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Wake County: Commissioners adopt the 2027 revaluation Schedule of Values

A legal notice says the board issued the order Monday, Oct. 19. The schedules take effect Jan. 1, 2027. Challenging the schedules is a different process from appealing a later notice of value.

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What we know

Confirmed

  • A public notice signed by Wake County Tax Administrator Marcus Kinrade says the Board of Commissioners, at its regular meeting Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, issued an order adopting the Uniform Schedules of Values, Standards and Rules for the 2027 countywide revaluation of real property at true value and present-use value as of Jan. 1, 2027.Confirmed by Notice of Adoption of Uniform Schedules of Values, posted Oct. 20, 2026
  • CBS17 reported the same Monday vote, describing it as approval of the Schedule of Values that appraisers use in the 2027 revaluation.Confirmed by CBS17, Oct. 20, 2026
  • The Oct. 19 regular-meeting agenda listed item 13 as adoption of the schedules, standards and rules for the 2027 county-wide real property revaluation. The meeting was set for 2 p.m. at the Wake County Justice Center in Raleigh.Confirmed by NC govwatch listing of the Oct. 19, 2026, Board of Commissioners agenda; Wake County meeting notice
  • County tax pages describe the Schedule of Values as a manual of rates, value ranges and guidelines for appraising property at fair market value, including construction, market-condition and land schedules. By law, the Board of Commissioners must approve it.Confirmed by Wake County Schedule of Values page; Revaluation FAQ
  • Those pages say the rates and ranges are effective Jan. 1, 2027, and stay in effect until the next revaluation. Changes or improvements made in between are to be appraised using the same document. A PDF is posted at wake.gov/sov.Confirmed by Wake County Schedule of Values page; Revaluation FAQ
  • The notice says the schedules may be examined at the Department of Tax Administration, Wake County Justice Center, 301 S. McDowell Street, Suite 3800, Raleigh, and at wake.gov/sov. A property owner who asserts the schedules are invalid may except to the order and appeal to the Property Tax Commission no later than Nov. 17, 2026.Confirmed by Notice of Adoption of Uniform Schedules of Values, posted Oct. 20, 2026
  • The county's 2027 revaluation page says the current assessed values are from the Jan. 1, 2024, revaluation. Updated values as of Jan. 1, 2027, are due to be presented to commissioners on Jan. 19, 2027, with notices of assessed value starting that week, by Jan. 22.Confirmed by Wake County Revaluation 2027 page
  • The planned deadline to appeal an individual assessed value to the Board of Equalization and Review is April 30, 2027. Tax bills due Sept. 1, 2027, will use the 2027 values and the tax rates elected officials set in June 2027.Confirmed by Wake County Revaluation 2027 page; Revaluation FAQ
  • Revaluation updates assessed value. It does not set the tax rate. The FAQ says a tax bill is assessed value multiplied by the rate, and that the effect on a given bill cannot be known until the rate is set.Confirmed by Wake County Revaluation FAQ
  • In March 2025, commissioners voted to move toward a two-year cycle. The FAQ says the 2027 revaluation is next, and the first two-year-cycle revaluation is effective Jan. 1, 2029.Confirmed by Wake County Revaluation FAQ

Still unknown

  • The roll-call vote on Monday's order. The legal notice and CBS17 both report adoption; neither published a tally
  • How any one parcel's 2027 assessed value will compare with its 2024 value. Those figures have not been mailed

What this means for you

Instructions from Wake County Government

This site is not Wake County Tax Administration. The schedules are at wake.gov/sov and at Suite 3800 of the Wake County Justice Center, 301 S. McDowell Street, Raleigh. Questions: 919-857-3800 or revaluation@wake.gov. This site is not an emergency service. If anyone is in danger, call 911.

What happened

In Raleigh, the Wake County Board of Commissioners adopted the rulebook for the 2027 real-estate revaluation at its Monday, Oct. 19, meeting.

A legal notice signed by Tax Administrator Marcus Kinrade says the board issued an order that day approving the Uniform Schedules of Values, Standards and Rules. Those schedules are to be used to value real property at true value and at present-use value as of Jan. 1, 2027. CBS17 also reported the Monday approval.

The county's own Schedule of Values page, when checked early Tuesday, still used older wording that the board would consider the document on Oct. 19. We are treating the signed notice as the record of the vote.

