What happens to property tax when you buy in Colusa County, California?

Why your bill can jump at purchase

California uses an acquisition-value basis (California Proposition 13 (BOE)): your assessed value is set at purchase and grows under an annual cap of 2%.

Current owners here pay a typical bill of about $2,426/yr (on the $393,400 county-median home).

Estimated bill by your purchase price

Purchase priceEstimated annual taxvs typical bill
$393,400$2,426/yr+$0/yr
$491,750$3,033/yr+$607/yr
$590,100$3,639/yr+$1,213/yr

Effective rate: 0.6167% · Tier 1 · Confidence: Medium. Reassessment toward the sale price modeled from the jurisdiction's assessment basis.

Source, method & confidence

Data as of 2024-12-31 (data version 2024.1).

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year, table B25103; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year, table B25077; California State Board of Equalization, Proposition 13.

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