October 29, 2025 - Texas homeowners may postpone paying the currently delinquent property taxes due on the appreciating value of their homes by taking advantage of a payment option called “residence homestead tax deferral” and filing a tax deferral affidavit at the Shelby County Appraisal District.

October 6, 2025 - Applications for the 2026 Shelby County Appraisal Review Board Members are now being accepted.

June 3, 2025 - Property owners who disagree with the Shelby County Appraisal District’s appraisal of their property for local taxes or for any other action that adversely affects them may protest their property value to the appraisal district’s Appraisal Review Board (ARB).

A property owner must file a written notice of protest before June 8th or within 30 days after the appraisal district mails the taxpayer a notice of appraised value, whichever is later. The ARB will begin hearing taxpayer protests on June 24th.

May 9, 2025 - You may soon receive a Notice of Appraised Value (NAV) from the Shelby County Appraisal District.

The appraisal district mailed the 2025 appraisal notices on May 8, 2025 for properties only increasing in value more than $1,000. If you do not receive a 2025 Notice of Appraised Value, it is because your value either stayed the same or went down in Market Value for 2025. Your city, county, school district and other local taxing units will use the appraisal district’s value to set your 2025 property taxes.

April 24, 2025 - One of the easiest ways a homeowner can lower his or her property tax bill is to file a homestead exemption. A homestead is generally the house and land used as the owner’s principal residence on January 1 of the tax year. A person who acquires property after Jan. 1 may receive the residence homestead exemption for the applicable portion of that tax year immediately on qualification for the exemption if the preceding owner did not receive the same exemption for that tax year.