The Sequoyah County ad valorem exemption filing period is now open, and the county assessor’s office is providing in-person assistance at five county locations to help with filling and answer questions.

On-site services available include:

• Homestead exemption

• Double homestead exemption

• Senior freeze exemption

• 100% disabled veteran exemption For double homestead and senior freeze exemptions, household gross income verification is required at the time of filing.

At the in-person community outreach sessions, assessor’s office personnel will also be accepting personal property renditions for businesses, agricultural accounts and mobile homes.

All community outreach sessions are 6 to 8 p.m.

Dates and locations for the community outreach sessions are:

• January 27 — RFPD #1, U.S. Highway 64 at N4470 Road, Carlisle • February 10 — Sallisaw Auditorium, 218 W. Creek Avenue

• February 17 — Brushy Community Building, East 1010 Road

• February 19 — Brent Fire Department, U.S. 59 south of Highway 141

• February 24 — MCCO Building, 603 N. Main Street (64B), Muldrow When applying for the senior freeze exemption, the gross household income limit for seniors who own property in Sequoyah County has been increased to $80,600 for the 2026 tax year, County Assessor Brandy Allen (previously Dobbs) says.

The increase is a substantial one, since the 2025 household income guideline was capped at $65,700.

Sequoyah County income limit exceeds all counties in the area, including Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore and Muskogee.

“The entire household has to make the $80,600 or less, and the person has to be 65 by the end of the year to qualify for the next year’s senior freeze,” Allen says in explaining the eligibility requirements for the senior freeze valuation amount. “In the past it’s only ever gone up maybe $1,200 a year. There’s a lot of seniors out there that barely make that cut.

“This just opens the door. So we’re going to have a lot more seniors probably qualify for the freeze, which freezes their assessment where it is. There are seniors out there that have never qualified because they were a few hundred dollars over the mark.

“It’ll be a good thing,” Allen said.

The senior freeze only freezes the taxable assessed value of your property, not the taxes themselves. Taxes can still increase if the tax rate changes.

The filing deadline for ad valorem exemptions is March 15.