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Clatsop County, Oregon property tax appeals

A Clatsop County property tax appeal starts with the Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board. The Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board opens Oct 25, 2026 and closes Dec 31, 2026. The filing fee is $42 per account.

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Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board

Opens Oct 25, 2026Closes Dec 31, 2026

Source: ORS Chapter 311: Collection of Property Taxes (Oregon Legislature)Last checked

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Filing fee
$42 per account
Where to file first
Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Office address
820 Exchange St, Suite 220, Astoria OR 97103 · 503-325-8511
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When and where do I file a Clatsop County property tax appeal?

Who hears a Clatsop County appeal?

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Who hears it: Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board

Filing: petition

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Where is the Clatsop County office?

Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board[12]

Address
820 Exchange St, Suite 220, Astoria OR 97103

Assessor[10]

Clatsop County Assessment & Taxation

Address
820 Exchange Street, Suite 210, Astoria, OR 97103
Fax
503-338-3638
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Which Clatsop County filing windows are coming up?

Clatsop County filing windows
ClosesAreaWho hears itStatus
Dec 31, 2026 · opens Oct 25, 2026CountywideClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board · Official source · Last checked Sep 29, 2026Opens soon

When were past Clatsop County deadlines?

Past Clatsop County filing windows
Tax yearWindowOffice
2025Closed December 31, 2025Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board

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

The soonest deadline we list: Clatsop County, Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board — Opens October 25, 2026 · Closes December 31, 2026. Oregon · Property Value Appeals Board: In Oregon, a petition to the county Property Value Appeals Board can be filed from the date the tax statements are mailed through December 31 (postmarked or delivered by then; a weekend or holiday deadline moves to the next business day).

Deadline ruleOregon · Property Value Appeals Board
In Oregon, a petition to the county Property Value Appeals Board can be filed from the date the tax statements are mailed through December 31 (postmarked or delivered by then; a weekend or holiday deadline moves to the next business day).[1]
When a filing counts as on timeClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Clatsop County counts a faxed petition received by midnight December 31, as shown by the county fax machine's electronic receipt, and a mailed petition postmarked December 31.[2]
Deadline detailAnnouncement status
As of October 1, 2026, Clatsop County's own appeal page still shows only the 2025 petition deadline; it has not posted 2026-27 dates.[2]

Who decides a property tax appeal in Clatsop County?

Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board: Clatsop County PVAB decisions can be appealed by the owner or the Assessor to the Magistrate Division of the Oregon Tax Court within 30 days ($50 filing fee). Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board: In Clatsop County you file a petition with the Property Value Appeals Board (PVAB), which hears appeals of property value, not of the taxes you pay.

Appeal stepsClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Clatsop County PVAB decisions can be appealed by the owner or the Assessor to the Magistrate Division of the Oregon Tax Court within 30 days ($50 filing fee).[3]
What the appeal is calledClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
In Clatsop County you file a petition with the Property Value Appeals Board (PVAB), which hears appeals of property value, not of the taxes you pay.[2]

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

Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board: Clatsop County takes PVAB petitions by mail (postmarked December 31, with the $42 fee) or by fax received by midnight December 31. Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board: Clatsop County posts PVAB petitions and instructions for real property, personal property and late-filing penalty waivers, plus an Authorization to Represent form.

How to fileClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Clatsop County takes PVAB petitions by mail (postmarked December 31, with the $42 fee) or by fax received by midnight December 31.[2]
FormsClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Clatsop County posts PVAB petitions and instructions for real property, personal property and late-filing penalty waivers, plus an Authorization to Represent form.[2]
Filing feeClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Clatsop County charges a $42 filing fee per account with each PVAB petition (one petition per tax account).[2]
Who may fileClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Only the Clatsop County property owner, and certain people the owner authorizes, can sign a PVAB petition.[2]
Informal reviewClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Clatsop County suggests contacting the Assessment and Taxation Office first; it can sometimes make changes without an appeal.[2]
HearingsClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Clatsop County gives at least five days' written notice to petitioners who want to attend; others are heard as time allows.[2]
HearingsClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board · Session
Clatsop County's Property Value Appeals Board convened and held appeal hearings on March 17, 2026; the public may observe by Zoom.[4]

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What evidence counts in Clatsop County, and can the value go up?

What evidence can I use in Clatsop County?

Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board: Clatsop County's examples of evidence include a listing below the roll value, recent sales of similar properties, recent contractor construction costs, and written repair estimates. Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board · Deadline: In Clatsop County, evidence you want the board to consider must be submitted two days before you appear.

