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Prince George’S County Property Tax 2026: Rates, Appeals and Exemptions

By Oleg Kachko · Updated July 13, 2026

Verified July 2026 · By Oleg Kachko · Reviewed for accuracy against primary state and county sources

Prince George’s County property tax costs the typical homeowner about $4,771 a year, on a median home value of $426,000 – an effective rate of about 1.06%. That is above the national average annual bill of $4,271. This page shows you where that number comes from, who actually sets it, the deadline to challenge it, and the exemptions you may be leaving on the table.

Prince George’s County property tax at a Glance

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  • Effective property tax rate: 1.06%
  • Median annual bill: $4,771
  • Median home value: $426,000
  • Who assesses your home: the state – SDAT Prince George’s County Assessment Office (Maryland Dept of Assessments and Taxation). There is no county assessor in Maryland.
  • Appeal deadline: 45 days from the date on your SDAT notice (notices mail end of December; deadline usually mid-February)

Prince George’s County property tax: the real numbers

Property tax is the most local tax there is. Two homes of the same value in different counties – sometimes in different towns of the same county – can carry very different bills, because the rate is the sum of every overlapping district that taxes you: the county, the town or city, the school district, and often fire, library or water districts on top. So the prince george’s county property tax figure below is an average across the whole county – your own bill depends on which districts you sit inside.

Figure Prince George’s County National
Median annual property tax bill $4,771 $4,271
Effective property tax rate 1.06% about 0.90%
Median home value $426,000 –

Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (5-year), the same dataset the Tax Foundation uses. The effective rate is total real-estate taxes paid divided by total owner-occupied home value – so it reflects what people actually pay, not the headline millage rate.

Who actually sets your prince george’s county property tax value

This is the part most guides get wrong about Maryland. Your home is not assessed by the county. It is assessed by the state, through SDAT Prince George’s County Assessment Office (Maryland Dept of Assessments and Taxation). There is no county assessor to call. Everything – your value, your appeal, your credits – runs through the state office.

Worth knowing about Prince George’s County:

MARYLAND IS ASSESSED BY THE STATE, NOT THE COUNTY. There is no county assessor. SDAT runs a local office in each jurisdiction. A page that tells a Maryland homeowner to ‘contact your county assessor’ is simply wrong.

How often your prince george’s county property tax value is reassessed:

The Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) reassesses every property on a 3-year cycle (each county split into three groups; one group per year), at 100% market value, with increases phased in over the three years. Notices are mailed in late December.

How to appeal your prince george’s county property tax assessment

⚠ The deadline — miss it and you usually wait a full year

45 days from the date on your SDAT notice (notices mail end of December; deadline usually mid-February)

MARYLAND WORKS UNLIKE ANY OTHER STATE, AND THE TIMING IS BRUTAL IF YOU MISS IT. Your property is NOT assessed by Prince George’s County – it is assessed by the STATE, through the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT), which runs a local assessment office in every jurisdiction. SDAT reassesses on a THREE-YEAR CYCLE: each county is split into three Groups, and only ONE GROUP is reassessed each year. If your group is up, your NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT arrives at the END OF DECEMBER.

YOUR DEADLINE IS 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE ON THE NOTICE – not the date you opened it – which usually lands in MID-FEBRUARY. MISS IT AND YOU NORMALLY WAIT THREE YEARS FOR ANOTHER SHOT AT THE FULL VALUE. That is why Maryland’s 45 days matter more than most states’ deadlines. YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY STUCK IF YOU MISSED IT.

Two other doors: (1) in a NON-assessment year you may file a PETITION FOR REVIEW, due the first business day after JANUARY 1, and (2) if you BOUGHT the property between January 1 and June 30, you may appeal within 60 DAYS OF THE TRANSFER – which is well worth doing if you paid LESS than the state’s assessed value.

THE LADDER: Supervisor’s Level (an informal 15-minute hearing with an SDAT assessor – many appeals are won right here) -> the PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT APPEAL BOARD (PTAAB), within 30 days -> the MARYLAND TAX COURT, within 30 days. The Tax Court hears it fresh, with NO filing fee, and most homeowners never use it.

Almost every prince george’s county property tax appeal comes down to one claim: the assessor thinks my home is worth more than it really is. Everything below is about proving that.

Do this first, before you file anything: ask for your property record card and read it. A surprising share of assessments are simply wrong on the facts – the wrong square footage, a bathroom you do not have, a finished basement that is bare concrete, a garage that was torn down. Factual errors are the easiest appeals to win, because there is nothing to argue about.

Then build the one thing that actually wins appeals: comparable sales. Find three to five homes near you, as similar as you can get on size, age, and condition, that sold recently for less than your assessed value. Not listings – sales. Not Zillow estimates – recorded sales. Boards ignore opinions and respond to comps.

A successful prince george’s county property tax appeal does not change your tax rate – it lowers the value the rate is applied to, which lowers the bill for as long as the new value stands.

