Kern County dates and official links
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Tools for Kern County, CA
Starts at the county’s Census median: $338,300. Change it to your best estimate.
Your home value × the county’s Census effective rate; your actual bill may differ.
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Census survey, 2020–2024. Rate = median annual taxes ÷ median home value.
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Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
A complete date-based penalty rule and its matching cutoff have not been verified here.
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December 10 First installment payment deadline. A 10% penalty is added as of 5:00 p.m. (* If a delinquent date falls on a weekend or holiday, the delinquent date is the next business day.) February 1 Second installment due April 10 Second installment payment deadline. A 10% penalty plus $10.00 cost is added as of 5:00 p.m. (*)
Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
Check the exemptions that may fit. A “Yes” does not confirm eligibility; your assessor makes that decision.
Owners whose home is their principal residence on January 1.
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Official eligibility and application
If you own a home and it is your principal place of residence on January 1, you may apply for an exemption of $7,000 from your assessed value.
Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
A disabled person permanently residing in the dwelling may qualify; the person need not own it. Other eligibility conditions apply.
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Official eligibility and application
The disabled person must be a permanent resident, though not necessarily the owner of the dwelling.
Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
Qualified veterans rated 100% disabled or compensated at 100% due to service-connected unemployability, and qualifying unmarried surviving spouses, on a principal residence.
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Official eligibility and application
The Disabled Veterans' Exemption reduces the property tax liability on the principal place of residence of qualified veterans who, due to a service-connected injury or disease, have been rated 100% disabled or are being compensated at the 100% rate due to unemployability. An unmarried surviving spouse of a qualified veteran may also claim the exemption.
Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
Qualifying owner-occupied principal residence on January 1; $7,000 reduction of taxable value.
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Official eligibility and application
The California Constitution provides a $7,000 reduction in the taxable value for a qualifying owner-occupied home. The home must have been the principal place of residence of the owner on the lien date, January 1st.
Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
Estimates are separate. Do not add them together; eligibility, taxing units and restrictions can overlap.
Use market value, not assessed or taxable value.
This compares market values only; being above the county median does not establish overassessment.
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Census survey, 2020–2024. Rate = median annual taxes ÷ median home value.
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Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
Published appeal deadline: November 30, 2026 (announced).
How to file: Clerk of the Board, Assessment Appeals Board.
State guidance: File the county's Assessment Appeal Application (BOE-305-AH) with the clerk of the board in the county where the property is located.
Official appeal source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
Official appeal source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
Official appeal source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
Official appeal source. Last verified 2026-10-24.
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