Virginia's Use Value Assessment Program

This page contains links to publications related to use value assessment in Virginia and found useful and collected here for your convenience.

Each entry has a title, a summary, a list of authors, a date of publication or when it was last updated, and links to the material in various formats. 

Publications:

Virginia's Use-Value Taxation Program (Presentation made at the Assessor's Siminar - July 9, 2008)

By:                Groover, Gordon
                      
Date:               July 2008
Formats:          PDF:

Methods and Procedures: Determining the Use Value of Agricultural and Horticultural Land in Virginia (Applicable to Tax-Year 2008 and 2002 Census of Agriculture) Revised November 2007

By:                 Bruce, Lex
                       Groover, Gordon
Date:               March 2008
Formats:          PDF

TY2009: Map and list of Virginia counties/cities with enabling legislation for use-value taxation

By:                  Bruce, Lex
                       Groover, Gordon
Date:               July 2008
Formats:          PDF

Why Use-value Estimates Can Differ Between Counties

By:                  Bruce, Lex
                       Groover, Gordon
Date:               May 2008
Formats:          PDF

Horizons - Use-Value Taxation in Virginia : A Brief Description

By:                    Licher, Monica
                         Groover, Gordon
Date:                  January/February 2006
Formats:            PDF

REAP Publication: Results of the 2003 Agricultural and Horticultural Use-Value Taxation Program Survey

By:                   Groover, Gordon
                         Drumheller, Robert
                         Pelletier, Beth Anne
                         Richardson, Jesse
Date:                August 2004
Formats:            PDF

Measuring the Impact of Use-Value Taxation for Northampton County, Virginia

By:                    Drumheller, Robert
                         Pelletier, Beth Ann
                         Groover, Gordon
Date:                 March 2004
Formats:            PDF

Virginia Use Values Decline

Discusses Virginia use values for tax year 2003.

By:                    Pelletier, Beth Ann
Date:                 December 2002
Formats:            HTML

SLEAC Manual

The purpose of this manual is to bring together background information needed by local officials involved in or
considering a use-value assessment program.

By:                    State Land Evaluation Advisory Council
Date:                 2003
Formats:            PDF

A Citizen's Guide to the Use Value Taxation Program in Virginia

A useful guide which describes how use value differs from fair market values, the role of government land officials, the role of SLEAC, and background on how estimated use value of agricultural land in Virginia is calculated.

By:                   Lamie, Dr. R David and Groover, Dr. Gordon
Date:                November 2000
Formats:            HTML

Does Use Value Taxation Hold Potential to Lower Farmers' Property Tax Bills?

Discusses whether an individual farm landowner should expect a lower property tax bill as the result of use value assessment in Virginia.

By:                    Lamie, Dr. R. David
Date:                 October 2000
Formats:            HTML

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