Property Tax Appeal · Franklin County, OH
Appeal your property taxes
in Franklin County, OH.
Home to Columbus, Franklin County homeowners appeal through Ohio’s system: the county auditor sets the value, and the county Board of Revision hears the case. Boards act on evidence of market value as of the assessment date — a licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal is that evidence. Start with the $5 check to see what you’d save.
Complaints to the county Board of Revision are accepted January 1 through March 31 for the prior tax year — statewide. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for Franklin County’s procedure.
Ohio taxes 35% of market value, and you’re generally limited to one Board of Revision complaint per three-year cycle unless something like a sale or damage changed the picture — so bring your best evidence the first time. Boards of Revision see a recent arm’s-length sale or a licensed appraisal as of the January 1 tax lien date as the two strongest exhibits a homeowner can file.
Franklin County questions
Complaints to the county Board of Revision are accepted January 1 through March 31 for the prior tax year — statewide. Your assessment notice states the exact date for Franklin County.
In Ohio, the county auditor values property, with a full reappraisal every six years and a market update at the three-year midpoint. To contest your value you file a complaint (DTE Form 1) with the county Board of Revision between January 1 and March 31 — the board is a three-member panel drawn from the auditor’s, treasurer’s, and commissioners’ offices. Unresolved cases can continue to the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals or common pleas court. Reappraisal and update years move values in big, county-wide strokes, which is when individual homes get mispriced.
Comparable sales as of the assessment date, adjusted for the differences between those homes and yours — the substance of a licensed appraisal. county Board of Revision panels see hundreds of cases; a signed, USPAP-compliant report is the document they can act on.
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.