Chestatee is in Dawson County, so a Chestatee home pays Dawson County’s rates. The City of Dawsonville levies no property tax, so the answer is the same whichever district the parcel is in. Type a price and the estimator works it through, levy by levy.
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What will the property tax be on a Chestatee home?
Chestatee is in Dawson County. Type a price and the estimator applies Georgia’s 40% assessment, the exemption you tick and each 2025 rate from the Georgia Department of Revenue’s millage table, and shows the arithmetic.
Estimated yearly tax–
– a month if your lender escrows it
Rates on a 2025 Dawson County bill (mills)
| Levy | Mills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dawson County | 5.463 | Dawson County BOC |
| Dawson County schools | 10.8 | Dawson County Schools |
| City of Dawsonville | 0 | Georgia DOR 2025 millage |
| State of Georgia | 0 | Georgia DOR |
Tax = (value × 40% − exemptions) × mills ÷ 1,000, levy by levy. Source: Georgia DOR.
- For 2026 the county and the school board both tentatively adopted the same rates (5.463 and 10.8 mills); the final 2026 votes had not been found posted when this guide was checked. Source: Dawson County notice
- Dawson County Schools explains HB 581 as a floating homestead exemption that limits yearly increases in a homestead's taxable value to inflation. The cap resets when a home is sold, so a buyer starts from the new value. Source: Dawson County Schools
- Association dues and any golf club fees are not taxes and are not in this estimate. Ask HMS, the association’s manager, for the current assessment. Source: HMS
- Dawson County's Tax Assessor says homestead applications are taken year-round but must be in by April 1 to count for that tax year. Exemption applications must be made in person. Source: Dawson County Tax Assessor
- Bond levies, if any, and non-tax charges such as garbage or water are not included. The bill comes from the Tax Commissioner. Source: Dawson County Tax Commissioner
Know the tax before you offer. A Gold Peach Realty agent can pull the parcel’s current assessment and exemptions with you.
How Georgia property tax works here
- Property is assessed at 40 percent of fair market value, and one mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of assessed value.
- For 2025 the Georgia Department of Revenue lists 5.463 mills for the county and 10.800 for schools, 16.263 mills in all. The state stopped levying property tax in 2016.
- The county adopted its 5.463 mills on September 11, 2025; it is a gross 9.454 mills reduced by a sales-tax rollback of 3.991 mills.
Homestead
The standard homestead exemption takes $2,000 off the assessed value. You must own and live in the home on January 1, and Dawson County wants the application by April 1, in person. Georgia’s floating homestead (HB 581) caps yearly increases in taxable value but resets on sale, so your first bill starts from your price, not the seller’s.
What the estimate leaves out
Association dues and any club fees are not taxes; ask HMS for the current assessment. For 2026 the county and schools tentatively adopted the same rates. Your bill comes from the Tax Commissioner, and you have 45 days to appeal a new valuation.