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The total value of Dwight C. Jones’ property dropped from $254,000 to $222,000.

The Richmond assessor’s office is reviewing a sharp drop in the taxable value of land owned by Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones that lowered the mayor’s annual tax bill by $384.

The mayor’s office has welcomed the review, saying that any tax-assessment error would not have come to Jones’ attention because the property is held in a trust.

The $64,000 drop in the land value at the mayor’s home in South Richmond would have had the effect of lowering Jones’ tax bill by $768 for 2014. However, the assessed value of the building jumped $32,000, which would have raised the mayor’s bill by $384 without the accompanying drop in land value.

The net effect of the reassessment was a bill $384 lower than the prior year under the city’s real estate tax rate of $1.20 per $100 of assessed value. The total value of the mayor’s property dropped from $254,000 to $222,000.

City Assessor James D. Hester said the matter will be reviewed, but answers won’t be available until Monday at the earliest. Because of the Easter holiday, Hester said he didn’t have access this week to the real estate database or the appraiser responsible for that part of the city.