105-277.13. Taxation of improvements on brownfields.
(a) Qualifying improvements on brownfields properties are designated a special class of property under Article V, Sec. 2(2) of the North Carolina Constitution and shall be appraised, assessed, and taxed in accordance with this section. An owner of land is entitled to the partial exclusion provided by this section for the first five taxable years beginning after completion of qualifying improvements made after the later of July 1, 2000, or the date of the brownfields agreement. After property has qualified for the exclusion provided by this section, the assessor for the county in which the property is located shall annually appraise the improvements made to the property during the period of time that the owner is entitled to the exclusion.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the terms "qualifying improvements on brownfields properties" and "qualifying improvements" mean improvements made to real property that is subject to a brownfields agreement entered into by the Department of Environmental Quality and the owner pursuant to G.S. 130A-310.32.
(c) The following table establishes the percentage of the appraised value of the qualified improvements that is excluded based on the taxable year:
Year Percent of Appraised Value Excluded
Year 1 90%
Year 2 75%
Year 3 50%
Year 4 30%
Year 5 10%.
(2000-158, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 12 - Property Subject to Taxation.
§ 105-274 - Property subject to taxation.
§ 105-275 - Property classified and excluded from the tax base.
§ 105-276 - Taxation of intangible personal property.
§ 105-277 - Property classified for taxation at reduced rates; certain deductions.
§ 105-277.01 - Certain farm products classified for taxation at reduced valuation.
§ 105-277.02 - Certain real property held for sale classified for taxation at reduced valuation.
§ 105-277.1 - Elderly or disabled property tax homestead exclusion.
§ 105-277.1B - Property tax homestead circuit breaker.
§ 105-277.1C - Disabled veteran property tax homestead exclusion.
§ 105-277.1D - (See note for repeal.) Inventory property tax deferral.
§ 105-277.1F - Uniform provisions for payment of deferred taxes.
§ 105-277.2 - Agricultural, horticultural, and forestland Definitions.
§ 105-277.3 - Agricultural, horticultural, and forestland Classifications.
§ 105-277.5 - Agricultural, horticultural and forestland - Notice of change in use.
§ 105-277.6 - Agricultural, horticultural and forestland - Appraisal; computation of deferred tax.
§ 105-277.7 - Use-Value Advisory Board.
§ 105-277.8 - Taxation of property of nonprofit homeowners' association.
§ 105-277.9 - Taxation of property inside certain roadway corridors.
§ 105-277.9A - (See note for repeal) Taxation of improved property inside certain roadway corridors.
§ 105-277.11 - Taxation of property subject to a development financing district agreement.
§ 105-277.12 - Antique airplanes.
§ 105-277.13 - Taxation of improvements on brownfields.
§ 105-277.14 - Taxation of working waterfront property.
§ 105-277.15A - Taxation of site infrastructure land.
§ 105-277.16 - Taxation of low-income housing property.
§ 105-277.17 - Taxation of community land trust property.
§ 105-278 - Historic properties.
§ 105-278.1 - Exemption of real and personal property owned by units of government.
§ 105-278.3 - Real and personal property used for religious purposes.
§ 105-278.4 - Real and personal property used for educational purposes.
§ 105-278.6 - Real and personal property used for charitable purposes.
§ 105-278.6A - Qualified retirement facility.
§ 105-278.8 - Real and personal property used for charitable hospital purposes.