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Cory Johnson, Guernsey County Auditor
Auditor Responsibilities
As your County Auditor, I am responsible for a wide variety of duties that affect every resident of the County. Ohio law places more fiscal responsibility upon the County Auditor than upon any other County Official. As the chief disbursing agent, fiscal officer, and tax assessor I faithfully exercise all power and perform all duties vested in or imposed by general law.
As Chief Fiscal Officer, I am responsible for issuing warrants for liabilities incurred by the County, it’s departments and agencies. The auditor’s office is responsible for the preparation of the County payroll, maintaining all financial records and reports, and establishing taxing rates for manufactured homes and real estate. Once collected, tax receipts are distributed to the appropriate city, village, township, fire district, or school district in accordance with the legally adopted rates.
As Tax Assessor, I am responsible for determining the value of all real property in Guernsey County for tax purposes. Every six years the Auditor must conduct a full reappraisal of real property, and every three years, an update of real property values is required. Tax credits are also maintained in my office, including Owner Occupied Credit, Non-Business Credit and the Homestead Exemption. We also are responsible for the valuation of farm land and the administration of the Current Agricultural Use Value program (CAUV).
It is the duty of the Auditor to perform professionally the statutory duties of County Auditor with integrity, independence, and a spirit of innovation. We strive to provide our services with outstanding customer service while providing the public with access to accurate and reliable public information.
Additional Duties
- Sealing gas pumps, scales and other measuring devices
- Licensing dogs, vendors, and others
- Calculating taxes and administering assessments
- Administering tax exemptions for senior citizens, the disabled, charities, and churches; etc.
- Budget Commission - Secretary
- Board of Revision - Secretary
- Records Commission - Member
Notice to Delinquent Tax Payers
(Tax Year 2023 Payable in 2024)
In accordance with Ohio Revised Code 5721.03 B(1), notice is hereby given the list below will be certified for Foreclosure or Tax Certificate sale by the County Auditor pursuant to law unless the whole of the delinquent taxes, assessments, interest and penalties are paid within one year.
Published in the Daily Jeffersonian on November 7th & 8th, 2024. Said list shall contain the delinquent taxes and assessments on the lots and land in Guernsey County as of the August Settlement 2024. All delinquent taxes as of 12/01/24 will have 1.25% interest added.
2024 Triennial Update
2024 is a triennial update year for Guernsey County. It comes three years after the 2021 mass re-appraisal of the County. The triennial update program is over seen by the Ohio Department of taxation and is required by law to equalize property values. It involves the study and analysis of property sales that have taken place in the County over the past three years (2021, 2022 and 2023).
More details about the triennial process can be found in the the linked document.
Once the tentative values have been approved by the Department of Taxation, they will be available on the website, in the Valuation section of the parcel details page (above the historic values bar graph).
With the current sales ratio studies available, areas in Guernsey County could be looking at a 14%-32% increase in market values. Please note that a 22% increase in value does not equal a 22% increase in taxes. Please note that taxes are then calculated on 35% of the market value.
Taxes for January 2025 will be calculated and updated on the website once the election levies are certified and the new tax rates approved. This normally occurs the last week of December.
The Ohio Department of Taxation has released the 2024 CAUV Soil Rates for Guernsey County.
The rate per acre on many of the 143 soils found in Guernsey County have increase for tax year 2024. These changes will be reflected in the tax bills that are mailed in January of 2025.
More details can be found on the CAUV/Agricultural District section of this website.
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Location
Guernsey County Administration Bldg.627 Wheeling Avenue, Suite 301
Cambridge, Ohio 43725
Office Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PMOffice Closed Holiday Schedule
Phone
(740) 432-9243
Option 1 Real Estate
Option 2 Weights & Measures
Option 3 Licensing
Option 4 Bookkeeping
Option 5 Dial by Name
| Total Area | 528 sq mi |
| Population (2020) | 38,438 |
| Parcels (2023) | 40,170 |