What Monday's order is, and is not

County tax pages describe that document as a manual of rates, ranges and guidelines for construction, market conditions and land. Commissioners have to approve it before it takes effect. A PDF is posted at wake.gov/sov.

Monday's action does not set a new tax rate, and it does not assign a household's 2027 assessed value. Those notices are not due until January.

County FAQ language treats a tax bill as assessed value times the rate that county and city elected officials set. Until the 2027 rate is adopted, the county says no one can know how a given bill will change.

Two different appeal paths

The notice says owners who say the schedules themselves are invalid may except to the order and appeal to the Property Tax Commission by Nov. 17, 2026. The schedules may be read at Tax Administration, 301 S. McDowell Street, Suite 3800, in the Justice Center, or at wake.gov/sov.

Appealing a later notice of value is a separate step. Staff are to present 2027 results to commissioners on Jan. 19, 2027, and notices should start reaching owners by Jan. 22. The planned deadline to take an individual value to the Board of Equalization and Review is April 30, 2027.

What happens to tax bills

Values on the books now come from Jan. 1, 2024. The Sept. 1, 2026, bills use those figures. Taxes due Sept. 1, 2027, will use the new values and the rates adopted in June 2027.

In March 2025, the board voted to move toward revaluing every two years. County answers say 2027 is next, and Jan. 1, 2029, is the first date on that shorter cycle.

This site is not Wake County. For the PDF and the questions page, use wake.gov/sov and the 2027 revaluation pages. Tax Administration's revaluation line is 919-857-3800, and the email is revaluation@wake.gov.

Photos

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Why it matters

Monday's order is the rulebook for how Wake County will appraise land and buildings as of Jan. 1, 2027. It is not a new tax rate and not a household's new value. Owners who want to challenge the schedules have a Nov. 17 deadline that is separate from next year's value appeals.

Updates

  1. Oct 20, 2026, 6:00 AM

    A legal notice says commissioners issued an order Monday adopting the 2027 Schedule of Values, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Appeals of the schedules to the Property Tax Commission are due by Nov. 17, 2026.

Sources

  1. Notice of Adoption of Uniform Schedules of Values, Standards and Rules for 2027 countywide revaluation (Oct. 19, 2026 order; true value and present-use value as of Jan. 1, 2027; examination at Tax Administration, 301 S. McDowell St., Suite 3800, and wake.gov/sov; appeal to Property Tax Commission by Nov. 17, 2026; signed Marcus Kinrade, Wake County Tax Administrator; IPL0377604)

    Official sourcePublished by Wake County Tax Administrator (public notice) · Checked Oct 20, 2026, 6:00 AM

  2. Schedule of Values (manual of rates, ranges and guidelines; Board of Commissioners must approve; effective Jan. 1, 2027; PDF at wake.gov/sov; page still used pre-meeting wording that the board would consider adoption on Oct. 19)

    Official sourcePublished by Wake County Government · Checked Oct 20, 2026, 6:00 AM

  3. Revaluation 2027 (current values as of Jan. 1, 2024; 2027 values to commissioners Jan. 19, 2027; notices by Jan. 22, 2027; Board of Equalization and Review appeals planned through April 30, 2027; 919-857-3800; revaluation@wake.gov)

    Official sourcePublished by Wake County Government · Checked Oct 20, 2026, 6:00 AM

  4. Revaluation FAQ (two-year cycle after March 2025 vote; 2029 is the first two-year-cycle date; SOV must be approved; revaluation does not set the tax rate; Sept. 1, 2027 bills use 2027 values and June 2027 rates)

    Official sourcePublished by Wake County Government · Checked Oct 20, 2026, 6:00 AM

  5. Board of Commissioners regular meeting, Oct. 19, 2026, 2 p.m., Wake County Justice Center (agenda item 13: Adoption of the Schedules, Standards and Rules to be used in Conducting the 2027 County-wide Real Property Revaluation)

    Official sourcePublished by NC govwatch (Wake County agenda listing) · Checked Oct 20, 2026, 6:00 AM

  6. Wake County begins 2027 real estate property revaluation (CBS17, Oct. 20, 2026: commissioners on Monday approved the Schedule of Values for the 2027 revaluation)

    Published by CBS17 (WNCN) · Checked Oct 20, 2026, 6:00 AM

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