Grundy County Property Assessor 2026: Search & Tax Records

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Grundy County Tennessee Property Assessment & Tax Guide

Search Grundy County TN Property by Owner, Address, Parcel, 2026 Reappraisal Value, Taxes and Deeds

The elected Grundy County Assessor of Property is Daniel Crabtree. His office discovers, lists, classifies and values roughly 11,000 parcels and maintains the county’s assessment maps.

2026 is a Grundy County reappraisal year. The Tennessee Property Assessment Data system already displays Tax Year 2026 records and lets users search by owner, property address, parcel ID, subdivision, classification and sale date.

Tax Year 2026 data online
2026 countywide reappraisal
Residential & farm assessment ratio: 25%
2026 taxes become payable in October
Search Grundy County Property Assessor & Trustee Offices Open Tennessee Property Map Register of Deeds
Assessor Daniel Crabtree
Assessor phone 931-692-3596
Trustee Tyler McCullough
Trustee phone 931-692-3369
2026 status Reappraisal year
County number 031
Current status — August 12, 2026

Grundy County’s New 2026 Reappraisal Values Are Already Searchable

2026 TPAD data Tennessee’s official Property Assessment Data system is displaying Grundy County Tax Year 2026 records.
Reappraisal year Grundy County is completing its scheduled countywide reappraisal in 2026.
Data freshness The statewide search showed Grundy County’s 2026 dataset updated July 5, 2026.
Appeal timing matters now. Tennessee’s ordinary County Board of Equalization process begins in June. The general State Board appeal deadline is August 1 or 45 days after the County Board decision notice is sent, whichever is later. Because the later notice-based deadline can control, anyone with a pending 2026 appeal should use the date on the actual County Board notice.
If you never appealed your 2026 reappraisal to the County Board, call the Assessor at 931-692-3596 before assuming a later state appeal remains available. Tennessee generally requires a County Board appeal first unless a statutory exception applies.
Use the office that owns the record

Assessor, Trustee, Register of Deeds or Clerk & Master?

Assessor of Property

  • Market appraisal
  • Assessment classification
  • Property characteristics
  • Parcel maps
  • Greenbelt
  • County Board appeal

County Trustee

  • Property-tax collection
  • Tax balance
  • Receipts
  • Tax Relief applications
  • Payment questions
  • County funds

Register of Deeds

  • Warranty deeds
  • Deeds of trust
  • Liens
  • Recorded documents
  • Book/page records
  • Legal ownership trail

Clerk & Master

  • Delinquent tax suits
  • Chancery proceedings
  • Court-ordered sales
  • Court records
  • Delinquent collections
  • Sale litigation

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Grundy County Owner, Address & Parcel Search Fields

Owner Search a full owner name or a shorter surname/initial combination when the exact wording fails.
Property Address Street number is optional in TPAD, so a street-name search can help locate uncertain addresses.
Subdivision Useful for neighborhood and lot-based research.
Parcel ID Advanced search separates Control Map, Group and Parcel fields.
TPAD also lets you sort results by owner name, property address, parcel ID, subdivision, classification or sale date.

Grundy County TPAD Record Decoder

Field Meaning Why it matters
January 1 Owner Owner carried for the statutory assessment date. A later deed transfer may not change the January 1 tax-year owner.
Control Map / Group / Parcel Tennessee parcel-map identifiers. Useful for exact parcel and map research.
Market Appraisal Estimated market value before the statutory assessment percentage. This is the value commonly challenged in a reappraisal appeal.
Assessment Percentage Tennessee statutory ratio for the property classification. Converts appraisal into assessed value.
Assessment Taxable assessed value before other applicable adjustments. Tax rate is applied per $100 of assessed value.
Land Use Value Preferential use value where qualifying land receives Greenbelt treatment. Can be materially lower than market appraisal.
Book / Page Recorded-document reference associated with a sale. Helps connect the parcel to Register of Deeds records.
Sale Qualification Indicates whether the recorded transaction is considered useful market evidence. Not every deed transfer is a valid comparable sale.
Countywide reappraisal year

What Grundy County’s 2026 Reappraisal Means

Tennessee requires counties to periodically revalue real property so assessment records reflect changing market conditions. Grundy County’s current state data identifies 2026 as its reappraisal year.

