INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING
The purpose of this form is to request a review of your assessment by the staff of the Office of Real Estate Assessments. If you feel your property is appraised above or below the fair market value, or that your assessment is not equitable with surrounding properties, or is otherwise erroneous, you may file this form.
Be as specific as possible as to why you feel that your assessment is 1) above or below fair market value and/or 2) inequitable when compared to like surrounding properties. If you are requesting a review of your classification, please provide an explanation on the form. If you are aware of specific sales, which are comparable to your property, or any unusual conditions that affect the fair market value, please include these with your review so that we may consider them in the review process. Sales for your assessment neighborhood may be viewed on our website: alexandriava.gov/realestate . Only sales occurring prior to January 1, 2021 may be considered in arriving at the assessed value; hence, you may only rely on sales occurring prior to January 1, 2021 when preparing your 2021 Request for Review of Real Estate Assessment.
When filling out this form, please include a telephone number where you can be reached between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday – Friday; and your e-mail address. It is necessary for our office to have this information in order to set up an appointment for a physical inspection or for discussing the appraised value. All requests for Review of Assessment must be typed or printed legibly on an original form obtained from our office, downloaded from the website or submitted online via our website. We encourage you to submit online. Submit a separate Request for Review form for each parcel. Property owners, agents and/or representatives are required to submit all data that support their reason for a request for review when this form is filed. Complete Request for Review of Real Estate Assessment forms must be submitted to the Office of Real Estate Assessments no later than March 15, 2021. Only those forms received by the Office of Real Estate Assessments or postmarked by the United States Postal Service no later than March 15, 2021 will be accepted.
If you are an agent for the property owner, you must provide proper authorization from the property owner (not the tenant) to act on their behalf for the current assessment year. You may request instructions from the Office of Real Estate Assessments to ensure your submission of an acceptable authorization. Instructions are also available on our web page at alexandriava.gov/1662. The letter of authorization must accompany your completed form. Make it clear on the form where you want the review results mailed. We will only mail / e-mail results to ONE address.
For Commercial or income producing properties, it is very important that an income and expense survey form has been filed with our office. Calendar year 2020 data may be submitted with your review, but please make sure that the information is also submitted during the yearly request of the information.
More information regarding income and expense submissions can be found at alexandriava.gov/1664.
This form is not for a hearing by the Board of Equalization. A separate form is available for that purpose. The Board of Equalization filing deadline is June 1, 2021. A pending review by the Office or appeal to the Board of Equalization does not change the due date for real estate tax payments.