Jones County homeowners pay a median of $964 a year in property tax on a median home value of $130,300. Its effective tax rate (property taxes paid as a share of home values, per the Tax Foundation) is 0.69%, the 27th highest of 100 North Carolina counties. The Jones County Assessor values your home for property tax at 100% of market value as of the county's last reappraisal date. Appeals go to the Jones County Board of Equalization and Review.
Varies, some openClosed in most counties for 2026: county Boards of Equalization and Review stopped taking value appeals in spring and early summer 2026 (for example May 4 in Mecklenburg, June 30 in Orange). Exception: in the nine counties whose 2026 reappraisal was postponed (Anson, Bladen, Buncombe, Chowan, Davidson, Guilford, Onslow, Pamlico and Pender), state law lets owners appeal the postponed 2026 reappraisal value during the 2026 calendar year, so you may still be able to file by December 31, 2026. Call your county tax office to confirm. Everywhere else, the next window opens in January 2027 with informal reviews, and formal board appeals are due by each county's adjournment date, usually April to June 2027.
Your written request for a hearing must reach the county Board of Equalization and Review before the board adjourns. By law the board first meets between the first Monday in April and the first Monday in May. In years without a reappraisal it may not sit past July 1; in a reappraisal year it can sit until December 1. Each county sets and publishes its own adjournment date, so deadlines differ by county. If your value was changed by a notice mailed late, you may have extra time (the date is on the notice). Examples for 2026: Mecklenburg County - May 4, 2026; Cumberland County - May 20, 2026 at 5 p.m.; Orange County - June 30, 2026.
Phone: 252-448-2546
Address: 418 NC Highway 58 N Unit E, Trenton, NC 28585
County Assessor: Fleming Jeffress
The county assessor's office (tax administration) keeps your property record, sets your home's value, and takes informal and formal appeal requests for the county board.
In a reappraisal year, counties mail a notice of the new value early in the year (usually January to March) with instructions and deadlines. In other years, you get a notice only if the assessor changed your value (for example after new construction or to fix an error). If you got no notice, you can still appeal.
Look up your home on the Jones County Assessor website and check square footage, bathrooms, condition and features. Mistakes are the easiest wins. Use our record card checklist.
If the Jones County Assessor offers an informal review, ask for one early in the year. Then file a written appeal (most counties have their own form) with the tax office before the Jones County Board of Equalization and Review adjourns (the date is published each spring). There is no fee.
Sales of similar nearby homes close to the county's last reappraisal date (January 1 of that year); An appraisal dated close to the reappraisal date, or your purchase contract and closing statement; Your property record card with errors marked (square footage, bedrooms, baths, condition, land size); Photos and repair estimates showing damage or below-average condition.
The county's value is presumed correct, and you carry the burden of proof. At the county board you must show, by the greater weight of the evidence, that the value is wrong and substantially higher than market value. At the Property Tax Commission you must show that the county used an arbitrary or illegal method of valuation and that the value substantially exceeds the true value of your home (In re AMP, 1975).
Next step: North Carolina Property Tax Commission. Within 30 days after the date the county board mailed notice of its decision (G.S. 105-290(e)). A mailed appeal counts as filed on the USPS postmark date. File Form AV-14 (Notice of Appeal and Application for Hearing) with the Property Tax Commission, P.O. Box 871, Raleigh, NC 27602, and attach a copy of the county board's decision. You can also send a short written notice of intent to appeal within the 30 days; the Commission then sends you Form AV-14 to return within 30 days. Fax and email filings are not accepted. Send a copy of your notice of appeal to the county assessor. The case is handled like a trial without a jury: rules of evidence apply, documents are exchanged at a pre-hearing conference, and hearings are usually in Raleigh. Commission decisions can be appealed to the N.C. Court of Appeals; the notice of appeal is filed with the Commission within 30 days after its decision is entered (G.S. 105-345).
Enter the market value on your assessment notice and what you think the home would really sell for. We estimate the yearly saving if the board agrees with you.
Some states cap how fast the taxable value of a home can rise (California, Florida, Michigan and Texas homesteads, for example). If your taxable value is already held below market value by a cap, a lower market value may not lower this year's bill.
Fill in your details and download a written appeal statement as a PDF or Word file. Most boards also require their own appeal form: file the form and attach this letter and your evidence to it.
Tax Appeal Map is a free information site, not a law firm or appraiser. The letter is a template, not legal advice.
Your written request for a hearing must reach the county Board of Equalization and Review before the board adjourns. By law the board first meets between the first Monday in April and the first Monday in May. In years without a reappraisal it may not sit past July 1; in a reappraisal year it can sit until December 1. Each county sets and publishes its own adjournment date, so deadlines differ by county. If your value was changed by a notice mailed late, you may have extra time (the date is on the notice). Examples for 2026: Mecklenburg County - May 4, 2026; Cumberland County - May 20, 2026 at 5 p.m.; Orange County - June 30, 2026.
File a written appeal with the Jones County tax office (the assessor serves as clerk to the Jones County Board of Equalization and Review) before the board's published adjournment date.
Phone 252-448-2546. Website: jonescountync.gov.
No fee.
Contact details change; call or check the office website before you visit.