Property Tax Reappraisals Given 1-Year Moratorium

Stein signs bill delaying new property tax valuations

Gov. Josh Stein signed two bills into law Friday, including one that would delay the use of new property tax valuations in counties that conducted 2026 reappraisals. Under Senate Bill 889, Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium, counties that conducted property revaluations this year would be required to ignore their newly updated property valuations for the 2026-27 fiscal year and instead continue using values from their previous reappraisal. Begi…

Property tax reappraisals given 1-year moratorium

(The Center Square) – Property tax reappraisals will have a one-year moratorium in North Carolina.

Property tax moratorium proposal nears deadline for Stein decision

(The Center Square) – Six bills are awaiting decision by North Carolina first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein as of Thursday afternoon, and the legislative tracker says three more go to

Stein signs property tax bill

RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) – Governor Josh Stein has signed a bill which places limits on property tax increases. Stein signed the moratorium which applies to counties with reappraisals that became effective on Jan. 1, 2026. It would temporarily prohibit those counties, particularly, those with populations of 15,000 or more, from applying the new reappraisals to property tax bills. “The cost of living is too high. This law provides tax relief for …

Property tax bill heads to Stein

RALEIGH — A bill placing a one-year moratorium on county property tax reappraisals is headed to Gov. Josh Stein’s desk. Senate Bill 889 passed the Senate by a vote of 35-8 in early May and was passed by the House on June 10 by a vote of 70-42. Four House Democrats voted with Republicans for passag