WELCOME TO THE BANKS COUNTY BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS WEBSITE

OUR MISSION:

To provide courteous, accurate, and efficient services for the Citizens of Banks County. To assess all taxable property at 100% Fair Market Value in a fair and impartial manner.

Real Property Return Form Click Here!

Conservation Use Acreage Limit: Effective January 1, 2012, there is a 20.0 acre minimum required for all NEW and RENEWAL Conservation Use Covenants. All applications for Conservation Use with less than 20.0 acres require substantial proof of bona fide agricultural use.

PUBLIC NOTICE:

Notice to Banks County Property Owners and Occupants. In accordance with O.C.G.A. 48-5-264.1, please be advised that the Banks County Appraisal Staff may be visiting your property to review your parcel information concerning an appeal filed, return filed, construction of new improvement or addition, review of parcel, and/or conservation use application. The field appraiser from our office will have photo identification and will be driving a marked county vehicle. If you have any further questions, please call our office at (706) 677-6223.

Please be advised that the dates to make Property Tax Returns are from January 1 to April 1 each year. You may submit your current estimate of property value during this time to request a review of your property. THIS IS ALSO THE TIME TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIALIZED ASSESSMENTS.

Homestead Exemption Applications must be filed by April 1 of each year to be applicable for the current tax year.

Did you know?

Banks County was created by an act of the General Assembly signed by Gov. Joseph E. Brown on Dec 11, 1858. According to that legislation, the county was to be laid out from portions of Franklin and Habersham counties on Feb. 1, 1859, with county officers elected the next month. Georgia’s 129th county was named for Dr. Richard Banks, a noted Gainesville physician and surgeon who died three years earlier.

Ty Cobb was born in Banks county on December 18, 1886 at 1350 Hwy. 105 (Ty Cobb Parkway), Ty Cobb spent 24 years playing professional baseball and was the first player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

BANKS CO TAX ASSESSORS
150 HUDSON RIDGE, STE: 6
HOMER GA 30547
706-677-6223
FAX-706-677-6218