MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio - Mahoning County, along with 15 other Ohio counties will have its standard six-year property tax appraisal pushed back until 2030, according to county auditor Ralph Meachum.

Ohio law requires counties to perform property tax appraisals on a set schedule, but the Ohio Tax Commissioner has the authority to grant a one-year extension for the reappraisals. The Ohio Department of Taxation announced updates to its reappraisal schedule after receiving a recommendation from the Governor Mike DeWine's Property Tax Working Group.

The reappraisal that has been pushed to 2030 is part of the county's sexennial revaluation of "revaluation of all properties to set new values every six years," Meachum's office said in a statement. Counties also undergo triennial updates, every three years, which analyze market trends and values as well as recent sales data to adjust neighborhood property values equitably, the auditor's office added.

Changes to the appraisal schedule only affect the years in which a county experiences a "triennial update or sexennial appraisal." The schedule "does not directly determine property tax rates," Meachum's office said. The auditor said he believes the new appraisal schedule will work well.

Meachum added that, if current market trends continue, the Ohio Department of Taxation will "most likely issue an increase in property values of at least 10% for tax year 2026."

Trumbull and Columbiana County will stay on their current appraisal schedules.

Mahoning County is also set to transfer over to new real estate software systems later this year.