Detroit HOPE first. Michigan next. Then every county in America.

Detroit’s HOPE page flags current-year exemption relief and notes senior-related tax-bill information. Many states also have senior freezes, deferrals, circuit breakers, rebates, or school-tax credits. Do not assume age alone qualifies; check the current official form.

Several states and counties run disability-linked exemptions, tax credits, deferrals, or assessment freezes. The verification question is always local: what form, what proof, what deadline, and who approves it?

Many states and local governments have disabled-veteran exemptions or credits. BadPD tracks these separately because the paperwork often runs through the assessor, tax department, veterans records, and local board deadlines.

Detroit’s HOPE page points delinquent-tax questions to the Wayne County Treasurer and says Detroit Tax Relief Fund help may be available for Detroit homeowners who received HOPE and Pay As You Stay. If a home is in danger, call early.

Hennepin County says any tax balance not paid by January 1 after the due year becomes delinquent, and that owners have either one or three years to pay the balance to keep ownership. The county page tells residents to contact the property-tax team to see if they qualify for a payment plan and learn their options.

County pages publish online payment routes for current, prior, and future tax years, plus a property-information search used to find tax statements, payment status, and delinquent balances. Hennepin lists property tax information contact at 612-348-3011 and taxinfo@hennepin.us.

Minnesota Revenue says homeowners may qualify for a Property Tax Refund depending on income and property taxes. The state also publishes a senior-citizen property-tax deferral program that may defer a portion of taxes, with age, income, homestead, ownership, lien, and repayment rules.

Minnesota Revenue says dependents, seniors, or disabled persons may qualify for a subtraction that can reduce household income for the Property Tax Refund. The Homeowner’s Homestead Credit Refund page confirms regular and special refund lanes, including income and property-tax-increase requirements.

Harris County Tax Office says property owners can search delinquent accounts and that its installment payment agreement gives owners more time to pay delinquent property taxes. The page says standard plans are 12 months and extended plans may run 24 or 36 months, subject to account qualifications.

The Tax Office says it accepts full and partial property-tax payments online, by telephone, by mail, or in person. The payment page lists the property-tax phone payment number as 713-274-2273 and the main Tax Office number as 713-274-8000.

The Tax Office tax-breaks page directs exemption questions to HCAD and describes homestead exemption filing, active-duty military deferral, over-65/disabled deferral, quarter payment plan, and disaster installment plan lanes. It lists HCAD at 713-957-7800 for exemption/value/name/address questions.

HCAD says Texas law permits homeowners age 65 or older or disabled persons to defer current property taxes on a residence homestead, while warning taxes and 5% annual interest continue to accrue and must eventually be paid. Texas Comptroller pages provide statewide exemption explanations plus residence homestead and disabled-veteran exemption forms.

Denver says the Property Tax Relief Program provides a partial refund of property taxes paid, or the equivalent in rent, to qualifying residents. The city says eligible renters and homeowners may receive up to $1,000 or $1,800 depending on rent/property taxes paid and household annual income, and that 2025 rebate applications run from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027 while funds are available. Denver lists 720-944-4TAX (4829) and propertytaxrelief@denvergov.org for refund questions.

Denver says taxpayers can search property-tax records, pay taxes, and learn accepted payment methods online. The city lists first-half property taxes due the last day of February, second-half taxes due June 15, and full payment due April 30, with weekend/holiday adjustments.

Denver says a senior property-tax exemption is available for qualified Colorado senior residents or surviving spouses, with 2026 applications accepted January 2 through July 15. The disabled-veteran page says qualified veterans with a 100% permanent service-connected disability may have 50% of the first $200,000 of actual property value exempted.

Denver says unpaid property taxes accrue delinquent interest at 1% per month, delinquency notices are sent in July, and unpaid taxes may be advertised and sold if still unpaid by the day before the public tax-lien auction. The city says the public real-estate tax-lien auction is usually held in November, and its property-tax page lists propertytaxinfo@denvergov.org for delinquent-statement error questions.

The Pulaski County Treasurer says 2025 payable-2026 personal-property and real-estate tax books become delinquent after October 15, 2026. The Treasurer publishes online, phone, mail, in-person, mobile, bank, cash-retailer, and drop-box payment routes, with parcel-number and fee warnings.

The Treasurer’s DAV page says qualifying 100% service-connected disabled veterans, unemployable veterans, or unmarried widows may qualify for real-estate and personal-property tax exemption. It lists Summary of Benefits and eligibility-date documentation paths and notes 2026 assessment-year trust or LLC ownership language for qualifying homesteads.

Arkansas DFA says homeowners may receive a homestead property-tax credit and that beginning with 2026 tax bills the authorized credit increases up to $600. DFA also says homeowners who qualify for the homestead credit and are age 65 or older or disabled may be eligible for an assessment freeze, with application through the county assessor.

The Pulaski County Assessor is the local office for assessment, ownership, homestead, and exemption questions. Homeowners should verify the correct filing office, documents, deadlines, and whether a tax bill, mortgage escrow, ownership record, or address change needs separate action.

Harnett County says North Carolina excludes the greater of $25,000 or 50% of the appraised value of a qualifying permanent residence. The county lists a 2026 income limit of $38,800 for the elderly or disabled exclusion and links the AV-9 application and AV-9A disability certification route.

