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Moultrie County parcel 03-03-25-207-005

Is the assessment on 319 N Elm St Arthur, IL 61911 fair?

Assessed at $19,951 as residential, LOWE Township. Below: how the homes near it that actually sold are assessed against what they sold for, and where this one sits among them. Two facts from the county's own record — not an opinion of value, which is what an appeal ultimately needs and what we will give you if you ask.

How the neighbourhood is assessed

31.7%

of what it sold for (middle half 25.3–40.9%); the statute says 33.33%

This parcel among them

5 of 31

sold homes within half a mile are assessed below it

Their assessed values

$54,253

median; $14,808 to $113,306. This parcel: $19,951

Your assessment is lower than most of the 31 homes near you that sold in the last 3 years. There is no case here.

The homes that sold near it

Arm's-length sales recorded with the county in the last 3 years, nearest first, with the assessed value the county carries for each today. Whether any of them is like this house — size, age, condition — is the question the record cannot answer and an appeal turns on.

ParcelDistanceRecordedPriceAssessedRatio
415 W 4TH St Arthur, IL 61911next doorOct 2023$250,000$68,59927.4%
413 Oak Cir Arthur, IL 61911next doorSep 2026$225,000$54,25324.1%
514 W 3RD St Arthur, IL 61911next doorAug 2024$140,000$55,77239.8%
312 N Beech St Arthur, IL 61911next doorOct 2024$135,000$32,97224.4%
320 N Beech St Arthur, IL 61911next doorAug 2024$47,000$17,13436.5%
419 N Beech St Arthur, IL 61911next doorDec 2025$70,000$14,80821.2%
419 N Beech St Arthur, IL 61911next doorNov 2025$70,000$14,80821.2%
214 N Elm St Arthur, IL 619110.1 miJan 2024$260,000$70,69427.2%
320 N Walnut St Arthur, IL 619110.1 miSep 2026$55,000$17,45931.7%
320 N Walnut St Arthur, IL 619110.1 miJan 2026$50,000$17,45934.9%
206 W 2ND St Arthur, IL 619110.1 miMar 2026$78,000$26,36533.8%
509 N Walnut St Arthur, IL 619110.2 miApr 2025$238,000$55,87623.5%
103 W 5TH St Arthur, IL 619110.2 miDec 2023$232,500$61,66426.5%
106 W 5TH St Arthur, IL 619110.2 miNov 2023$175,000$75,53443.2%
210 S Beech St Arthur, IL 619110.3 miApr 2024$70,000$31,85245.5%

Prices from PTAX-203 transfer declarations; assessed values from the county assessor's current file (so a home reassessed after its sale shows today's figure against yesterday's price). Not MLS figures. Nothing here names an owner.

How an appeal actually works here

  1. Talk to the assessor first. Many differences are a record error — a garage that came down, a square footage that was never right — and get fixed with a phone call, no appeal needed.
  2. The county Board of Review. A written complaint in the window after the township's assessments are published each year; the office can tell you the dates for this township. Evidence: a recent appraisal, comparable sales, or comparable assessments (the equity argument — the table above is where that starts).
  3. Then the state. A Board of Review decision can go to the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board within 30 days of the decision — its forms and rules are on ptab.illinois.gov.

Moultrie County Supervisor of Assessments

(217) 728-4951 · Moultrie County Courthouse, 10 S Main St, Sullivan, IL 61951

PTAB's county sheet

We publish no appeal deadline: the window is set by the township's publication date each year, and the office is the authority on it. Contact details PTAB county sheet (ptab.illinois.gov/counties/Moultrie.pdf), read 2026-09-21.

Ask us to look at it properly

The table above is where an equity argument starts, not where it ends: a Board of Review wants an opinion of market value, and that means someone who has stood in the houses. We will look at 319 N Elm St Arthur, IL 61911 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.

No obligation, and we will not pass your details to anyone else.