Roane County property owners have until February next year to get their property taxes mailed in without penalties.

According to County Trustee Chris Mason, about 35.4 million is expected to come into the county through taxes on property this year. Mason said they expect to receive about 32.3 million and the amount already collected this year is up from 2023. he also said about 9 to 10% has been collected but most people will wait till February.

He says most of the taxes will come in as people usually wait until the last month to pay their property taxes.

Roane County has seen a growth in population and new housing in the area which is part of the reason why the collections will be up this year.