What happens to property tax when you buy in Nevada 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 $4,694/yr (on the $621,800 county-median home).

Estimated bill by your purchase price

Purchase priceEstimated annual taxvs typical bill
$621,800$4,694/yr+$0/yr
$777,250$5,867/yr+$1,173/yr
$932,700$7,041/yr+$2,347/yr

Effective rate: 0.7549% · 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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