Shelby County parcel 2013-18-07-205-006
Is the assessment on 421 W S 3RD Shelbyville, IL 62565 fair?
Assessed at $12,655 as residential, Shelbyville 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
28.5%
of what it sold for (middle half 24.9–36.5%); the statute says 33.33%
This parcel among them
4 of 58
sold homes within half a mile are assessed below it
Their assessed values
$30,669
median; $8,964 to $115,006. This parcel: $12,655
Your assessment is lower than most of the 58 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.
| Parcel | Distance | Recorded | Price | Assessed | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 419 W S 2ND Shelbyville, IL 62565 | next door | Apr 2026 | $41,000 | $23,473 | 57.3% |
| 423 W S 2ND Shelbyville, IL 62565 | next door | Jul 2025 | $65,000 | $14,255 | 21.9% |
| 513 W S 3RD Shelbyville, IL 62565 | next door | Apr 2026 | $57,000 | $25,269 | 44.3% |
| 421 W S 1ST Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.1 mi | Aug 2025 | $195,000 | $66,389 | 34% |
| 608 W S 3RD Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.1 mi | Jul 2026 | $114,900 | $25,122 | 21.9% |
| 308 W S 4TH Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.1 mi | Apr 2026 | $55,000 | $20,004 | 36.4% |
| 703 W S 3RD Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.1 mi | Apr 2026 | $84,000 | $30,639 | 36.5% |
| 118 S Chestnut Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Aug 2026 | $140,000 | $37,971 | 27.1% |
| 119 S Chestnut Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Mar 2026 | $141,500 | $38,708 | 27.4% |
| 712 W S 3RD Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Feb 2026 | $45,000 | $30,699 | 68.2% |
| 405 S Charles Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Jun 2026 | $78,000 | $22,972 | 29.5% |
| 705 W S 1ST Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Apr 2026 | $75,000 | $15,973 | 21.3% |
| 715 W S 1ST Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Jul 2025 | $194,500 | $48,680 | 25% |
| 512 W N 1ST Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Jun 2026 | $165,000 | $42,152 | 25.5% |
| 300 W N 1ST Shelbyville, IL 62565 | 0.2 mi | Feb 2026 | $365,000 | $115,006 | 31.5% |
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.
What the assessment costs
What the property tax runs
Owner-occupied
$497 / yr
about $41 a month
Owner-occupied, 65+
$0 / yr
both homestead exemptions
No exemptions
$946 / yr
a rental or second home
Assessed value $12,655 × the 2024 rate of 7.47% for tax code 20002 (Shelbyville Township), billed in 2025.
The owner-occupied figures take the General Homestead ($6,000 off the assessed value) and Senior Citizens ($8,000) exemptions; the senior freeze, veterans’ and home-improvement exemptions are not shown and can lower a bill further. The rate is the newest the clerk has published; the next levy will move it a little, and a sale can prompt a reassessment. Sources: Shelby County Clerk, Tax Codes and Districts Catalog, 2024 (payable 2025) and the assessor's current file. The bill of record is the treasurer's: Erica Firnhaber, Shelby County Treasurer.
How an appeal actually works here
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
Shelby County Supervisor of Assessments
(217) 774-5579 · Shelby County Courthouse, 301 E Main St, 2nd floor, Shelbyville, IL 62565
the office's page · the Board of Review · 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/Shelby.pdf) and shelbycounty-il.gov, 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 421 W S 3RD Shelbyville, IL 62565 against what has sold and tell you honestly whether an appeal looks worth the trouble. No cost, no obligation.