Old value is not simply increased by a fixed percentage Reappraisal uses mass-appraisal analysis, property characteristics and market evidence.
Every tax class still uses its statutory ratio A higher appraised value is converted to assessed value using the applicable Tennessee percentage.
Reappraisal does not automatically equal the same percentage tax increase Tax rates are separately adopted after values are known.
Tennessee’s certified-tax-rate process is designed so a countywide reappraisal by itself does not automatically generate additional tax revenue merely because the tax base increased. Local officials can later adopt a different rate under applicable public procedures.
State-set classification percentages

Grundy County Assessment Ratios

Property class Assessment percentage Example on $200,000 appraisal
Residential real property 25% $50,000 assessed value
Farm real property 25% $50,000 assessed value
Commercial / industrial real property 40% $80,000 assessed value
Business tangible personal property 30% $60,000 assessed value
Public utility property 55% $110,000 assessed value
2026 reappraisal appeal route

How Grundy County Property Assessment Appeals Work

Review the 2026 parcel first. Compare land, building characteristics, classification and sale data in TPAD.
Contact Daniel Crabtree’s office. Ask whether an informal review is available and identify factual errors.
Preserve the County Board deadline. Informal review itself is not a formal appeal.
Appeal to the Grundy County Board of Equalization. Tennessee generally requires this local appeal before further state review.
Bring valuation evidence. Comparable sales, condition evidence, photographs and an appraisal can be useful.
Read the County Board decision notice. Its mailing date can determine the next appeal deadline.
Appeal to the State Board when eligible. The general state deadline is August 1 or 45 days after the County Board action notice, whichever is later.
Continue following tax-payment requirements. An assessment dispute does not automatically erase tax-payment obligations.
As of August 12, 2026: the ordinary June County Board season and the general August 1 state benchmark have passed. A taxpayer whose County Board decision was mailed later can still have a later 45-day state deadline. Use the actual decision notice.
Tennessee says the strongest residential valuation evidence is generally sales of genuinely comparable properties, with relevant differences in size, acreage, age, condition, location and features explained.
Tennessee Value Appeals Review County Board prerequisites, state filing deadlines and evidence standards.
Agricultural, forest & open-space land

Grundy County Greenbelt Property Search & Use Value

Tennessee’s Greenbelt program values qualifying agricultural, forest and open-space land based on its qualifying current use rather than unrestricted highest-and-best-use market value.

March 15 Standard first-time Greenbelt application deadline.
Assessor filing Applications are filed with Daniel Crabtree’s Assessor of Property office.
Market + use values TPAD can display both market appraisal and lower qualifying use appraisal.
3,000-acre limit Tennessee generally limits Greenbelt acreage per owner within a taxing jurisdiction, subject to statutory details.
Sale or use change warning: disqualification can trigger rollback taxes. For agricultural and forest property, rollback generally recaptures applicable savings for the preceding three years; open-space rollback can reach five years.
A late continuation application can sometimes be filed within 30 days after the Assessor’s disqualification notice with a $50 late fee payable to the Trustee.
Tennessee Greenbelt Review eligibility, applications, late continuation, acreage and rollback rules.
Business tangible personal property

Grundy County Business Personal Property

February 1 Business Personal Property Schedules should be mailed by this date.
March 1 Standard deadline to return the Personal Property Schedule.
30% assessment ratio Commercial and industrial tangible personal property is assessed at 30% of value.
Tennessee business personal property can include equipment, machinery, computers, furniture and other tangible assets used in a business or profession.
As of August 12, 2026, the ordinary March 1 return deadline and June County Board appeal period are past. Tennessee’s general schedule allows an amended Personal Property Schedule for the previous tax year through September 1.
Elderly, disabled & disabled-veteran homeowners

Grundy County Tennessee Property Tax Relief

Trustee Tyler McCullough administers applications locally for Tennessee’s state-funded Property Tax Relief Program.

