Notice of Property Tax Increase
2026 Property Tax Digest and 5 Year History of Levy

The Camden County Board of Education today announces its intention to increase the 2026 property taxes it will levy this year by 1.51% over the rollback millage rate.

Each year, the board of tax assessors is required to review the assessed value for property tax purposes of taxable property in the county. When the trends of prices on properties that have recently sold in the county indicate there has been an increase in the fair market value of any specific property, the board of tax assessors is required by law to redetermine the value of such property and increase the assessment. This is called a reassessment.

When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia Law requires that a rollback millage rate be computed that will produce the same total revenue on the current year's new digest that last year's millage rate would have produced had no reassessments occurred.

The budget adopted by Camden County Board Education requires a millage rate higher than the rollback rate of 14.777 mills. The 2025 millage rate was 15.000 mills. The district will maintain the rate at 15.000 for 2026. The board must arrange three public hearings to allow the public an opportunity to express their opinions on the proposed millage rate.