Nashville and Davidson County's 2026 informal and Metropolitan Board scheduling windows are closed: informal requests ended April 17 and formal hearing scheduling ended June 26. A taxpayer who received a local board decision may still have a Tennessee State Board of Equalization deadline of August 1, 2026 or 45 days after the local notice, whichever is later. The $249 FairPath owner-guided evidence packet remains available now for every Davidson County property. It can organize the assessment notice, parcel record, local decision, owner-verified facts, comparable sales, photographs, condition records, classification evidence, and official state materials. FairPath does not establish jurisdiction for a late or direct appeal, schedule a hearing, file an appeal, choose the owner's value, or represent the owner.
Assessment context: Tennessee assessments are made annually as of January 1, while countywide real-property reappraisals occur on a cycle. Nashville and Davidson County completed a reappraisal for 2025, so a 2026 owner should confirm the current appraised value, classification, assessment ratio, parcel characteristics, and any change notice rather than assuming the tax rate or prior-year percentage increase is itself appealable. The 2026 county notice expressly distinguishes a value or classification appeal from disagreement with the tax rate. Compare the Assessor's land and improvement inventory with owner records and frame the issue as market value, classification, uniformity, or a concrete factual error.
Filing process: The Assessor offered a complimentary informal review through April 17, 2026. Owners who disagreed with that result or skipped informal review could schedule a formal Metropolitan Board of Equalization hearing between May 26 and June 26. Tennessee generally requires the local board stage to preserve a further value appeal. A party disagreeing with the local decision may file with the State Board of Equalization by August 1 or within 45 days after the local notice, whichever is later. State materials describe limited direct-appeal exceptions, including deficient notice or reasonable cause, but an owner should confirm those conditions rather than treating them as a general late-filing path.
Evidence to review: Use the January 1 assessment date and the property's actual characteristics. Review land size, building area, age, quality, condition, renovations, use, occupancy, classification, and neighborhood assignment. Select arm's-length sales from the relevant Nashville market and document sale date and price, parcel number, proximity, size, age, construction, condition, and adjustments. Add dated photographs, inspection findings, repair scopes, permits, leases, surveys, and owner records when they establish a material difference. Preserve the assessment notice, informal-review submission and result, MBOE appointment and exhibits, decision notice, and proof of delivery because the state deadline is tied to the local notice.
Current deadline guidance: State appeal deadline: August 1, 2026, or 45 days after local notice. Nashville and Davidson County closed 2026 informal review requests on April 17 and accepted scheduling for Metropolitan Board of Equalization hearings from May 26 through June 26. An owner appealing a local board decision to the Tennessee State Board of Equalization generally must file by August 1 of the tax year or within 45 days after the local decision notice was sent, whichever is later. Limited direct-appeal exceptions and reasonable-cause procedures are defined by state law and should not be assumed.
The 2026 informal-review request period closed April 17.
Metropolitan Board of Equalization hearing scheduling ran from May 26 through June 26.
The State Board deadline is generally August 1 or 45 days after the local decision notice, whichever is later.
Nashville's 2026 announcement says value and classification may be appealed, but the tax rate itself may not.
Official filing authority: Metropolitan Board of Equalization; Tennessee State Board of Equalization for a preserved further appeal. https://comptroller.tn.gov/boards/state-board-of-equalization/value-appeals.html
Source: Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, 2026 Informal Review Closed and MBOE Scheduling Announcement, https://www.nashville.gov/departments/assessor/news/2026-assessment-year-informal-review-request-period-closed-formal-appeal-scheduling-opens-hearings-independent-mboe-tuesday-may-26. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Source: Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Assessor of Property, https://www.nashville.gov/departments/assessor. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Source: Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, County Boards of Equalization, https://comptroller.tn.gov/boards/state-board-of-equalization/sboe-resources/county-board-of-equalization.html. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Source: Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Value Appeals, https://comptroller.tn.gov/boards/state-board-of-equalization/value-appeals.html. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Source: Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Assessment versus Taxation, https://comptroller.tn.gov/office-functions/pa/property-taxes/assessment-vs-taxation.html. Reviewed 2026-07-29.