Do seniors and veterans get property tax breaks?

For people 65 and older with limited household income, a county or city may grant an additional exemption of up to $50,000, but only where it has passed an ordinance to do so; the 2026 household income limit is $38,686. Where that is adopted, a senior within the income limit whose home has a just value under $250,000, and who has lived there at least 25 years, may be exempt on the home's whole assessed value.

$5,000 of property is exempt for every widow, widower, blind person, or totally and permanently disabled person. A quadriplegic's homestead is exempt entirely, and so is the homestead of a paraplegic or other person who must use a wheelchair, or who is legally blind, within an income limit.

Veterans: a veteran with a service-connected disability of 10 percent or more gets $5,000 off; a veteran honorably discharged with a service-connected total and permanent disability pays no property tax on the homestead; and a veteran 65 or older with a combat-related disability gets a discount equal to the percentage of the disability. A first responder totally and permanently disabled in the line of duty is exempt entirely, and a service member deployed outside the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii in the year before gets an exemption for the share of the year deployed.

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