Evidence acceptedClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Clatsop County's examples of evidence include a listing below the roll value, recent sales of similar properties, recent contractor construction costs, and written repair estimates.[2]
Evidence ruleClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board · Deadline
In Clatsop County, evidence you want the board to consider must be submitted two days before you appear.[2]
Evidence not acceptedClatsop County Property Value Appeals Board
Clatsop County says comparing your taxes or tax-roll value with a neighbor's does not prove your property's market value.[2]

Can my assessment go up if I appeal in Clatsop County?

Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board · Limits: The Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board cannot undo the normal 3% yearly increase in assessed value, though it may reduce exception (e.g. new construction) value.

Can the value go up?Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board · Limits
The Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board cannot undo the normal 3% yearly increase in assessed value, though it may reduce exception (e.g. new construction) value.[5]

Which exemptions can lower my bill without an appeal?

Clatsop County war veterans with a 40% or greater disability (or surviving spouses/partners) may exempt part of their assessed value; apply between January 1 and April 1. Clatsop County allows the unremarried surviving spouse of a firefighter or police officer killed in the line of duty an exemption of up to $250,000 of homestead assessed value.

Disabled veteran
Clatsop County war veterans with a 40% or greater disability (or surviving spouses/partners) may exempt part of their assessed value; apply between January 1 and April 1.[6]
Public safety surviving spouse
Clatsop County allows the unremarried surviving spouse of a firefighter or police officer killed in the line of duty an exemption of up to $250,000 of homestead assessed value.[6]
Assessment limitsEffect of a lower real market value
In Clatsop County a lower real market value reduces taxes only if it drops below the assessed value on the statement.[2]

Which Oregon rules apply in Clatsop County?

These rules are the same in every Oregon county. Each link opens the rule on the Oregon page.

What do Clatsop County property taxes and assessments look like?

Figures from public records and the Census, each with its source. They describe the county's homes as a group, not the value of any one home.

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

Tax rate used: $13.78 per $1,000 of assessed value (county average, fiscal 2025-26).

How much could a lower assessment save on Clatsop County property taxes?
ExampleTax saved
$10,000 less assessed value$138 a year

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: Oregon Property Tax Statistics, Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Oregon DOR 150-303-405).

What do homeowners in Clatsop County pay in property tax?

The median owner-occupied home in Clatsop County was worth $468,300, and the median property tax its owners paid was $3,236 a year, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Median home value
$468,300
Margin of error ±$10,867.
Median property tax paid per year
$3,236
Margin of error ±$130.
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
11,374
Margin of error ±530.

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.

Median home value: Clatsop County compared

  1. Clatsop County$468,300
  2. Typical Oregon county$388,050
  3. Typical US county$185,300

Clatsop County $468,300; Typical Oregon county $388,050; Typical US county $185,300

Census survey medians for owner-occupied homes. "Typical" is the middle county of the 36 in Oregon and of all US counties.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077.

Median property tax paid: Clatsop County compared

  1. Clatsop County$3,236
  2. Typical Oregon county$2,587
  3. Typical US county$1,619

Clatsop County $3,236 a year; Typical Oregon county $2,587 a year; Typical US county $1,619 a year

Census survey medians for owner-occupied homes. "Typical" is the middle county of the 36 in Oregon and of all US counties.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25103.

Clatsop County filing windows on a calendar

  1. Clatsop County Property Value Appeals BoardDec 31, 2026 · Opens soon

The dashed line marks today.

Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board: Dec 31, 2026

Each bar is a filing window from its opening day to its last day. Forecasts show the expected closing range and are not official dates.Source: the official calendars and rules cited in the sources list below.

How often is property reassessed in Clatsop County?

Clatsop County reappraises the county area by area (recently Arch Cape, Cannon Beach and Astoria; currently Seaside and Gearhart). Exceptions: In Clatsop County, assessed value can rise more than 3% a year only for exceptions such as new improvements, subdivisions, rezoning, loss of special assessment or exemption, and omitted property.

Reassessment cycle
Clatsop County reappraises the county area by area (recently Arch Cape, Cannon Beach and Astoria; currently Seaside and Gearhart).[7]
Reassessment cycleExceptions
In Clatsop County, assessed value can rise more than 3% a year only for exceptions such as new improvements, subdivisions, rezoning, loss of special assessment or exemption, and omitted property.[8]
Valuation date
Clatsop County PVAB evidence must show market value on January 1, the date the assessor used for real market value.[2]
Level of assessment
Clatsop County's Assessment and Taxation Department must assess all land and improvements at 100% of real market value, mainly through sales ratio analysis or mass appraisal.[7]

What do home values and property taxes look like in Clatsop County?

County average rate: In fiscal 2025-26, property taxes in Clatsop County averaged $13.78 per $1,000 of assessed value (all property, county-wide).

Property tax rateCounty average rate
In fiscal 2025-26, property taxes in Clatsop County averaged $13.78 per $1,000 of assessed value (all property, county-wide).[9]

Homes in Clatsop County

From the Census Bureau's American Community Survey: how old the homes are, what kind they are, what owners say they are worth and the property taxes they pay. These figures describe all homes together, not any one home.

