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Property Tax Exemptions
for Homeowners
* Please note: Any eligible homeowner who received the Senior Freeze, Persons with Disabilities, or Veterans with
Disabilities Exemptions in tax year 2019 (issued in 2020) will have these exemptions automatically renewed in tax year 2020.
Homeowner Returning Veterans
Exemption Exemption
This exemption provides property This exemption provides property
tax savings and most homeowners tax savings for Veterans returning
are eligible if the property is their from active duty in armed conflict.
principal place of residence.
Automatic Renewal: Automatic Renewal:
Yes, this exemption automatically renews each year. No, this exemption must be filed annually.
Senior Veterans with
Exemption Disabilities Exemption*
This exemption provides property This exemption provides property
tax savings and most homeowners tax savings for Veterans with a
who are 65 years and older qualify. service-connected disability as
certified by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs. Please visit our
website to view a list of criteria and
Automatic Renewal: documentation required.
Yes, a new law allows for automatic renewal for
seniors who received the exemption last year.
Newly qualified seniors must file initial Automatic Renewal:
applications in 2020. No, this exemption must be filed annually.
Long-Time Homeowner
Senior Freeze Exemption
Exemption*
This exemption enables a property
This exemption provides property tax owner to receive an expanded
savings for seniors and eligibility is Homeowner Exemption with no
based on a total household income maximum exemption amount. To
qualification of $65,000 or less qualify there has to be a significant
annually. It is important to note that assessment increase which exceeds
this exemption does not freeze the the maximum amounts set by the
amount of a property tax bill. state legislature.
The property tax savings may
fluctuate due to the state multiplier Automatic Renewal:
and local tax rate based on the No, fewer than 2% of homeowners qualify for
taxing district in which the property this exemption and applications are mailed to
is located. those properties that qualify each year.
Automatic Renewal: Home Improvement
No, this exemption must be filed annually. Exemption
This exemption allows property
Persons with Disabilities owners of single-family homes,
Exemption* condominiums, and apartments up
to six units to increase the value of
This exemption provides property their properties up to $75,000
tax savings for persons with without increasing property taxes for
disabilities. Please visit our website at least four years.
to view a list of criteria and
documentation required.
Automatically Applied:
Yes, this exemption will be applied
Automatic Renewal: automatically upon receiving a building
No, this exemption must be filed annually. permit for an improvement.
