Property tax in Lawrence County, Alabama

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

In Lawrence County, the property tax bill comes from the Lawrence County Revenue Commissioner. The Tax Year 2026 bill is due December 31, 2026. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Lawrence County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.

The median property tax bill in Lawrence County, Alabama is $497 a year, which is about 0.29% of the county's median home value of $172,300. That effective rate is lower than the typical Alabama county (0.32%) and lower than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

Who sends the property tax bill in Lawrence County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Lawrence County Revenue Commissioner. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Lawrence County Revenue Commissioner, Mapping and Appraisal Department, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.

One office, the Revenue Commissioner, both values property and collects the tax, on Market Street (Highway 33) in Moulton. Taxes are paid a year in arrears: the bill due October 1 is based on ownership and use as of October 1 of the year before, so a bill may still be in the prior owner's name.

When are property taxes due in Lawrence County?

For the Tax Year 2026 (payable October 1 through December 31, 2026) bill, Lawrence County has one due date: December 31, 2026. Taxes are due October 1 and can be paid without late fees through December 31, which falls on a Thursday in 2026; they are delinquent if not paid before January 1. Alabama law sets these dates for every county. Under Alabama law, a payment sent by U.S. mail counts as paid on the date of its U.S. Postal Service postmark, so a mailed payment postmarked by December 31 is on time. Taxes unpaid on January 1 are delinquent, and Alabama law adds interest of 12% a year on delinquent property tax. The county adds further fees as delinquent property moves toward its annual tax sale.

From Lawrence County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the county's own rules on the next business day apply.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Lawrence County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Lawrence County's average effective rate of 0.29% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $500 / year

Property tax in Lawrence County at a glance

Lawrence County, Alabama property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$497
Median home value	$172,300
Effective tax rate	0.29%
Typical Alabama county rate	0.32%
National median county rate	0.81%

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Lawrence County compare in Alabama?

Among Alabama's 67 counties, Lawrence County has the 52nd highest effective property-tax rate: 51 rank higher and 15 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Alabama. Nationally, it ranks 3083rd of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Alabama county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Lawrence County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Lawrence County's 11,129 owner-occupied homes, 1% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 2.4% pay at least $2,000, and 54.4% pay under $800. Another 25.3% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Lawrence County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	6,055	54.4%
$800 to $1,499	1,753	15.8%
$1,500 to $1,999	244	2.2%
$2,000 to $2,999	151	1.4%
$3,000 or more	109	1%
No property tax paid	2,817	25.3%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $551 and owners without one pay $437. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Lawrence County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $497 is about 0.7% of the median income of Lawrence County homeowner households, $73,299 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 81.7% of Lawrence County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Lawrence County?

Yes. The median bill went from $387 in 2015-2019 to $497 in 2020-2024, a 28.4% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 55.9%, from $110,500 to $172,300. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Lawrence County

Lawrence County borders 7 counties.

Lawrence County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Colbert County, AL	0.4%	$678	$171,000
Lauderdale County, AL	0.38%	$757	$200,300
Morgan County, AL	0.34%	$718	$212,000
Franklin County, AL	0.32%	$433	$136,000
Limestone County, AL	0.32%	$900	$281,000
Winston County, AL	0.32%	$380	$118,900
Lawrence County, AL (this county)	0.29%	$497	$172,300
Cullman County, AL	0.26%	$516	$199,100

How is a home assessed in Lawrence County?

Alabama assesses homes at 10% of market value in every county, Lawrence County included. How Alabama assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Lawrence County?

Yes. Alabama exempts $4,000 of assessed value from the state portion of the tax and $2,000 from county tax (not school taxes). Apply with the county tax assessing official between October 1 and December 31. That is the Alabama rule, and it applies in Lawrence County. Alabama's exemptions and relief programs in full.

Lawrence County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the Alabama ones (checked September 23, 2026).

How to appeal your Lawrence County property assessment

In Lawrence County you appeal to the Lawrence County Board of Equalization. The deadline: If the Board of Equalization mails you a notice that your value has gone up, you have 30 calendar days from the date of that notice to file a written objection with the Board's secretary. Otherwise, a written protest must be filed within 30 calendar days of the date the second of two weekly newspaper notices is published announcing that the year's values have been set. A Board decision can be appealed to Circuit Court within 30 calendar days of the date of the notice the Board mails you with its decision. To keep a Circuit Court appeal alive, you must pay the taxes due at the prior year's assessment before they become delinquent, or post a bond for double the tax. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

How Alabama's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.

Alabama rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Alabama page.

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Lawrence County, Alabama: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.