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Contest for Assessor of Property

County Shelby County
general - Partisan - Assessor of Property

About this office

The Shelby County Assessor of Property locates, identifies, classifies, and appraises all real and personal property in the county for tax purposes. The office runs the state-mandated quadrennial reappraisal (next cycle: 2029), appraises personal property annually, and maintains approximately 353,000 real-estate parcels. The Assessor does not set the tax rate, send tax bills, or collect taxes — those duties belong to the County Commission (rate), the Trustee (collection), and the Clerk (registration-linked functions).

Term length: 4 years.

This role calls for

  • Statutory duty to value all real and personal property in Shelby County uniformly and on schedule for the property-tax base — Tennessee Code Annotated Title 67, Chapter 5.
  • Working knowledge of mass-appraisal methods, the four-year reappraisal cycle, and the appeals process before the Board of Equalization and the State Board.
  • Management of a large professional staff of appraisers, GIS analysts, and customer-service personnel.
  • Public-facing communication: assessment is one of the most contested government functions, and clear explanations of methodology and appeal rights matter.
  • Independence from collection (the Trustee bills) and from spending (the Commission and Mayor) — the Assessor's role is valuation, period.

Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.

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Lady J. Swift

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