Our primary goal is to establish fair and equitable values for all property. Please feel free to visit, e-mail or call this office with your comments or concerns. The Orange County Property Appraiser is responsible for identifying, locating, and fairly valuing all property, both real and personal, within the county for tax purposes. Determining a fair and equitable value is the only role of this office in the taxing process. What is important to remember is that the property appraiser does not create the value.
People make the value by buying and selling real estate in the market place.
The property appraiser has the legal responsibility to study those transactions and appraise your property accordingly. All this must be done economically - for less than a tenth of what it would cost you to hire someone to independently appraise your property. The G.I.S. system is updated daily to reflect new changes to the land in Orange County. This information is also used to analyze property data and gives appraisers yet another tool for comparing similar properties. Table of contents.