
Chattooga County property owners who disagree with their 2026 property assessment have only a few days remaining to file an appeal.

Chattooga County property owners who disagree with their 2026 property assessment have only a few days remaining to file an appeal.

Chattooga County residents who missed Monday night’s meeting on property taxes and the assessment appeal process can now watch a recording of the program online.

Chattooga County Sole Commissioner Andy Allen is raising questions about the terms of a proposed new three-year contract with Georgia Mass Appraisal Solutions and Services, or GMASS, the private company that provides property appraisal services for the county.

Chattooga County property owners seeing major increases on their 2026 assessment notices should not assume their property tax bills will increase by the same percentage.

Chattooga County is paying a private company more than $158,000 per year for property assessment services, according to information obtained through an open records request and reported by AllOnGeorgia.

Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton is addressing concerns from property owners who are seeing higher or unexpected values on their assessment notices, while also explaining how upcoming tax relief measures and FLOST sales tax revenue will affect final tax bills.

Property owners across Chattooga County are beginning to receive their 2026 Property Assessment Notices in the mail, but local officials want residents to understand that these notices are not property tax bills.

The Chattooga County Board of Assessors is notifying property owners that 2026 Notices of Assessment were mailed July 31 for each parcel in the county.