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Fri23Oct

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Resolution - Personal Property Tax Due Date Extension (agenda, Oct 23)

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The Board of Supervisors took up the personal property tax rate, listed on its agenda as "Approval of Personal Property Tax Rate (PPTR)".^1,2 Mr. Tadlock explained that personal property tax relief "is being dropped to 38% this year as it was 40% this current year".³ On June 18, 2026, the Board approved a resolution on personal property tax relief by a 5-0 vote, with no votes against.^4,1 Voting yes were James Long, James Brann, Chip Williams, Al Fisher and Keith Harris.⁴ The Board's agenda for October 23, 2026 included a "Resolution - Personal Property Tax Due Date Extension".⁵

Summarized from the county’s records, October 23.

Where each sentence comes from

“Approval of Personal Property Tax Rate (PPTR)”Jun 18, 2026 · Board of Supervisors · On the agenda
“Personal Property Tax”The matter as the records title it
“the personal property tax relief is being dropped to 38% this year as it was 40% this current year”Approval of Personal Property Tax Rate (PPTR) · full text
“Motion to approve the following resolution on personal property tax relief. Vote 5-0” … “yes, James Long, James Brann, Chip Williams, Al Fisher, Keith Harris; no, none”Jun 18, 2026 · Board of Supervisors · Motion carried, 5-0
“Resolution - Personal Property Tax Due Date Extension”Oct 23, 2026 · Board of Supervisors · On the agenda

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What’s happened

Fri23Oct
Board of Supervisors
- On the agenda: Resolution - Personal Property Tax Due Date Extension (agenda, Oct 23)
Thu18Jun
Board of Supervisors · a vote
ApprovedApproval of Personal Property Tax Rate (PPTR)
Motion to approve the following resolution on personal property tax relief.
Moved by Harris, seconded by Williams
It begins: “of the personal profit tax relief. Uh and that's uh being dropped to 38% this year.” From the video’s automatic captions, which mishear words.
1 document given to the board
- PPTR Resolution
  This is a resolution put before the Board of Supervisors setting personal property tax relief rates under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998.
  For qualifying vehicles with situs in the County during tax year 2026, personal use vehicles valued at $1,000 or less get 100% tax relief.
  Vehicles valued at $1,001 to $20,000 get 38% tax relief, and those valued at $20,001 or more get 38% on the first $20,000 of value.
  Business use vehicles, farm use vehicles, motor homes and other non-qualifying vehicles would get no relief under the program.
  The resolution says these state law changes require the County to act, and it shows an adoption date of June 18, 2026 with a signature line for E. Luttrell Tadlock, Clerk and County Administrator.
Minutes, Jun 18, p. 2 Open it in the meeting →

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The records

Fri23Oct
Board of Supervisors
Agenda
- Resolution - Property Tax One Time Extension
  1 page
  - This is a draft resolution for the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors granting a one-time extension of the personal property tax payment deadline. page 1
  - It would move the deadline for personal property taxes for tax year 2026 from November 5, 2026, to November 20, 2026. page 1
  - The reasons given are that § 132-81 (B) of the Northumberland County Code sets November 5 as the annual due date, and that Virginia Code § 58.1-3916 allows extensions of up to 90 days for good cause. page 1
  - It states that no penalty or interest from failing to pay by November 5 would be charged during the extension period, and that the County Code and later years' due dates are not changed. page 1
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Thu18Jun
Board of Supervisors
Agenda Minutes
- PPTR Resolution
  - This is a resolution put before the Board of Supervisors setting personal property tax relief rates under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998.
  - For qualifying vehicles with situs in the County during tax year 2026, personal use vehicles valued at $1,000 or less get 100% tax relief.
  - Vehicles valued at $1,001 to $20,000 get 38% tax relief, and those valued at $20,001 or more get 38% on the first $20,000 of value.
  - Business use vehicles, farm use vehicles, motor homes and other non-qualifying vehicles would get no relief under the program.
  - The resolution says these state law changes require the County to act, and it shows an adoption date of June 18, 2026 with a signature line for E. Luttrell Tadlock, Clerk and County Administrator.
  Open the document
- What a document says is written automatically from its own pages or slides. Each sentence quotes it, and the page after a sentence opens the document there.

Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.

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