Shelby County Property Tax and Exemptions

Shelby County takes the State homestead and disability exemption claims at its Property Tax Office in Columbiana; a live read of the county site found no exemption page of its own and a bare record-search portal in place of a revenue site.

Also called: property tax, homestead, revenue, ad valorem, disability exemption.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

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Shelby County, ALCounty

The State exemptions are the substance here: Code section 40-9-21's complete exemption for a person permanently and totally disabled on the principal residence and up to 160 acres, and section 40-9-19's routes, as the State's principal-residence entries explain. In Shelby County the claims are taken by the county's Property Tax Office, 102 Depot St., Columbiana, 205-670-6900. The county's own site, shelbyal.com, was read whole on the October 12, 2026 re-read after the failed October 8 sweep: it publishes no exemption text of its own - no homestead, disability or veteran exemption page in its navigation or its 312-page sitemap - and its Property Tax Commissioner link is the bare E-Ring Citizen Access Portal (ptc.shelbyal.com), a property-record search with no exemption text. The Department of Revenue's county-office page, which gives the Property Tax Office's address, names no separate revenue-commission website for Shelby. A Shelby County claimant should call the Property Tax Office before filing and ask what proof it wants, taking the State's forms and the VA letter.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Shelby County Property Tax and Exemptions
Gate	Rule
Permanently and totally disabled, or 65 with income within the limits	Shelby County administers the State exemption. The disability test is the State test, not a county one.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-10-12.

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