Service Name: PROPERTY TAX POSTPONEMENT (PTP)

Organization Name: CALIFORNIA STATE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE

• Description: Offers a state program that allows eligible homeowners to defer current-year property taxes on their principal residence. A lien will be placed on the real property until the account is paid in full. Repayment under the program becomes due when the homeowner:
  • Moves or sells the property
  • Transfers title
  • Defaults on a senior lien
  • Refinances
  • Dies
  • Obtains a reverse mortgage
  Applications will be accepted from October 1 to February 10 each year.
• Website: https://www.sco.ca.gov/
• Email: postponement@sco.ca.gov
• Phone(s): (800) 952-5661
• Hours: Mon 8:30am - 5pm; Tue 8:30am - 5pm; Wed 8:30am - 5pm; Thu 8:30am - 5pm; Fri 8:30am - 5pm;
• Eligibility: Applicants must
  - be age 62 or older, or blind, or have a disability
  - own and occupy the property as the principal place of residence
  - have an annual household income of $51,762 or less
  - have at least 40 percent equity in the property
  - not have a reverse mortgage on the property
  
• Requirements: No information has been provided by Agency.
• Areas Served:
  • United States
• Categories:
  • Property Tax Postponement Information