Frequently Asked Questions

Yakima County is an annual county. This means that we revalue all property in the county annually. Even though we revalue property every year, your parcel value may not change.

All property is physically inspected at least once every 6 years through an inspection cycle plan. Your parcel can be inspected more frequently if required due to a sale or permit being filed for New Construction. Because of changes in inspection cycle plans every six years, the actual amount of time for inspection can vary if a parcel changes inspection cycles.

Not necessarily. Tax rates are calculated based off of the actual amount allowed to be levied by a Taxing district using the district budget and state law. If the value in a district remained constant but the levy request was allowed to increase the rates would go up and taxes would go up. If the value increased and the levy request was constant the rate would go down and taxes would stay up.

To explain this simply; the tax rate is the allowed levy request divided by the total assessed value in a district. That rate is then multiplied by your individual value to determine the tax paid to that district by you. Many different districts collect tax from each parcel and their rate and budgets are submitted and limited separately.