Elderly homeowners Qualifying low-income elderly homeowners can receive state-funded relief.
Disabled homeowners Qualifying disabled homeowners can receive relief subject to program requirements.
Disabled veterans / surviving spouses Separate eligibility rules apply to qualifying service-disabled veterans and certain surviving spouses.
Tax Relief is not a property-tax exemption. The owner still receives a tax bill and remains responsible for payment; the state pays an approved portion of qualifying property taxes.
Grundy County’s Trustee page states applications must be completed no later than 35 days after the February property-tax payment deadline.
2026 Tennessee Tax Relief Review program eligibility and current application information, then file through the Trustee.
Do not confuse relief with freeze

Does Grundy County Participate in Tennessee’s Property Tax Freeze?

Grundy County is not listed among Tennessee’s 2026 county-level Property Tax Freeze participants.

This is different from the state-funded Tax Relief Program that Tyler McCullough’s Trustee office does administer for eligible taxpayers.
Do not advertise or apply a “senior tax freeze” to a Grundy County parcel based solely on age. Check the Tennessee Comptroller’s current participating-jurisdiction list before relying on any freeze benefit.
Tennessee Property Tax Freeze List Confirm current participating counties, cities and income limits.
2026 assessment and collection cycle

Grundy County 2026 Property Tax Calendar

Assessment date Ownership, classification and property status are measured.
Business schedule Personal Property Schedules normally due.
Greenbelt Standard new-application deadline.
Assessments State schedule targets completion and mailing of change notices.
County Board County Board of Equalization appeal season.
Tax rate County budget and rate process normally occurs.
2026 taxes payable First Monday in October 2026.
Delinquent 2026 county taxes become delinquent after the February payment period.
Tennessee’s statutory schedule says current-year county taxes become due and payable on the first Monday in October and the preceding year’s taxes become delinquent March 1. For 2026 taxes, that means the normal collection window begins October 5, 2026 and delinquency begins March 1, 2027.
Tennessee tax-rate calculator

Grundy County Property Tax Calculator

Enter the appraised value, choose the correct Tennessee classification and enter the final tax rate per $100 of assessed value.

Appraised value $0.00
Assessed value $0.00
Estimated tax $0.00
Planning only: do not use an old Grundy County tax rate as though it were the final 2026 rate. Because 2026 is a reappraisal year, use the adopted 2026 county rate and any applicable municipal rate. Greenbelt parcels should use the correct taxable/use-value assessment rather than unrestricted market appraisal.
Parcel map & property characteristics

Use Tennessee’s Property Viewer for Grundy County Parcel Research

The Assessor’s official county page directs users to Tennessee Comptroller property data and maps for Grundy County.

Parcel identity Control Map, Group, Parcel and Special Interest identifiers.
Land / improvements Land units, building type, square footage, utilities and other characteristics can be displayed.
Sale history Sale price, date, book/page, instrument and qualification codes can be reviewed.
Property maps are assessment tools. Use a recorded deed, plat and licensed surveyor when a legal boundary or acreage dispute matters.
Gayle VanHooser — Register of Deeds

Search Grundy County Deeds, Liens and Recorded Land Records

The current Grundy County Register of Deeds is Gayle VanHooser. The office records documents affecting the legal status of real property and maintains the county land-record database.

Search TPAD first. Save the current owner, parcel ID and any Book/Page reference in the sale history.
Contact the Register of Deeds. The office is at 68 Cumberland Street, Suite 118, Altamont.
Use Book/Page when available. This can narrow the deed search quickly.
Search the county-linked online land-record service. Grundy County’s official page directs users to U.S. Title Search for the Register’s electronic records.
Review the actual instrument. Confirm grantor/grantee names, legal description, recording date and deed type.
Register Gayle VanHooser
Phone 931-692-3621
Fax 931-692-3627
The Assessor record is excellent for tax-year ownership and valuation research, but the recorded deed is the stronger record for tracing a legal ownership transfer.
Delinquent tax suits

Where Grundy County Delinquent Tax Cases Go

The Grundy County Clerk & Master is Megan Rollins. The county states that the Clerk & Master’s office handles delinquent tax suits filed by Grundy County and the City of Tracy and, when necessary, court-ordered sale proceedings.

