Real Property
Real Estate Taxes: Current Agricultural Use Value
(CAUV)
Taxable Current Agricultural Use Value of Real Property,
Taxable Value of Real Property before CAUV, and Number of
CAUV Acres and Parcels, by County, Calendar Year
1994
Under Chapter 5713 of the Ohio Revised Code, county auditors
are required, upon application by landowners, to assess
qualified agricultural property according to its current
agricultural use value (CAUV). Only land which is used
exclusively for agricultural purposes may be assessed in this
manner. The Tax Commissioner is responsible for developing
the specific rules and standards used by county auditors in
the assessment of real property according to its current
agricultural use value.
Table PD-32 shows the taxable value of real property both
before CAUV determination - when the property is valued
according to its highest and best use - as well as the
taxable value of real property after CAUV determination.
(Both of these measurements reflect property values after the
imposition of the 35 percent assessment ratio.) Also, shown
are the number of acres and parcels of property to which CAUV
determination was applied. These figures are shown by county
for the tax year 1994.
In 1994, taxable value of real property before CAUV
determination ranged from a low of $4,144,810 in Vinton
County to a high of $189,721,220 in Wood County. Taxable real
property value after CAUV determination ranged from $550,320
in Cuyahoga County to $69,843,660 in Wood County. The number
of CAUV parcels varied from 125 in Cuyahoga County up to
9,065 in Wood County, while the number of CAUV acres ranged
from 1,592 in Cuyahoga County to a high of 350,710 in Darke
County. A total of 15.8 million acres were assessed at their
current agricultural use value of $2.0 billion as compared to
the highest and best use value of $6.4 billion; a reduction
in assessed value of $4.4 billion.
The sources of these data are records of the Ohio Department
of Taxation derived from current agricultural use value
abstracts filed with the state by county auditors.