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Josephine County, Oregon property tax appeals

A Josephine County property tax appeal starts with the Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board. The Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board opens Oct 25, 2026 and closes Dec 31, 2026. The filing fee is $30 per petition.

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Josephine 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
$30 per petition
Where to file first
Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board
Office address
PO Box 69, Grants Pass OR 97528 · 541-474-5240
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When and where do I file a Josephine County property tax appeal?

Who hears a Josephine County appeal?

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Who hears it: Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board

Filing: petition

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Where is the Josephine County office?

Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board[5]

Address
PO Box 69, Grants Pass OR 97528

Property Value Appeals Board[12]

Josephine County Clerk & Recorder (clerk for the PVAB)

Address
500 NW 6th St., Room 170, Grants Pass, OR 97526
Hours
Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.

Assessor[10]

Josephine County Assessor's Office

Address
500 NW 6th St., Dept. 3, Grants Pass, OR 97526
Hours
Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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Which Josephine County filing windows are coming up?

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

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

The soonest deadline we list: Josephine County, Josephine 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 timeJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board
Josephine County PVAB petitions are due to the Clerk's Office by December 31; a deadline on a weekend or legal holiday moves to the next business day.[2]

Who decides a property tax appeal in Josephine County?

Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board decisions can be appealed by the owner or the Assessor to the Magistrate Division of the Oregon Tax Court. Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board: In Josephine County, a value appeal is a petition to the Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board on the state's Real Property Petition (Form OR-B-RPP).

Appeal stepsJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board
Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board decisions can be appealed by the owner or the Assessor to the Magistrate Division of the Oregon Tax Court.[3]
What the appeal is calledJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board
In Josephine County, a value appeal is a petition to the Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board on the state's Real Property Petition (Form OR-B-RPP).[4]

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

Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board: Josephine County PVAB petitions are submitted by the deadline to the county's PVAB clerk: PO Box 69, Grants Pass OR 97528, 541-474-5240. Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board: Josephine County PVAB forms and instructions are at the County Clerk's Office or online from mid-October until December 31.

How to fileJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board
Josephine County PVAB petitions are submitted by the deadline to the county's PVAB clerk: PO Box 69, Grants Pass OR 97528, 541-474-5240.[5]
FormsJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board
Josephine County PVAB forms and instructions are at the County Clerk's Office or online from mid-October until December 31.[6]
Filing feeJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board
Josephine County PVAB petitions require a $30 filing fee per petition; a petition without it is treated as defective.[6]
Who may fileJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board
Only certain people (the owner, relatives, brokers, appraisers, accountants, attorneys and a few others) may sign a Josephine County PVAB petition and represent the petitioner.[7]
Informal reviewJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board · Request for review
Josephine County owners can apply for a Request for Review with the Assessor's Office by the first Thursday in December, before the December 31 PVAB deadline.[2]
HearingsJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board
Josephine County PVAB hearings are held from the first Monday in February through April 15.[6]
HearingsJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board · Schedule
Josephine County's 2026 PVAB hearing schedule listed February 26, 2026; petition hearings are held between the first Monday in February and April 15.[8]

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

What evidence can I use in Josephine County?

Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board: A Josephine County petition must explain the basis of the appeal and give evidence that the Assessor's value is incorrect. Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board · Returned: Evidence filed with a Josephine County PVAB petition, including pictures and appraisals, is kept and not returned.

Evidence acceptedJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board
A Josephine County petition must explain the basis of the appeal and give evidence that the Assessor's value is incorrect.[7]
Evidence ruleJosephine County Property Value Appeals Board · Returned
Evidence filed with a Josephine County PVAB petition, including pictures and appraisals, is kept and not returned.[7]

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

Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board · Limits: The Josephine 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?Josephine County Property Value Appeals Board · Limits
The Josephine 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.[7]

Which exemptions can lower my bill without an appeal?

Josephine County veterans certified at least 40% disabled (and surviving spouses of qualified veterans) may get a property tax exemption; the application deadline is April 1.

Disabled veteran
Josephine County veterans certified at least 40% disabled (and surviving spouses of qualified veterans) may get a property tax exemption; the application deadline is April 1.[9]

Which Oregon rules apply in Josephine County?

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

What do Josephine 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 Josephine County property taxes?

Tax rate used: $10.13 per $1,000 of assessed value (county average, fiscal 2025-26).

How much could a lower assessment save on Josephine County property taxes?
ExampleTax saved
$10,000 less assessed value$101 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 Josephine County pay in property tax?

The median owner-occupied home in Josephine County was worth $404,300, and the median property tax its owners paid was $2,086 a year, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Median home value
$404,300
Margin of error ±$14,314.
Median property tax paid per year
$2,086
Margin of error ±$91.
Median tax as a share of median value
0.52%
A ratio of two medians, not a tax rate. Your own bill depends on your assessment and local levies.
Owner-occupied homes
26,333
Margin of error ±668.

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
28,554
Median assessed value
$380,005
Middle half of assessed values
$287,943 to $499,930

Source: The county's open assessment data, aggregated by us (tax year 2025 final values). Our calculation from public records; not an opinion of any home's value.

How Josephine County home assessments are spread

Assessed values of 28,554 homes in the property classes our free check covers (RES, SFR, MFR, RUR), tax year 2025 final values. Half are between $287,943 and $499,930; the median is $380,005. The last bar holds everything above it.Source: Assessment records from the county's open data (tax year 2025 final values), retrieved Sep 28, 2026; our calculation.

