The Walker County Board of Assessors has contracted with LMC Inc. to perform property reviews throughout the county. They will be working primarily in the incorporated areas. LMC representatives will have a Walker County Assessors Office identification card with them. They will not ask to enter your home. As always, you may call the Assessors office at 706-638-4823 to verify their credentials.


Assessors Office
Terry Gilreath, Chief Appraiser
706-638-4823 Office
706-638-8363 Fax

Assessment notices are now sent every year, following a change in state law. These are notices only, they are not bills. Noticed for 2023 were mailed the week of May 15.

An appeal can be made in writing one of three ways:

1) Board of Assessors
2) Arbitration
3) Hearing Office

We are located on the second floor of the Walker County Local Government Services building, 122 Highway 95 in Rock Spring. Our office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Our mailing address is:

PO BOX 399
Rock Spring, GA 30739

PUBLIC NOTICE:
You are hereby notified (and should communicate this notification to any other occupants of your property) that pursuant to O.C.GA 48-5-264.1 (a), representatives of the Walker County Assessors Office, with proper I.D., may visit your property during normal business hours, posted or not, with reasonable notice; for the purposes of collecting accurate data or any verifications thereof due to any permits issued, taxpayer property returns, revaluations (partial or whole), parcel sales, covenants, land splits, 3 year review and appeal reviews. This includes all residential properties, and manufactured housing, commercial and industrial properties. Reviews of real property are external only. Interior reviews are at the property owners’ request.


The Board of Assessors holds public meetings on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at the Assessors Office Conference Room when there is business to address.

BOARD OF ASSESSORS MEMBERS
Buddy Chapman, Chairman
Karen Deck
John Howard
Steve Ledbetter
Melba Powell

The Assessors Office determines the fair market value of real and personal property.  They also maintain current property ownership and tax parcel mapping.

To view tax maps and property records online go to qPublic.net (opens external site)

If you are a member of Law Enforcement, the non disclosure form is available here.

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