King George County, Virginia Tax Rates

King George County Tax Rates - At a Glance

King George County Current Tax Rates Summary (per official county tax pages)

Tax Type	County Rate (per $100)	Notes
Personal Property / Vehicles	$3.25	Matches DOT TY2025 general TPP. Same rate applies to qualifying and non-qualifying vehicles (no separate classification).
PPTRA Relief on First $20,000 (2025)	24%	Board-set annually. Reduces tax on the first $20,000 NADA value of qualifying personal-use vehicles.
Real Estate	$0.68	Assessed at 100% fair market value. 2026 reassessment effective; 2026 calendar-year rate may be adjusted by the Board.
Machinery and Tools	$2.50	Per DOT TY2025 Table 1. Verified DOT cross-reference.
Merchants' Capital	$0.00	Substituted to Business TPP under Code of Virginia § 58.1-3508.1.
Non-Registration Penalty	$250 per vehicle	Charged if a vehicle is not registered with the county within 30 days.
Sales Tax	5.3% (4.3% state + 1.0% standard local; Everywhere-else tier)

Real estate rate verified directly from the King George County official Real Estate Taxes page (king-george.va.us/688/Real-Estate-Taxes) on 2026-05-31 (Stage 1 Fetch, high confidence). Personal property rate, PPTRA percentage (24% for 2025), NADA assessment method, due dates (June 5 + December 5), and $250 non-registration penalty all verified directly from the King George County official Personal Property Vehicle Taxes page (king-george.va.us/736/Personal-Property-Vehicle-Taxes) on 2026-05-31 (Stage 1 Fetch, high confidence). Machinery and Tools rate from Virginia DOT Local Tax Rates Survey tax year 2025 (Table 1; DOT-canonical). Sales tax verified at Virginia Department of Taxation - King George is NOT in any regional transportation district. Commissioner of the Revenue 540-775-9181, 10459 Courthouse Drive King George VA 22485.

Vehicle Personal Property (Car) Tax

Rate and Assessment Method

King George County's personal property tax rate for vehicles is $3.25 per $100 of assessed value, per the King George County official Personal Property Vehicle Taxes page. This rate matches the Virginia DOT TY2025 general Tangible Personal Property rate - King George does NOT adopt a separately lower personal-use vehicle classification, unlike neighbouring New Kent ($3.10 vs $3.75), Goochland ($2.99 vs $3.75), or Mecklenburg ($3.26 vs $3.36). The same $3.25 rate applies to both qualifying and non-qualifying vehicles before PPTRA relief.

Vehicles are valued at the clean trade-in value listed in the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Used Car Guide published in January of the tax year (verified direct from the county page). The county does not use a percentage-of-average-retail discount; the clean trade-in value is the assessment basis.

PPTRA Relief - 24% for Tax Year 2025

Qualifying personal-use vehicles receive Virginia's Personal Property Tax Relief (PPTRA) on the first $20,000 of assessed value under Code of Virginia § 58.1-3524. King George County's relief percentage for tax year 2025 is 24%, set by the Board of Supervisors and published directly on the Personal Property Vehicle Taxes page. The percentage is set annually during the budget cycle.

The PPTRA relief applies only to personal-use vehicles that qualify under PPTRA. Vehicles used predominantly for business, leased to a business, or owned by a non-individual entity do NOT qualify and pay the full $3.25 rate on the entire assessed value.

$250 Non-Registration Penalty

Vehicles must be registered with the King George Commissioner of the Revenue within 30 days of purchase or of the vehicle being moved into the county. Failure to register triggers a $250.00 per-vehicle penalty. New residents and new vehicle purchases should contact the Commissioner at 540-775-9181 promptly.

How the Car Tax Is Calculated

For a personal-use vehicle with a NADA clean trade-in value of $20,000 in tax year 2025, the calculation is:

• Tax before relief: $20,000 × 3.25% = $650.00
• PPTRA relief 24% on the full $20,000 (entirely within the cap): $650.00 × 24% = $156.00
• Net car tax due: $650.00 − $156.00 = $494.00

For a vehicle valued above $20,000, PPTRA relief applies only to the tax on the first $20,000; any value above that is taxed at the full $3.25 rate without relief.

Source: King George County Commissioner of the Revenue - Personal Property Vehicle Taxes (king-george.va.us). For a deeper explanation of PPTRA, see our Virginia PPTRA explained guide.

Real Estate Tax

Rate and Assessment

King George County's real estate tax rate for tax year 2025 is $0.68 per $100 of assessed value, as published by the King George County Board of Supervisors; this matches the Virginia DOT Local Tax Rates Survey tax year 2025. All real estate in Virginia is assessed at 100% of fair market value under Code of Virginia § 58.1-3201. The county completed a general reassessment effective with the 2026 tax year; the Board of Supervisors may adjust the 2026 calendar-year rate following the reassessment - confirm the current 2026 rate with the Commissioner of the Revenue before making decisions tied to the 2026 bill.