Current taxes Start with Trustee Tyler McCullough.
Delinquent tax lawsuit Check the Clerk & Master when collection has moved into Chancery Court.
Court-ordered sale Verify the actual docket/order rather than relying on an old tax balance or unofficial auction list.
Clerk & Master: 68 Cumberland Street, Suite 200, Altamont, TN 37301. Phone 931-692-3455.

Grundy County Buyer & Owner Verification Checklist

  • Search Tax Year 2026 parcel
  • Save Control Map / Group / Parcel
  • Verify January 1 owner
  • Verify property address
  • Review market appraisal
  • Review land value
  • Review improvement value
  • Confirm assessment ratio
  • Check 2026 reappraisal value
  • Check Greenbelt status
  • Compare market and use value
  • Review building characteristics
  • Review sale history
  • Save deed Book/Page
  • Verify tax status with Trustee
  • Search actual recorded deed
  • Check delinquency/litigation if needed
  • Use a survey for legal boundaries
2026 buyer warning: because Grundy County is in a reappraisal year, do not estimate future tax solely from an older tax bill or the seller’s previous appraisal. Use the new 2026 assessed value and final 2026 tax rate.

Grundy County Property Search Problems & Best Fixes

Problem Best fix Office / system
Owner search fails Try surname only, surname + initial, address or parcel ID. TPAD
Address search fails Search street name without the number, then narrow the results. TPAD
2026 value jumped Remember 2026 is a reappraisal year; review property data and comparable sales. Assessor
Assessment seems wrong Check the classification percentage before assuming the arithmetic is incorrect. Assessor
Greenbelt value missing Confirm the application, ownership and continued qualifying use with the Assessor. Assessor
Need current tax amount Contact the Trustee rather than using market appraisal as a tax-bill substitute. Trustee
Need recorded ownership Use the Register of Deeds and Book/Page information. Register
Missed County Board appeal Call the Assessor before trying to file directly with the State Board; limited exceptions may apply. Assessor / SBOE
Tax has moved into lawsuit Check with the Clerk & Master and Trustee for current status. Chancery / Trustee
Need exact boundary Use deed/plat and a licensed surveyor rather than the assessment map alone. Register / Surveyor

Grundy County Property Office Contacts

Office Current official Address / phone Best use
Assessor of Property Daniel Crabtree 68 Cumberland Street, Suite 112
Altamont, TN 37301
931-692-3596 		Appraisals, classification, maps, Greenbelt and assessment appeals.
County Trustee Tyler McCullough 68 Cumberland Street, Suite 116
Altamont, TN 37301
931-692-3369 		Tax collection, payment status, receipts and Tax Relief.
Register of Deeds Gayle VanHooser 68 Cumberland Street, Suite 118
Altamont, TN 37301
931-692-3621 		Deeds, liens and other land records.
Clerk & Master Megan Rollins 68 Cumberland Street, Suite 200
Altamont, TN 37301
931-692-3455 		Delinquent tax suits and Chancery Court sales.
Official property actions

Grundy County Property Search Action Center

Property Search Owner, address and parcel. Assessor 2026 value and appeal. Tax Information Trustee collection. Parcel Map Tennessee assessment viewer. Land Records Register of Deeds.
10 Grundy County-specific answers

Grundy County Assessor Property Search FAQs

1. How do I search Grundy County Tennessee property records?

Use the Tennessee Property Assessment Data system and select Grundy County, county number 031. The official search supports owner name, property address and parcel ID, while Advanced Search adds subdivision, classification, sale-date, Control Map, Group and Parcel fields.

2. Who is the Grundy County Assessor of Property in 2026?

Daniel Crabtree is the current Grundy County Assessor of Property. His office is at 68 Cumberland Street, Suite 112, Altamont, Tennessee 37301. The telephone number is 931-692-3596.

3. Is Grundy County undergoing a reappraisal in 2026?

Yes. Tennessee’s current reappraisal schedule and the 2026 TPAD parcel records identify 2026 as Grundy County’s reappraisal year. Property owners should therefore compare new 2026 appraisal values with current property characteristics and relevant market evidence.

