Property Tax Appeals · Alabama
Appeal your property taxes
in Alabama.
In Alabama, the county revenue commissioner (called the tax assessor in some counties) values property as of October 1, and mails a valuation notice when your value changes. To contest it, you file a written protest with the county Board of Equalization within 30 days of the notice date, then present your case at a board hearing. If the board doesn’t move, the next stop is circuit court. Alabama’s effective tax rates are among the lowest in the country, but the flip side is that assessing offices are thinly staffed — mass-appraisal errors on individual homes are common and rarely self-correct.
You generally have 30 days from the date on your valuation notice to file a written protest with the county Board of Equalization. The date is printed on the notice.
Owner-occupied homes are Class III property, assessed at just 10% of appraised market value — so the fight is over the appraised (market) value line on your notice, and every dollar you cut there flows through at that ratio. Make sure your homestead exemption is on file before you worry about anything else.
The evidence
Boards act on value,
not frustration.
However Alabama labels the process, the case underneath is identical: show what your home was actually worth on the assessment date. A licensed, USPAP-compliant appraisal — comparable sales, documented adjustments, a signed opinion of value — is that showing. Start with the $5 check to see if the numbers are on your side before you spend real money.
- Valued as of your assessment date — not today
- Comparable sales with adjustments and citations
- Signed by a state-licensed AL appraiser
- Phone walkthrough — no stranger in your home
- Delivered in 48–72 hours, rush available
Alabama counties
Alabama questions
File a written protest with your county Board of Equalization within 30 days of the date on your valuation notice, then present evidence at the board hearing. Comparable sales as of the October 1 lien date — the substance of a licensed appraisal — is what the board weighs.
Owner-occupied residential property, assessed at 10% of appraised market value. Your appeal contests the market value; the 10% ratio and any exemptions are applied afterward.
You can appeal to circuit court, but most homeowner cases are won or lost at the board — which is why bringing documented evidence to the first hearing matters.
We’re not an AVM, a computer model, or a real-estate agent estimate. Every report is prepared under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and signed by a licensed appraiser in your state — the same qualification required for mortgage appraisals.