Property Tax Appeal · Solano County, CA
Appeal your assessment
in Solano County, CA.
Home to Fairfield, Solano County homeowners appeal through California’s system: the county assessor sets the value, and the Assessment Appeals Board 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.
The regular filing window runs July 2 through either September 15 or November 30, depending on your county. Check which deadline your county uses. Your assessment notice states the exact date — and the appraiser prepares your report and filing guidance for Solano County’s procedure.
Because Prop 13 keeps long-held assessments low, the homeowners with the strongest cases are usually recent buyers and owners in markets that have cooled since purchase. Decline-in-value reductions are temporary — the assessor can restore value as the market recovers — but the savings while they last are real.
Solano County questions
The regular filing window runs July 2 through either September 15 or November 30, depending on your county. Check which deadline your county uses. Your assessment notice states the exact date for Solano County.
Proposition 13 caps how fast your base-year value can grow, so most California homeowners appeal in one of two situations: the market value of the home has dropped below the assessed value (a "decline in value" or Prop 8 appeal), or a reassessment event — like a purchase or new construction — set the base-year value too high. You file an Application for Changed Assessment with your county’s Assessment Appeals Board and present evidence of market value as of the January 1 lien date.
Comparable sales as of the assessment date, adjusted for the differences between those homes and yours — the substance of a licensed appraisal. Assessment Appeals Board 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.