Monday, October 14th, 2024
As a courtesy, tax bills are mailed in the middle of July to the last known owner of real estate or to the last known address that we have on file for the taxpayer. The county tax year runs from July 1st to June 30th. You are assessed on what real estate is deeded in your name and what vehicles you have titled in your name on July 1 of the previous year. For example: the 2022 taxes that were mailed in July of 2022 are based on what the taxpayer had deeded or titled in his/her name on July 1st of 2021.
- If Additional Unpaid Tickets Exist or Prior Tickets Exist is printed on a tax
bill it usually means that the previous years taxes are unpaid. It will print on
all tax bills if taxes are not paid by May 1st. For example: If you pay your 2018
taxes on May 3rd of 2019, the 2019 tax bills you will receive in July will have
one of the two statements printed on the bill.
- It can also be printed on your bill as a flag for the tax deputy to take a closer
look at the bill to ascertain if there is a back tax or if the piece of real estate
is split into two tax classes.
Please make checks payable to: The Sheriff of Grant County
Mailing address is: 5 Highland Ave. Petersburg, WV 26847 Attn: Tax Office
- Yes, if the first half of your taxes is paid anytime up to and including September
1st of the current tax year, you will receive a 2.5% discount.
- After September 1st and up to and including September 30th, the first half will
be the base amount of taxes per year which can be found in the upper right hand
corner of the tax bill.
- After October 1st, interest of .75% will be added to your total on the first of
every month at a rate of 9% for the entire year if the taxes go unpaid.
Each bill provides a detailed breakdown of what and where the base amount of your tax dollars are going. The total of the breakdown amounts to the school, state, county etc… is the full year of your taxes calculated as the base amount (upper right hand corner of the tax bill) times two.
- We do not send out second half notices of taxes due. The tax bill you receive
one time in July has both payments outlined on it.
- The bottom portion of your tax bill outlines the first half or full year payment
amount that is due in the month you choose to pay it. If you only pay your first
half, the middle section outlines your second half payment with the starting due
date of March 1st.
- Taxes are considered delinquent April 1st, and if any taxes are still owed as
of May 1st, then by law the tax amount and your name will be published with fees
added.
The taxes are assessed on vehicles you owned on July 1st of the previous year. For example: If you titled a vehicle on June 30th of 2021, you will pay taxes on that vehicle for the 2022 tax year. If you titled a vehicle on July 2nd 2021, you will pay taxes on that vehicle starting with the 2023 tax year.
High mileage vehicle discounts are handled in the Assessor's office between July 1st and October 1st. The Assessor's staff will determine the valuation discount, if any, based on vehicle year and mileage. If the valuation is lowered, the next year's tax bill will be reduced.
We now are able to accept credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover). Please be aware that there is a convenience fee of 2.00 or 2.9%, whichever is greater added to your balance due and paid directly to the payment processing company.
Yes! Click the Pay Your Taxes Online link here. Convenience fees apply.
- As a new owner or seller of real estate, it is very important that the details
of the taxes are outlined clearly during your closing. If you have an attorney or
a realtor working with you on the sale or purchase, responsibility should be assigned
at that time. The tax office is unable to tell you who owes them. We try to notify
the current owner as it would be in their best interest that the taxes are paid
to prevent the sale of the real estate.
- As a new owner, it is probable that the following years taxes will still be printed
and mailed to the previous owner. The tax bill will not be changed until a deed
has been filed and a copy is received in the assessor’s office.
- You can apply for the Homestead exemption in the Assessor's office on the first July 1st following your
64th birthday.
- For example if your turn 64 in March of 2022, you can apply on July 1st, 2022.
However if you turn 64 on July 2nd 2022, you must wait until July 1, 2023.
- If you are on total disability, you may apply for the Homestead by bringing in
your award letter to the assessors office and sign-up.
- The Homestead exemption is not a full exemption. The exemption covers the first
$20,000 of the assessed value on the property in which you live.
- Taxes become delinquent April 1st and are published with fees added on May 1st.
- If real estate taxes go unpaid, certified letters are mailed to the last known
owner or a known new owner of the real estate in September of the year following the original tax year.
- Pursuant to SB 552 (passed for 2022) taxes that go unpaid on any real estate will be certified to the state auditor's office at the close of business October 31. There will no longer be a tax lien sale at the courthouse.
-Redemptions are handled by the Auditor's office - Phone: (304) 558-2262 - Please allow 2 weeks after November 1st for the auditor's office to process the certification data.
Additional information can be found at www.legis.state.wv.us under WV Code Chapter 11A.
-We issue 1 and 2 year renewals for class A vehicles and 1 year class G motorcycles if expired less than 90 days. We also issue renewals for most other classes of vehicles. If you own a different class of vehicle, you may call us at 1-304-257-1818 to inquire as to whether we can assist you.
Grant County Sheriff
5 Highland Avenue
Petersburg, WV 26847
304-257-1818 - Phone
304-257-2665 - Fax
Grant County Sheriff
Attn: Tax Office
5 Highland Avenue
Petersburg, WV 26847
304-257-1818 - Phone
304-257-2665 - Fax