Tuscaloosa County Tax Assessor: Disability Exemption and Homestead

The exemption is the State's, under Code section 40-9-21, as the State's principal-residence entries explain. Tuscaloosa County is one of the Alabama counties that keeps a separately elected Tax Assessor rather than a combined Revenue Commissioner, and the claim is taken at the Tax Assessor's Office. The assessor's own rules. A qualifying owner must be listed as an owner of the single-family dwelling. The complete exemption needs a 100% permanent disability with documentation, and the assessor says at this time there is no income limitation for the disability route; the age route needs 65 or older by October 1 for the tax year, with federal taxable income (complete) or state adjusted gross income (partial) of $12,000 or less for the individual and spouse even if they file separately. First-time age applicants bring all their most recent federal and state returns between October 1 and December 31 for the next tax year. The window for disability claims. First-time 100% permanently disabled claimants can bring proof of disability at any time, but may only sign up for the exemptions between October 1 and December 31. The assessor lists acceptable proof: two affidavits from Alabama-licensed physicians, at least one actively treating the disability; a current TPQY; and VA or Social Security award letters, among others. How to file. Record the deed in the Probate Office, bring a copy to the Tax Assessor's Office, and claim the exemptions when the property is assessed; homestead exemptions, the assessor says, must be timely claimed or lost, and none exceeds 160 acres.