Harnett County says North Carolina excludes the first $45,000 of appraised value for a qualifying disabled veteran or unmarried surviving spouse, with no age or income requirement. The county and NC DMVA both point to NCDVA-9 certification before filing with the local county tax office.

Harnett County lists the circuit breaker path for qualifying senior or disabled homeowners. For 2026, the county says taxes are limited to 4% of income when income is at or below $38,800, and to 5% when income is above $38,800 but not above $58,200. Deferred taxes remain a lien and the county warns that a new application is required every year.

NCDOR’s 2026 AV-9 says the application is filed with the county tax assessor, not NCDOR. For Harnett residents, the Tax Department lists 910-893-7520. BadPD has not verified individual eligibility, valuation, local tax balance, payment-plan status, exemption approval, late-application good cause, or appeal deadlines for any homeowner.

Riverside County’s assessor page says a California veteran rated 100% disabled, blind, or paraplegic due to service-connected disability, or an un-remarried surviving spouse, may be eligible for a disabled veterans exemption and links a county form route. The county page says applicants should have the completed application, DD-214, and VA disability rating/effective-date letter before applying.

Riverside County’s March 11, 2026 release says eligible veterans apply with the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder’s Office, describes basic and higher low-income lanes, says low-income eligibility requires annual confirmation, and lists 951-955-6200 for additional information.

Riverside County says owner-occupants may qualify for up to a $7,000 assessed-value reduction. The county page says full exemption filing is due by 5 p.m. on February 15, 80% is available from February 16 through December 10, and filing is free.

California BOE and the State Controller describe the Property Tax Postponement program for qualifying senior, blind, or disabled homeowners. The State Controller page lists an October 1 to February 10 filing period, 40% equity, a $55,181 household income limit for the listed cycle, lien/repayment caveat, and 800-952-5661 contact route.

The Travis County Tax Office says disabled-veteran exemptions may apply to qualifying veterans, certain surviving spouses or children, and families of service members killed on active duty. The office notes that eligible disabled veterans must be Texas residents and must choose one property to receive the exemption.

Travis County publishes separate pages for veterans with a 10 percent or greater service-connected disability rating and for veterans who are 100 percent disabled or classified as unemployable. The 100 percent page says qualifying veterans are exempt from paying property taxes and that the exemption may transfer to a surviving spouse.

Travis Central Appraisal District says homestead exemptions can help owner-occupants reduce taxable value and lists general residence homestead, over-65, disability, disabled-veteran, donated residence, surviving spouse, and line-of-duty survivor categories. TCAD says applicants should use the appraisal district route for exemption filing and documentation.

TCAD publishes property-tax deferral guidance, including an appraisal-growth deferral lane and an age-65-or-older or disability deferral/postponement lane. TCAD warns that deferred taxes do not disappear, interest accrues, mortgage companies may have their own requirements, and homeowners should contact tax offices before relying on deferral calculations.

Douglas County Assessor says senior homestead, disabled-veteran, and Gold Star spouse exemptions allow 50% of the first $200,000 of actual value to be exempted. The county estimates the effect at roughly $600 to $1,000 and lists a July 15 application deadline on its overview page.

The senior page says applicants must be at least 65 as of January 1, be owner of record, and have owned and occupied the home as a primary residence for at least 10 consecutive years. It also says married couples or individuals can claim only one property and lists July 15 as the senior exemption deadline.

Douglas County says the Qualified Senior Primary Residential Exemption, also called the portable senior exemption, is available for tax years 2025 and 2026 for applicants who previously qualified for and received the senior property-tax exemption in property tax year 2020 or later but are not currently receiving it. The county lists March 15 as the deadline.

The veteran page says qualifying disabled veterans may receive the same 50% of the first $200,000 exemption, with January 1 ownership and occupancy rules and one primary residence. Douglas County’s treasurer/senior page says deferral applications are available from and submitted to the county treasurer between January 1 and April 1, with annual application required.

The Cook County Assessor says the 2025 exemption filing period is open and lists homeowner, senior, low-income senior assessment freeze, persons with disabilities, returning veterans, veterans with disabilities, World War II, long-time homeowner, and home-improvement exemption routes. The page also tells homeowners to review property details, exemption history, and status, and says certificate-of-error applications can recover eligible past-year savings.

The Assessor page says most senior homeowners may qualify if they are 65 or older and own and occupy the property as their principal residence. It describes the Senior Freeze as a separate low-income lane for homeowners who meet Senior Exemption requirements and had household annual income of $65,000 or less in calendar year 2024; the Senior Freeze must be filed annually.

The Assessor page lists persons-with-disabilities, returning-veteran, veterans-with-disabilities, and World War II exemptions. The Treasurer site also links military relief, disabled-veteran homestead exemption, third-party notification, and refund pages, giving homeowners a second official route to find relevant forms or status checks.

Cook County Treasurer and Illinois Revenue pages describe the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Program as a loan-like deferral. Current official guidance says the annual deferral cap is $7,500, lists 3% simple interest for current-year deferrals, requires annual application, and includes age, income, ownership, occupancy, insurance, no-delinquency, trust, spouse/trustee approval, repayment, and mortgage-risk caveats.