Section 26-36-201 - Dates taxes due and payable(a)(1)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(B) of this section, all taxes levied on real estate and personal property for the county courts of this state, when assembled for the purpose of levying taxes, are due and payable at the county collector's office between the first business day of March and October 15 inclusive.(B) A county collector may open the tax books for payment of taxes before the first business day in March if: (i) The tax books have been delivered; and(ii) The real and personal property taxes have been certified for collection.(2) All taxes unpaid after October 15 are delinquent.(b)(1) The county collector shall extend a penalty of ten percent (10%) against all delinquent taxpayers that have not paid their taxes within the time limit specified.(2) The county collector shall collect the penalty provided in subdivision (b)(1) of this section.(c) The county collector shall extend an additional penalty of ten percent (10%) upon all delinquent taxpayers if the taxpayers' delinquent personal property taxes are not satisfied or paid in full by October 15 following the purchase of a business or the assets, goods, chattels, inventory, or equipment of a business not in the ordinary course of business.(d) A penalty shall not be assessed against a taxpayer who is a member of the United States Armed Forces, reserve component of the armed forces, or the National Guard during the taxpayer's deployment plus one (1) tax year after the deployment ends.(e) When October 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday observed by the United States Postal Service, the taxes shall become due and payable the following business day that is not a holiday observed by the United States Postal Service.Amended by Act 2021, No. 307,§ 4, eff. 3/9/2021.Acts 1935, No. 282, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 13843; Acts 1975, No. 574, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 84-1001; Acts 1993, No. 984, § 1; 2005, No. 135, § 1; 2011, No. 821, § 4.