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Appeals are heard by the SDAT Supervisor of Assessments for Prince George’s County, then the Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board (PTAAB). In most places there is a free, informal step first – a conversation or a paper review with the assessor – and it resolves a large share of cases without a hearing. Take it. It costs you nothing and it is the fastest way to win.

One honest warning: an appeal reviews your value, and a review can go up as well as down. That is uncommon when you bring real comparable sales, and it is exactly why you check your comps before you file.

Where to go: SDAT Prince George’s County Assessment Office (Maryland Dept of Assessments and Taxation). Phone: 410-767-1184.

Prince George’s County property tax exemptions you may qualify for

This is where most homeowners quietly overpay their prince george’s county property tax. Exemptions are almost never applied automatically – you have to claim them, and many people simply never do. It is worth ten minutes of your time to check.

MARYLAND’S TWO CREDITS – ONE YOU FILE ONCE, ONE YOU MUST FILE EVERY YEAR. MOST PEOPLE MISS AT LEAST ONE. (1) THE HOMESTEAD TAX CREDIT caps how much your TAXABLE assessment can rise each year – and the cap is set LOCALLY, ranging from 0% in some jurisdictions to 10% in others. That is a twelve-fold difference depending on where you live, and it is the single biggest reason two Maryland homeowners with identical houses pay very different bills.

YOU ONLY HAVE TO FILE FOR IT ONCE – but if you never filed, you are not getting it. Check your status with SDAT. (2) THE HOMEOWNERS’ PROPERTY TAX CREDIT is an income-based ‘circuit breaker’ that limits your property tax to a share of your income. For the lowest-income homeowners it can wipe out most of the bill. IT MUST BE APPLIED FOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR, and SDAT itself says it is significantly underused – a lot of people who qualify simply never apply.

The application deadline is around OCTOBER 1. ALSO: a veteran with a 100% service-connected permanent disability (and certain surviving spouses) can be FULLY EXEMPT from property tax on their home – file SDAT form AT3-45. AND NOTE: a big reassessment increase is PHASED IN over the three years, one-third at a time – so check the phase-in maths on your notice, because an error there compounds across three bills.

Homestead: Homestead Tax Credit – not a value exemption but a CAP on how much your taxable assessment can rise each year (the state caps it at 10%; each county/municipality sets its own cap, from 0% to 10%). File a one-time application with SDAT to establish owner-occupancy, after which it applies automatically. Separately, the income-based Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit can sharply cut the bill (below).

Senior / over-65: Maryland has no statewide senior value exemption, but the income-based Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit (‘circuit breaker’) caps property tax at a percentage of household income (can reduce the bill to zero) – apply annually to SDAT by October 1. Many counties also offer a local Senior Tax Credit (for example a 20% county-portion credit for owners 65+), with local income/value/tenure limits.

Veteran: Disabled Veterans Exemption (Md. Tax-Property 7-208) – a FULL exemption of property tax on the dwelling of a veteran with a 100% permanent and total service-connected disability, plus unremarried surviving spouses and surviving spouses of servicemembers killed in the line of duty. File Form AT3-45 with your local SDAT office.

Disability: The income-based Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit is open to disabled homeowners on the same income terms as everyone else. A Blind Person Exemption also gives a $15,000 assessment reduction (with a doctor’s certification).

Common questions about prince george’s county property tax

Why did my prince george’s county property tax bill go up when I did nothing to the house?
Two different things can raise a bill: your assessed value went up, or a taxing district raised its rate. They are separate, and only the first one can be appealed. Your notice will show which changed.

Do I call Prince George’s County about my assessment?
No. In this state the county does not set your value – the state does, through SDAT Prince George’s County Assessment Office (Maryland Dept of Assessments and Taxation).

Is it worth appealing my prince george’s county property tax?
Ask one question: would a similar home near mine sell for less than the value the assessor has put on mine? If yes, you have a case, it is usually free to file, and in many places the informal review settles it without a hearing.

Do I need to hire someone to appeal?
No. The informal review and the local board are built for ordinary homeowners to use themselves, and there is normally no fee. Appeal services exist and can be worth it for some people, but you are not required to use one and you should never be told you are.

How is my prince george’s county property tax bill actually calculated?
Your assessed value is multiplied by the combined rate of every district that taxes you, then any exemptions you have claimed are subtracted. That is why two neighbours can pay different amounts on identical homes – one of them claimed an exemption the other never did.

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The bottom line on prince george’s county property tax

Do two things this week. First, pull your property record card and check the facts – square footage, rooms, condition. Second, check whether you are claiming every exemption you are entitled to, because most people are not. If your prince george’s county property tax value looks higher than what a similar home nearby would actually sell for, you have grounds to appeal – and the only thing that can stop you is the deadline above.

Where our prince george’s county property tax figures come from

Informational only. Know Property Tax is not a government agency, not a county assessor, and not a tax-appeal service, and this is not legal, tax, or financial advice. Property tax rates, median bills, exemption amounts, and deadlines change every year, and every property is different. Any figure shown here is illustrative. Confirm your rate, your exemptions, and above all your appeal deadline with the office named on this page before you act.

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