The attorneys at Proctor Hutchins Porterfield are Georgia’s leading experts in property tax law.
If you need legal counsel in this area, you won’t find more expertise anywhere else.
Tax Assessment Appeals
At Proctor Hutchins Porterfield, we assist taxpayers seeking property tax reductions for:
• Residential Properties
• Manufacturing/Healthcare/Hospitality Personal Property Accounts
• Commercial/Industrial Real Estate
• Land and Timber Investors
Our attorneys have:
• Successfully invalidated county-wide reassessments
• Won assessment appeals for hundreds of taxpayers
• Been appointed by courts as counsel for taxpayers county-wide in several lawsuits
• Served as chair of the Georgia Bar Association Property Tax Committee
• Served on the Georgia Department of Revenue Task Force to write property appraisal regulations
• Lectured annually to Georgia tax commissioners
• Regularly testified before the Georgia legislature on property tax issues
Investors in Tax Deeds and Tax Liens
• We represent some of the largest purchasers of property tax liens in metro Atlanta, as well as many other, smaller tax lien purchasers. Proctor Hutchins Porterfield is a respected authority in this field, and the firm has been involved in the majority of Georgia’s recent appellate cases in this practice area.
• We also represent purchasers of tax deeds, handling the initial proceedings to bar outstanding rights of redemption, as well as the court action to quiet title (necessary to obtain “marketable” title to tax deed properties).
No one gets better results.
Over the past two decades, our attorneys have helped thousands of homeowners, investors, and business owners reduce their property taxes by successfully challenging their property tax assessments.
• The attorneys at Proctor Hutchins Porterfield have been appointed by Georgia courts as class counsel for taxpayers in numerous cases across the state.
• We have handled all types of property tax valuation appeals, including residential properties, farms, timber land, office buildings, hotels, shopping centers, factories, and warehouses. We also handle the appeal of machinery, equipment, and other personal property.
• We have tried dozens of property tax cases to juries. In every case, our clients have gotten their taxes reduced, and in most cases our attorneys’ fees and expenses are recovered from the tax assessors.
• On the delinquent tax side, we have since 1995 represented some of Georgia’s largest private investors in delinquent tax liens and tax deeds.
If you own tax liens or tax deeds, or are interested in doing so, we can help.
