Clarendon County Assessor’s Office

An important role of the Clarendon County Assessor’s Office is to establish fair market value for all real property in Clarendon County, which helps to ensure that the property tax burden is shared fairly and equally. To this end, the Assessor’s Office is responsible for conducting a countywide reassessment of all real property within its jurisdiction once every five years as prescribed by State law. in performance of its duties, the Assessor’s Office has three main goals:

First: to achieve accuracy in property tax assessments. The Assessor’s Office appraises all property at fair market value, which enables property owners to evaluate the accuracy and fairness of their assessments in a straightforward manner. If assessments differed significantly from market values, property owners would have difficulty comprehending and determining the fairness of their assessments.

Second: to achieve equity in the property valuation process. The Assessor’s Office sees that all properties are assessed in a similar manner.

Third: to achieve fairness in property tax distribution. To achieve fairness, the Assessor’s Office ensures that property owners’ share of the total property tax in Clarendon County is the same as their share of the total value of property.