Median year built
1975
All housing units, owned and rented
Single-family houses, detached or attached
72%
of 23,395 housing units
Owned homes with a mortgage or similar loan
61%
of 11,374 owner-occupied homes

Home values reported by owners

  1. Less than $50,0004%
  2. $50,000 to $99,9992%
  3. $100,000 to $199,9995%
  4. $200,000 to $299,9999%
  5. $300,000 to $399,99913%
  6. $400,000 to $499,99925%
  7. $500,000 to $749,99924%
  8. $750,000 to $999,99912%
  9. $1,000,000 to $1,999,9995%
  10. $2,000,000 or more1%

Home values reported by owners in Clatsop County: Less than $50,000 4%; $50,000 to $99,999 2%; $100,000 to $199,999 5%; $200,000 to $299,999 9%; $300,000 to $399,999 13%; $400,000 to $499,999 25%; $500,000 to $749,999 24%; $750,000 to $999,999 12%; $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 5%; $2,000,000 or more 1%.

Share of owner-occupied homes in each value range. Owners give this value in the survey; it is not the assessed value.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25075.

Property taxes owners pay a year

  1. No real estate taxes3%
  2. Less than $8005%
  3. $800 to $1,4998%
  4. $1,500 to $1,9998%
  5. $2,000 to $2,99923%
  6. $3,000 or more53%

Property taxes owners pay a year in Clatsop County: No real estate taxes 3%; Less than $800 5%; $800 to $1,499 8%; $1,500 to $1,999 8%; $2,000 to $2,999 23%; $3,000 or more 53%.

Share of owner-occupied homes by the real estate taxes paid in a year, with or without a mortgage.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25102.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (2020–2024 5-year estimates, tables B25075, B25102, B25035, B25024 and B25081), retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Survey estimates have a margin of error.

More questions about Clatsop County property tax appeals

When is the Clatsop County property tax appeal deadline?

The Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board window opens October 25, 2026 and closes December 31, 2026. In Oregon, a petition to the county Property Value Appeals Board can be filed from the date the tax statements are mailed through December 31 (postmarked or delivered by then; a weekend or holiday deadline moves to the next business day).[1][13]

Is there a fee to file a property tax appeal in Clatsop County?

Clatsop County charges a $42 filing fee per account with each PVAB petition (one petition per tax account).[2]

Where do I file a property tax appeal petition in Clatsop County?

Clatsop County takes PVAB petitions by mail (postmarked December 31, with the $42 fee) or by fax received by midnight December 31.[2]

Can my assessed value go up if I appeal in Clatsop County?

The Clatsop County Property Value Appeals Board cannot undo the normal 3% yearly increase in assessed value, though it may reduce exception (e.g. new construction) value.[5]

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Where do these facts come from?

  1. [1]ORS Chapter 309: Property Value Appeals Boards (Oregon Legislature)Statute or regulation · last checked Sep 27, 2026
  2. [2]Property Value Appeals Board (PVAB) | Clatsop County ClerkOfficial guide or FAQ · last checked Oct 1, 2026
  3. [3]Appealing County Board Decisions | Clatsop County, OROfficial guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  4. [4]Hearing Notices - PVAB 2025 | Clatsop County, OROfficial guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  5. [5]Form OR-B-RPP Instructions, Oregon Property Value Appeals Board Real Property Petition (Oregon DOR 150-310-063-1, Rev. 07-22-26)Official notice, form, calendar or rules · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  6. [6]Senior Deferral and Veterans Exemption | Clatsop County, OROfficial guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  7. [7]Property Reappraisal - FAQ's | Clatsop County, OROfficial guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  8. [8]Measure 50: Oregon's Property Tax System | Clatsop County, OROfficial guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  9. [9]Oregon Property Tax Statistics, Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Oregon DOR 150-303-405)Official notice, form, calendar or rules · last checked Sep 27, 2026
  10. [10]Assessment & Taxation | Clatsop County, OROfficial guide or FAQ · last checked Oct 1, 2026
  11. [11]Property Info | Clatsop County, OROfficial guide or FAQ · last checked Oct 1, 2026
  12. [12]Property Value Appeals Board contact information by county (Oregon Department of Revenue)Official guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 27, 2026
  13. [13]ORS Chapter 311: Collection of Property Taxes (Oregon Legislature)Statute or regulation · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  14. 14.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25077: Median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units — Clatsop County, Oregon
  15. 15.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25103: Median real estate taxes paid, owner-occupied housing units — Clatsop County, Oregon
  16. 16.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25003: Tenure (owner- and renter-occupied housing units) — Clatsop County, Oregon

Data credits: Census ACS (public domain) · Census county adjacency (public domain)

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