Grady County Tax Commissioner’s Office

08/31/2026

08/28/2026

House Bill 581 (homestead property tax relief bill) signed into law last year limits the amount of increase in the 40% taxable assessment value to 3% or the CPI-U inflation index rate, whichever is less. The inflation index for 2026 taxable value is 2.71%. If millage rates, which are set by the County Commissioners, School Board, Cairo City Council and Whigham City Council are set at the rollback rate or less what we pay for 2026 should be 2.71% higher than 2025 taxes. Yes, millage rates are the unknown variable at this time. We the taxpayers should encourage these taxing authorities to strive to use the rollback rate or less. Values set by the Tax Assessors office and millage rates set by the taxing authorities determines how much our property tax bills will be. My office door is always open to anyone who has questions and if you call I'll answer your call or return your call.
Don't forget to renew your tags if you have a birthday this month.

08/26/2026

Good morning everyone, we are getting our 2026 assessment notices from the Tax Assessor in the mail now. I've been asked questions about why values keep going up. I'll try to explain a part of the equation most everyone doesn't know about or know much about. That is the Georgia DOR Department of Audits sales ratio audits for every county in Georgia. The sales ratio looks at sales from each class of property and arrays them in a list from lowest ratio to highest and picks the one in the middle to get the median ratio. It is more accurate than the average. The average is affected by the extreme highs and extreme lows. The median just picks the one in the middle with no regard to the amount of the extremes. The State Department of Audits says each county must maintain a sales ratio of 36% to 44% or the county will be fined $5.00 for every parcel in the county. In 2023 Grady County's sales ratio was 27.7%, today it's approximately 38.11%. How does sales ratios affect our property values? Anyone who buys property in Grady County and pays way more than it was valued at is contributing to our increased property values. Audit Department sees the sales prices for each class of property that was sold or built in 2025 and uses the median figure and basically says that is what the fair market value is for the different classes of property for 2026. I know the Tax Assessors office and my office are the people you see and talk to, but I can assure you the Tax Assessor and Board of Tax Assessors are only following law and don't solely set property values. The law says stay in the sales ratio of 36% to 44% or face fines. With House Bill 581, if you have homesteaded property exemption although our fair market value increased the most our tax amount can increase is either 3% or the amount of the CPI-U inflation index which ever is less. The CPI-U index for this years bill is 2.7%. In theory if millage rates stay the same for 2026 we will pay slightly more than last year for homesteaded property. If millage rates are lowered the slight increase would be less. As always I have an open door to everyone and will be glad to assist you anyway that I can.

08/24/2026

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08/24/2026

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08/24/2026

Good morning!! The Tax Assessors office completed the 2026 property tax assessment notices last week. 2026 assessment notices are in the mail. Anyone wishing to file an appeal must do so with the Tax Assessors office. The 45 day deadline to file an appeal is October 5, 2026. If you have an upcoming birthday don't forget to renew your vehicle tags.

08/17/2026

The roles of the Tax Commissioner and Tax Assessor. As Tax Commissioner our taxpayers come to me regularly want to talk, vent and sometimes argue about the values placed on their properties. As your Tax Commissioner I am responsible for taking the property values assessed by the Tax Assessor and Board of Tax Assessors and combining them with the millage rates set by the County, School board, city of Cairo and city of Whigham and creating your bill, collecting the money and then disperse the collections back to the County, School, Cairo and Whigham. I have absolutely no say so in how much is placed on property. Any exemption that you may qualify for has to be applied for in the Tax Assessors office and approved by them and the Board of Assessors. As I've always said my office door is always open to anyone and I will always do what I can to assist you.

07/28/2026

It appears the phones are not working in all County offices. We apologize for the inconvenience. Hopefully service will be restored soon.

07/23/2026

Good morning. A friendly reminder to mobile home owners who have not paid their taxes, please come take care of your bill before phase 2 fees are added by our delinquent tax company who prepares for a tax sale.
On another note, we try to accommodate our customers as best we can. When you come in and pay for Motor Vehicle Services the State of Georgia tells us we are not to refund after the fact. As an example, if you came in and registered a vehicle and applied for a title as soon as that transaction occurs it is in the State of Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles data base and a new title will be issued within 3 days. We do not refund after the fact without getting the blessing of the State. On the flip side, in our training, as I stated the State says don't refund but if we call the State on your behalf we our told the Tax Commissioner can make that decision, so to be consistent and fair we reach out to the State to insure we handle situations the same across the board.
If you have a birthday coming up don't forget to renew your tags.

07/09/2026

Our delinquent tax company has started the process for a mobile home tax sale. Notice of FIFA'S have been mailed out by them. They have added their phase one fee. Please come in, call or go online at gradyproperty.assurancegov.com and pay them now to avoid their phase two fees. The tax sale will not be until November 3, 2026 but the longer the bills go unpaid it will cost you more. Please please pay now, those extra fees is like throwing money in the trash can.