Property tax in Tallapoosa County, Alabama

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

The bill comes from the Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner (Appraisal Office), 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; it is in the courthouse in Dadeville. Taxes are paid a year in arrears, as the title stood on October 1 of the year before, and are not prorated between buyer and seller by the county: the owner is responsible for the whole year's tax even if the bill is still in the previous owner's name. City and school district rates, including those for Alexander City, Dadeville, Camp Hill and Tallassee, are set as combined district rates on the county bill. Online card payments carry a 2.5% convenience fee charged by the payment processor, Ingenuity, Inc., which shows on card statements as a separate charge labeled Municipal Pay Services.

When are property taxes due in Tallapoosa County?

For the Tax Year 2026 (payable October 1 through December 31, 2026) bill, Tallapoosa County has one due date: December 31, 2026. Taxes are due October 1 and can be paid without penalty through December 31, which falls on a Thursday in 2026; the county says they become delinquent if not paid before midnight on December 31. Alabama law sets these dates for every county. Courtesy notices are mailed October 1 and the county is not required to send one, so call the office if no bill arrives. 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; a private postage-meter date may not count, so have it postmarked at the post office if mailing near the deadline. Payments made on or after January 1 are charged a $5.00 late fee plus interest of 12% a year, and the county accepts no checks after December 31. Delinquent taxpayers are notified by first class mail from March 1, at least 30 days before the county's online tax lien auction, which is held once a year between March 1 and June 15 (the auction for 2025 taxes was held in April 2026).

From Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Tallapoosa County's average effective rate of 0.3% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Tallapoosa County at a glance

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 Tallapoosa County compare in Alabama?

Among Alabama's 67 counties, Tallapoosa County has the 50th highest effective property-tax rate: 49 rank higher and 17 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Alabama. Nationally, it ranks 3075th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Alabama county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Tallapoosa County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Tallapoosa County's 12,989 owner-occupied homes, 1.9% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 6.1% pay at least $2,000, and 52.9% pay under $800. Another 21.8% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $534 and owners without one pay $432. 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 Tallapoosa County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $481 is about 0.7% of the median income of Tallapoosa County homeowner households, $67,365 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 76.1% of Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County?

Yes. The median bill went from $356 in 2015-2019 to $481 in 2020-2024, a 35.1% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 45%, from $109,300 to $158,500. 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 Tallapoosa County

Tallapoosa County borders 7 counties.

How is a home assessed in Tallapoosa County?

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

Is there a homestead exemption in Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County. Alabama's exemptions and relief programs in full.

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

How to appeal your Tallapoosa County property assessment

In Tallapoosa County you appeal to the Tallapoosa County Board of Equalization. The deadline: Alabama law allows a written protest to the secretary of the Board of Equalization 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. The county's own pages describe other windows (ten days after a reappraisal notice, or 30 days after a mailed notice of a value change); the state law is what controls. 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

• How much house can I afford?

  Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Tallapoosa County's tax rate to hand.

• Mortgage calculator

  Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.

• Alabama income tax

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• Sales tax in Tallapoosa County

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