Sussex County 2025 Tax Assessment Update

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Just in the last week or so, homeowners in Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island and other surrounding towns have started to receive letters from Tyler Technologies regarding the reassessment of their property. The letter asks property owners to review Sussex County's current building information provided, and to make corrections to any inaccurate reporting.  

As a reminder, Sussex County, in connection with Tyler Technologies, is currently undergoing a county-wide reassessment of all real property, resulting in new property values for both residential and commercial property.  The revaluation is being carried out to adhere to a 2020 ruling by the Delaware Chancery Court, which deemed the property taxing systems in all three counties of the state as unconstitutional and not in alignment with Delaware law. The reassessments are currently on-going and are to take effect with your August 2025 tax bill.  Overall, the county is capped on any tax increase, so we will see some tax bills go down, some go up, and many stay relatively the same.  We have been told to expect to see tax bills increase for higher value properties that have been in existence for some time.

The letter real estate owners have received from Tyler Technologies asks property owners to review Sussex County's current building information and to make corrections to any inaccurate reporting. Property owners are asked to provide the corrected information to Sussex County within two weeks by one of the following ways:

A).  Mail the corrected letter to:                                  B).  Email the corrected letter to:
Sussex County Tax Assessment                                   SussexCountyDE@tylertech.com
C/O Tyler Technologies
P.O. Box 589
Georgetown, DE 19947

Once the new assessment value and the subsequent tax bill has been communicated to homeowners, there will be an appeal process if the owner feels the information is incorrect.  You can obtain an overview and current status of the reassessment project at this website:  https://empower.tylertech.com/Sussex-County-Delaware.html

As always, if there is information or direction that we can provide to you related to your real estate in Delaware, please do not hesitate to call our office: (302) 541-5207.