4. What is the Grundy County residential assessment percentage?

Residential and farm real property in Tennessee are assessed at 25% of appraised value. Commercial and industrial real property is assessed at 40%, business tangible personal property at 30%, and public utility property at 55%.

5. Can I still appeal my Grundy County 2026 reappraisal?

The ordinary County Board of Equalization season begins in June. A further State Board appeal is generally due August 1 or within 45 days after the County Board decision notice was sent, whichever is later. Because notice-specific dates can extend beyond August 1, taxpayers with a County Board decision should use the date on that notice and contact the Assessor immediately.

6. When is the Grundy County Greenbelt filing deadline?

Tennessee’s standard deadline for a first-time agricultural, forest or open-space Greenbelt application is March 15. Applications are filed with the Grundy County Assessor of Property. A qualifying continuation application can have a limited late-filing route after a disqualification notice, generally with a $50 late fee.

7. When are Grundy County 2026 property taxes due?

Tennessee’s statutory county-tax schedule says current-year taxes become due and payable on the first Monday in October. For 2026 that is October 5, 2026. The normal payment period continues through February, with 2026 county taxes becoming delinquent March 1, 2027.

8. Who collects Grundy County Tennessee property taxes?

Tyler McCullough is the current Grundy County Trustee. The Trustee collects county property taxes and administers local applications for Tennessee’s Property Tax Relief Program. The office is at 68 Cumberland Street, Suite 116, Altamont, Tennessee 37301, telephone 931-692-3369.

9. Does Grundy County participate in Tennessee’s senior Property Tax Freeze?

Grundy County is not listed among the Tennessee Comptroller’s 2026 county-level Property Tax Freeze participants. This is different from Tennessee Property Tax Relief, which the Grundy County Trustee does administer for qualifying elderly, disabled and disabled-veteran homeowners.

10. Where can I search Grundy County deeds and liens?

Use the Grundy County Register of Deeds. Gayle VanHooser is the current Register. TPAD sale records can provide deed Book and Page references, which can then be used to locate the recorded document through the Register’s office and its county-linked electronic records service.

Official Grundy County & Tennessee Property Sources

Grundy County Officials Daniel Crabtree, Tyler McCullough, Gayle VanHooser, Megan Rollins and current office contacts. Tennessee Property Assessment Data Tax Year 2026 owner, address, parcel, value, sale and property-characteristic records. Tennessee Property Viewer Parcel-map and assessment research. Reappraisal Schedule State confirmation of Grundy County’s reappraisal cycle. Assessment Ratios 25%, 40%, 30% and 55% Tennessee property classifications. Tennessee Assessment Schedule January 1, March 1, March 15, May 20, June, October and delinquency milestones. Value Appeals County Board and State Board appeal process. Greenbelt Agricultural, forest and open-space use-value rules. 2026 Property Tax Relief Elderly, disabled and disabled-veteran relief information. Property Tax Freeze Current 2026 participating-jurisdiction list. Grundy County Trustee County property-tax information and payment guidance. Calculate Tennessee Property Tax Appraisal, assessment ratio, assessed value and tax-rate formula.
Editorial verification completed August 12, 2026: current official county and Tennessee sources were reviewed for Assessor Daniel Crabtree, Trustee Tyler McCullough, Register Gayle VanHooser, Clerk & Master Megan Rollins, Tax Year 2026 TPAD data, the 2026 Grundy County reappraisal, assessment ratios, appeals, Greenbelt, business personal property, Tax Relief, Property Tax Freeze participation and Tennessee’s annual property-tax calendar.

CountyPropertyAppraiser.org is an independent informational website. It is not affiliated with Grundy County, the Grundy County Assessor of Property, Trustee, Register of Deeds, Clerk & Master, Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, State Board of Equalization or any property-record provider.

Assessments, tax rates, payment methods, appeal deadlines, Greenbelt status, Tax Relief eligibility, ownership records and online systems can change. Verify final parcel-specific information with the responsible official office.

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Last reviewed: August 12, 2026

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