Due Dates

Real estate taxes are billed in two installments: the first installment is due June 5 and the second installment is due December 5, per the King George County official Personal Property Vehicle Taxes page (same schedule as personal property). Land Use revalidation applications are due November 1 each year. Late payments accrue penalty and interest under the Virginia statutory rate.

Exemptions and Relief Programs

King George County offers real estate tax relief for qualifying senior or permanently and totally disabled residents, with income and asset limits set by the Board of Supervisors. Disabled veterans who are 100% service-connected disabled may qualify for a full real estate exemption on their primary residence under Code of Virginia § 58.1-3219.5, and a qualifying veteran's primary personal-use vehicle may be exempt under Article X, Section 6-A(8) of the Constitution of Virginia. Contact the Commissioner of the Revenue for current eligibility thresholds and procedures.

Source: King George County Commissioner of the Revenue - Real Estate Taxes page (direct verification, May 2026).

Machinery and Tools, Business Property

King George County levies Machinery and Tools at $2.50 per $100 per the Virginia DOT Local Tax Rates Survey tax year 2025. The county does NOT levy a Merchants' Capital tax; it follows the standard Code of Virginia § 58.1-3508.1 substitution of Business Tangible Personal Property for Merchants' Capital. Business Tangible Personal Property is taxed at the general $3.25 rate.

Source: Virginia DOT TY2025 Table 1 (DOT-canonical statewide source; King George county-published M&T direct-publication confirmation queued to MVQ-185).

Sales Tax

Rate and Composition - 5.3% Everywhere-else

The combined sales tax rate in King George County is 5.3%: 4.3% Virginia state rate plus 1.0% standard local rate. King George is classified by Virginia Tax as the "Everywhere Else" tier - it is NOT part of any regional transportation district. A consumer in King George pays the same 5.3% rate as in adjacent live Caroline County and Spotsylvania County.

King George County Sales Tax Rate Breakdown

Component	Rate
Virginia state rate	4.3%
Standard local rate	1.0%
Combined rate	5.3%

Important - King George is NOT in the Northern Virginia 6.0% district. The NoVA 6.0% regional transportation district covers Arlington, Fairfax County, Loudoun, Prince William, plus the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park. It does NOT extend to the Fredericksburg-area exurbs - Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, and King George all stay at 5.3%. This is the same per-jurisdiction sales-tax verification pattern that surfaces repeatedly in Virginia: regional sales-tax tiers do NOT inherit by adjacency.

Qualifying food and grocery items are subject to Virginia's reduced 1.0% rate.

Source: Virginia Department of Taxation - Retail Sales and Use Tax (tax.virginia.gov)

Geography and Context: Fredericksburg Exurb, Dahlgren, and the Potomac River

King George County sits on the south bank of the Potomac River as a Fredericksburg-area Interstate 95 corridor exurb (King George is just east of Stafford via SR 3). The county was formed in 1721 from Richmond County and was named for King George I of Great Britain. The county seat at King George Courthouse is an unincorporated CDP; King George County has no incorporated towns.

The county's largest demand anchor is Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren (NSWCDD), a major U.S. Navy research, development, test and evaluation facility in the eastern part of the county along the Potomac. NSWCDD employs roughly 5,000 personnel and was historically the Naval Proving Ground (1918 onward). The Dahlgren community generates substantial federal/military commuter and resident demand for clear local tax information.

Other county features include the Potomac River along the northern boundary (with Charles County, Maryland across the river), the Rappahannock River along the southern boundary, the Caledon State Park on the Potomac, and the historic Nice/Middleton Bridge (U.S. 301) carrying traffic to southern Maryland.

Adjacent jurisdictions: Stafford County (live; north), Spotsylvania County (live; west), Caroline County (live; south), and unbuilt Westmoreland County (east, Northern Neck).

Fredericksburg Exurb Cluster Context

With King George now live, CountyTaxTools covers the four-county Fredericksburg-area I-95/U.S. 301 cluster: Stafford County (north), Spotsylvania County (west), Caroline County (south), and King George (east on the Potomac). All four share the 5.3% Everywhere-else sales-tax tier - none of the four are in the Northern Virginia 6.0% regional district, confirming the per-jurisdiction verification rule. King George's standout features within this cluster are (1) the directly-published PPTRA 24% relief on the county PP page (high-confidence build), (2) the NADA Used Car Guide January value assessment method (unusual to publish directly - many counties use unspecified percentage-of-average-retail), (3) the $250 non-registration penalty, and (4) the NSWC Dahlgren federal-anchor demand.