Whether it be an empty lot, an industrial facility, or a large estate, anyone who owns real estate pays annual taxes to Pittsylvania County. Since the 2018 reassessment, Pittsylvania County has maintained a real estate tax rate of $0.62. This means that any property owner will pay annual taxes of $6.20 for every $1,000 in assessed value. The average tax burden for a Pittsylvania County property owner is just over $400 a year.

Learn more about Pittsylvania County’s real estate tax– as well as exemptions for the elderly and disabled and the land use program to reduce the burden on agricultural land.

As allowed by Virginia Code, Pittsylvania County levies a personal property tax on all automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, trailers, boats, airplanes, mobile homes, business furniture, fixtures, equipment, and machinery and tools used in a manufacturing process. The personal property tax rate in Pittsylvania County is $9.00 for every $100 in assessed value.

Learn more about Pittsylvania County's personal property tax and the State program that reduces the burden on property owners.

To cover operating expenses of all solid waste services, he Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors levied a solid waste of $120 annually beginning in 2018. This fee generates over $3 million and covers approximately 80% of operations for the landfill and county convenience centers.

Learn more about the Solid Waste Fee and the services that it helps provide.

The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted in 2007 to adopt a vehicle license fee. This fee is assessed to all actively registered vehicles as of January 1st of the tax year.

The assessment is made on the 1st day of each calendar year, and is due and payable on June 10 annually. The fee is $40.75 for all passenger vehicles/pickup trucks and $28.75 for motorcycles. There are exemptions. 

The Treasurer's Office is responsible for receiving state and local tax funds, state and estimated income tax, and local real estate and personal property taxes, motor vehicle license fees, solid waste fees, state income tax, estimated income tax, utility bills, solid waste citations. There are several ways to pay these bills: 

• Online with a debit or credit card. Citizens can pay online through the Pittsylvania County Payment Portal.
• By phone. To pay by credit card, call toll free 1-800-272-9829 (800-2PAY-TAX). For telephone payments, enter your jurisdiction Code (6216) when prompted.
• By check in the mail. Citizens can mail their check to P.O. Box 230 Chatham, VA 24531
• In one of the two dropboxes located outside the courthouse, one of which is on the wall before the security entrance into the building and the other is in the parking lot behind the building.
• In person with cash, check, or credit or debit card at the Pittsylvania County Courthouse (11 Bank Street Chatham, VA 24531) or one of several area banking institutions: all American National Bank & Trust and First Citizens Bank locations in Danville and Pittsylvania County, as well as the main and Vista branches of First National Bank of Altavista.

Pittsylvania County Public Works bills every two months for water and wastewater services. The exact bills vary slightly in the different service areas. Water bills can be paid in a variety of ways, including online, in-person at the Treasurer’s Office, via mail, or via phone.