100% Disabled Veteran or Surviving Spouse homeowners may qualify for a 100% exemption of the total appraised value of their residence homestead. To qualify you must be a disabled veteran who receives from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor:
- 100% disability compensation due to service-connected disability; and
- a rating of 100% disabled or of individual unemployability; or if you are a surviving spouse of a disabled veteran who qualified for the 100% Disabled Veteran exemption at the time of death and
- you have not remarried since the death of the disabled veteran and
- the property was your residence homestead when the disabled veteran died and remains your residence homestead.
A surviving spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Services who is killed in action or a surviving spouse of a first responder killed in the line of duty is allowed a 100% percent exemption on his or her residence homestead if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of the armed service member or first responder. A separate application is required, form 50-135.
