Delaware County Property Reassessments Start This Month

After a judge in March this year ordered all Delaware County properties assessed since 2000 to be reassessed, Delaware County officials announced the reassessment process will begin in December.

The Delaware County Council has reached a more than $6 million contract with Tyler Technologies Inc. to provide real property appraisal services for the county’s 2020 general reassessment.

During the initial phase of this project, Tyler will provide the county with detailed, high-resolution street level images beginning this month.

Tyler crews will photograph properties from inside white vans which will be clearly marked, the county said.

The images will only be taken from the street and Tyler staff will not enter private properties, according to the county. Images will not be taken of homeowners and/or children, according to the county.

Tyler staff will be in Delaware County throughout the reassessment process, concluding in 2020.

During the project, Tyler will be in communication with the County, providing county officials and local law enforcement updates on current collection locations and expected duration.

The reassessment project includes data gathering, verification of data, establishment of assessed values and an opportunity to appeal.

The digital images will improve the quality of visual data used by the county and Tyler appraisers, and will be helpful for emergency management recovery reports, necessary for state and federal assistance.

The project will also allow verification and correction of address discrepancies.

The reassessment will be effective for the 2021 tax year.

Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge Charles B. Burr ordered the reassessment on the heels of a Haverford couple and and a Rose Valley Couple who each filed property assessment appeals on a condominium and townhouse several years ago, respectively.

Burr ruled the former assessment procedure was in violation of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which says "all taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax."

With the reassessment county property owners and home buyerswill see a vast difference in assessment values when compared to the assessment procedure that was in effect in 2000.

The project is being implemented through the County Treasurer’s Office.

For further information, residents can contact the County Treasurer’s Office at (610) 891-4879.

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