Assessor
This site is to provide easy access to real estate assessment data and information regarding the real estate assessments. The Department of Real Estate Assessments is responsible for the fair and equitable valuation of real property. The current assessment became effective January 1, 2021 and will remain in effect until January 1, 2023. As mandated by the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors, Culpeper assesses on a biennial cycle.
Our Office Functions include:
- Ensuring that the County's real property tax base is maintained in a fair and equitable manner and that the general public, public officials, and staff receive information in a timely and effective manner
- Generating in a timely and accurate manner the assessment information for the Treasurer to complete the real property tax billing process
- Maintaining appraisal and property record data for assessment and taxation purposes
- Managing an assessment system for the maintenance of fair market values and equitable assessments on all types of real property within Culpeper County including the Town of Culpeper
- Managing the land use assessment program under which you must revalidate with each General Reassessment (which falls on every odd year)
- Administering the Tax Relief Program for the Elderly and Disabled
- Administering Tax Relief for Disabled Veterans, Surviving Spouses of Disabled Veterans, Surviving Spouses of members of the Armed Forces of the United States killed in Action, and Surviving Spouses of certain persons killed in the line of duty.
Real Estate Assessments
The Real Estate Assessments Office collects information regarding property descriptions, property sales, and other real estate market data. To ensure property descriptions are accurate, County appraisers periodically inspect properties to verify current data.
One or more of the following methods are used to value property:
- The Sales Comparison Approach: The assessed value is based on recent sales of similar properties. Properties that have sold are analyzed and adjustments are made for differences such as size, condition, age, location and interior and exterior amenities.
- The Cost Approach: Current materials, labor costs and depreciation rates are used to determine how much it would cost to replace a property. Also, the Assessor's Office determines how much a similar lot(s) would be worth if it were vacant.
- The Income Approach: Industry-derived figures are used to determine the income a property would generate and the cost to maintain and operate that property.
Real estate assessments are a matter of public record. Other public information available at the real estate assessments office includes sale prices and dates, legal descriptions, descriptions of the land and buildings and ownership information.
Office Staff:
- W. Jason Kilby -County Assessor
- Christine N. Hackley- Real Estate Transfer Specialist
- Christy Mulliniks - Land Use / Tax Relief Admin.
- Cherish Strother- Real Estate Clerk
- Kim Brown Kerr - Residential Appraiser
- Patricia K. Brown - Residential Appraiser
- Stephanie Haines - Real Estate Technician