Median home assessment by map book

  1. Map book 400$445,990
  2. Map book 034$422,650
  3. Map book 030$383,830
  4. Map book 032$359,085
  5. Map book 033$357,260
  6. Map book 031$351,175

Median assessed value by map book: highest Map book 400 ($445,990), lowest Map book 031 ($351,175).

Median assessed value of homes in the property classes our free check covers (RES, SFR, MFR, RUR) for each map book with at least 50 such homes, tax year 2025 final values.Source: Assessment records from the county's open data (tax year 2025 final values), retrieved Sep 28, 2026; our calculation.

Median home value: Josephine County compared

  1. Josephine County$404,300
  2. Typical Oregon county$388,050
  3. Typical US county$185,300

Josephine County $404,300; 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: Josephine County compared

  1. Josephine County$2,086
  2. Typical Oregon county$2,587
  3. Typical US county$1,619

Typical Oregon county $2,587 a year; Josephine County $2,086 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.

Josephine County filing windows on a calendar

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

The dashed line marks today.

Josephine 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 Josephine County?

The Josephine County Assessor estimates the market value of each taxable property as of the annual January 1 assessment date. January 1 is Josephine County's annual assessment date.

Reassessment cycle
The Josephine County Assessor estimates the market value of each taxable property as of the annual January 1 assessment date.[10]
Valuation date
January 1 is Josephine County's annual assessment date.[2]
Level of assessment
In Josephine County, as elsewhere in Oregon, assessed value equals the lesser of real market value and maximum assessed value.[7]

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

County average rate: In fiscal 2025-26, property taxes in Josephine County averaged $10.13 per $1,000 of assessed value (all property, county-wide).

Property tax rateCounty average rate
In fiscal 2025-26, property taxes in Josephine County averaged $10.13 per $1,000 of assessed value (all property, county-wide).[11]

Homes in Josephine 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
1982
All housing units, owned and rented
Single-family houses, detached or attached
75%
of 39,503 housing units
Owned homes with a mortgage or similar loan
57%
of 26,333 owner-occupied homes

Home values reported by owners

  1. Less than $50,0006%
  2. $50,000 to $99,9993%
  3. $100,000 to $199,9995%
  4. $200,000 to $299,99913%
  5. $300,000 to $399,99923%
  6. $400,000 to $499,99919%
  7. $500,000 to $749,99921%
  8. $750,000 to $999,9998%
  9. $1,000,000 to $1,999,9992%
  10. $2,000,000 or more<1%

Home values reported by owners in Josephine County: Less than $50,000 6%; $50,000 to $99,999 3%; $100,000 to $199,999 5%; $200,000 to $299,999 13%; $300,000 to $399,999 23%; $400,000 to $499,999 19%; $500,000 to $749,999 21%; $750,000 to $999,999 8%; $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 2%; $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 $80010%
  3. $800 to $1,49920%
  4. $1,500 to $1,99917%
  5. $2,000 to $2,99927%
  6. $3,000 or more24%

Property taxes owners pay a year in Josephine County: No real estate taxes 3%; Less than $800 10%; $800 to $1,499 20%; $1,500 to $1,999 17%; $2,000 to $2,999 27%; $3,000 or more 24%.

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 Josephine County property tax appeals

When is the Josephine County property tax appeal deadline?

The Josephine 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 Josephine County?

Josephine County PVAB petitions require a $30 filing fee per petition; a petition without it is treated as defective.[6]

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

Josephine County PVAB petitions are submitted by the deadline to the county's PVAB clerk: PO Box 69, Grants Pass OR 97528, 541-474-5240.[5]

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

The Josephine 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.[7]

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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]Important Dates and Deadlines (Josephine County Assessor, Josephine County, OR)Official guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  3. [3]How to Appeal Your Property Value, 150-303-668 (Oregon Department of Revenue, Rev. 07-15-24)Official notice, form, calendar or rules · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  4. [4]Form OR-B-RPP, Oregon Property Value Appeals Board Real Property Petition (Oregon Department of Revenue, 150-310-063, Rev. 07-22-26, PDF)Official notice, form, calendar or rules · last checked Sep 29, 2026
  5. [5]Property Value Appeals Board contact information by county (Oregon Department of Revenue)Official guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 29, 2026
  6. [6]Property Value Appeals Board (PVAB) | Josephine County Clerk (Wayback capture, March 2025)Official guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 29, 2026
  7. [7]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
  8. [8]Property Value Appeals Board PVAB Formerly known as BOPTA (Josephine County, OR)Official guide or FAQ · last checked Oct 1, 2026
  9. [9]Disabled Veteran & Surviving Spouse (Josephine County Assessor, Josephine County, OR)Official guide or FAQ · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  10. [10]Assessor (Josephine County, OR)Official guide or FAQ · last checked Oct 1, 2026
  11. [11]Oregon Property Tax Statistics, Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Oregon DOR 150-303-405)Official notice, form, calendar or rules · last checked Sep 27, 2026
  12. [12]Clerk (Josephine County, OR)Official guide or FAQ · last checked Oct 1, 2026
  13. [13]ORS Chapter 311: Collection of Property Taxes (Oregon Legislature)Statute or regulation · last checked Sep 30, 2026
  14. 14.County open data: josephine assessmentsRetrieved Sep 28, 2026; aggregated by us for the charts above.
  15. 15.County open data: josephine assessmentsRetrieved Sep 28, 2026; aggregated by us for the charts above.
  16. 16.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25077: Median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units — Josephine County, Oregon
  17. 17.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25103: Median real estate taxes paid, owner-occupied housing units — Josephine County, Oregon
  18. 18.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25003: Tenure (owner- and renter-occupied housing units) — Josephine County, Oregon

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

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