MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A multi-year state review of property assessments in Rutherford County has officially concluded, with the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office confirming that the county’s Assessor of Property Office has completed all required corrective steps and is now in compliance with state law.
In a letter dated March 5, 2026, Bryan L. Kinsey, Director of the Division of Property Assessments within the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s Office, informed Rutherford County Assessor of Property Rob Mitchell that the state-monitored corrective process tied to tax years 2024 and 2025 has been successfully completed. The review was originally initiated after a March 2025 notice from the State Board of Equalization directed the Division to ensure the county’s assessment practices complied with Tennessee law.
Kinsey wrote that after reviewing samples of corrections and change orders submitted by the Rutherford County Assessor’s Office, the Division determined that the necessary steps had been completed. The corrective process ultimately resulted in adjustments to more than 6,000 property parcels and approximately $121 million in “absolute value” changes to assessments, producing a net increase of roughly $58 million in assessed property values for the 2024 and 2025 tax years…