Tennessee state law provides a Property Tax Relief in the form of a rebate to qualified low-income elderly and disabled homeowners, as well as disabled veteran homeowners or their surviving spouses. Please visit our office for first time applications. See below the qualifications:

              *ELDERLY:

                             - You must be 65 on or before 12/31/2024

                             - You must prove ownership of your home and use it as your primary residence

                             - You must provide annual income from all sources of the previous year.

              *DISABLED

                             - You must be disabled on or before 12/31/2024

                             - You must prove ownership of your home and use it as your primary residence

                             - You must provide annual income from all sources of the previous year.

              *DISABLED VETERAN:

                             - You must prove ownership of your home and use it as your primary residence

                             - You must meet one of the following disability requirements:

                                           ^ You must be rated totally and permanently disabled from a

                                               service-connected disability on or before 12/31/2024.

                                           ^ You must have a service-connected disability which resulted in

                                               paraplegia or permanent paralysis of both legs and lower body

                                               resulting from traumatic injury or disease to the spinal cord or

                                               brain; or loss, or loss of use, of two or more limbs, or legal

                                               blindness.

                                           ^ You must have a 100% total and permanent disability rating from

                                               being a prisoner of war.

                            - NO INCOME REQUIRED.

              *WIDOW(ER) OF DISABLED VETERAN

                             - You must prove ownership of your home and use it as your primary residence

                             - You must provide a copy of your spouse’s death certificate and provide a form

                                of personal ID. NO INCOME REQUIRED.

                             - You must have been married to the veteran at the time of their death and not

                                have remarried.

                             - The veteran must have met one of the disability requirements listed above.

All applications start in October of every year with the beginning of property tax collection season. Taxes must be paid in full before the application can be submitted to the State of TN.

Please call the DeKalb County Trustee’s office at 615-597-5176 ext. 1 to receive any additional information.