appeal stepsYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board)

The Yolo County Assessment Appeals Board's decision is final and not reheard; the owner or the Yolo County Assessor may seek review in superior court.[2]

What the appeal is calledYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board)

In Yolo County the filing is an assessment appeal on the Assessment Appeal Application (BOE-305-AH), heard by the Yolo County Assessment Appeals Board.[2]

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

Yolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board): In Yolo County you can file the appeal online (card or bank draft, $1.95 service fee) or by mail or in person with the Clerk of the Board. Yolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board) · No fax: Yolo County appeal applications must be mailed or delivered in person (Clerk of the Board, 625 Court Street, Room 204, Woodland); faxed or scanned applications are not accepted.

How to fileYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board)

In Yolo County you can file the appeal online (card or bank draft, $1.95 service fee) or by mail or in person with the Clerk of the Board.[3]

How to fileYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board) · No fax

Yolo County appeal applications must be mailed or delivered in person (Clerk of the Board, 625 Court Street, Room 204, Woodland); faxed or scanned applications are not accepted.[4]

FormsYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board)

Yolo County publishes its own copy of the Assessment Appeal Application (BOE-305-AH) with filing instructions.[2]

Filing feeYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board)

Yolo County's appeal application goes to the Clerk of the Board with a $45 filing fee.[1]

Who may fileYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board)

On the Yolo 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.[2]

Informal reviewYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board)

In Yolo County the Assessor's informal review filing period for homes is July 2 to December 31, 2026.[5]

How much could a lower assessment save on Yolo 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 Yolo County pay in property tax?

The median owner-occupied home in Yolo County was worth $620,700, and the median property tax its owners paid was $4,749 a year, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Median home value

$620,700

Margin of error ±$8,741.

Median property tax paid per year

$4,749

Margin of error ±$155.

Median tax as a share of median value

0.77%

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

Owner-occupied homes

41,637

Margin of error ±976.

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.

From the county's assessment and appeal records

Homes in the county's assessment records

47,727

Median assessed value

$400,498

Middle half of assessed values

$238,206 to $578,283

Source: The county's open assessment data, aggregated by us (tax year 2026 final values). Our calculation from public records; not an opinion of any home's value.

How often is property reassessed in Yolo County?

In Yolo County a change in ownership or new construction creates a new base year at the date of the event. Yolo County compares the factored base year value with market value as of January 1.

Reassessment cycle

In Yolo County a change in ownership or new construction creates a new base year at the date of the event.[7]

Valuation date

Yolo County compares the factored base year value with market value as of January 1.[1]

Level of assessmentDecline in value

The Yolo County Assessor enrolls either the inflation-factored Prop 13 base year value or the January 1 market value, whichever is less.[1]

What other rules apply in Yolo County?

Yolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board): Filing a Yolo County appeal does not postpone the tax bill: taxes are still due by the dates on the bill.

Paying the tax while you appealYolo County Assessment Appeals Board (Clerk of the Board)

Filing a Yolo County appeal does not postpone the tax bill: taxes are still due by the dates on the bill.[2]