West Virginia has counties operating under the only constitutionally-fixed 4-tier property classification system in the United States (WV Constitution Article X §1b, dating to 1932). Owner-occupied residential (Class II) is taxed at HALF the rate of commercial/rental/second-home property (Class III/IV). Effective property tax rates run ~0.54% statewide median — among the lowest in the US (4th-lowest).
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