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Ventura County dates and official links

Ventura County property tax tools

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Tools for Ventura County, CA

Estimated bill

Starts at the county’s Census median: $822,700. Change it to your best estimate.

Estimated annual bill$5,574

Your home value × the county’s Census effective rate; your actual bill may differ.

Official tax information

Census survey, 2020–2024. Rate = median annual taxes ÷ median home value.

Census home value source
0500000US06111|822700|6187

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Census taxes paid source
0500000US06111|5574|79|6174|85|4040|147

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Late payment penalty

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A complete date-based penalty rule and its matching cutoff have not been verified here.

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Source and verification
A penalty of 10% of installment amount will be added after each delinquent date + additional $30 cost fee after the April 10th delinquent date. When December 10th or April 10th falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the delinquency date is the next business day. Once a tax defaults on June 30th (falls into redemption status), a monthly penalty of 1.5% of the base tax will accrue until payment is made.

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Exemption savings

Check the exemptions that may fit. A “Yes” does not confirm eligibility; your assessor makes that decision.

Homeowners' Exemption

Qualifying owners whose home is their principal residence on January 1.

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Official eligibility and application

Eligibility source
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.

Savings source
To claim the exemption, the homeowner must make a one-time filing with the county assessor where the property is located. A person filing for the first time on a property may file anytime after the property or claimant becomes eligible, but no later than February 15 to receive the full exemption for that year.

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Disabled Veterans' Exemption

Qualifying veterans rated or compensated at 100% for service-connected disability, or qualifying unmarried surviving spouses; principal residence required.

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Official eligibility and application

Eligibility source
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.

Savings source
the claim form must be filed between the date of the eligibility event and on or before the following January 1, or 90 days after the date of the eligibility event, whichever is later. The claim form must be filed annually between January 1 and on or before February 15.

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Estimates are separate. Do not add them together; eligibility, taxing units and restrictions can overlap.

Is my assessment too high?

Use market value, not assessed or taxable value.

Compared with the county medianAt the median

This compares market values only; being above the county median does not establish overassessment.

Official appeal information

Census survey, 2020–2024. Rate = median annual taxes ÷ median home value.

Census home value source
0500000US06111|822700|6187

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Census taxes paid source
0500000US06111|5574|79|6174|85|4040|147

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Appeal dates and filing

Regular assessment appeals: July 2–September 15; if September 15 falls on a weekend, the following Monday. Supplemental, roll-change and escaped assessment appeals: within 60 days of notice mailing or postmark, whichever is later.

How to file: Clerk of the Ventura County 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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