Adams County Supervisor of Assessments and County Clerk: Veterans' Property and Mobile Home Tax Exemptions

The exemptions are the State's: 35 ILCS 200/15-169 (the standard homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities), 15-167 (the returning veterans' exemption) and 15-165 (the specially adapted housing exemption); see the Illinois entries. In Adams County township assessors set the general homestead exemption, and the Supervisor of Assessments handles the veteran ones. What the assessor's page says. For 15-169: "A $2,500 homestead exemption is available to a veteran with a service-connected disability of at least 30% but less than 50% or a $5,000 homestead exemption is available to a veteran with a service-connected disability of at least 50% but less than 70% or a total exemption from taxes if the service-connected disability is 70% or greater. A disabled veteran must file an annual application by the county's due date to continue to receive this exemption." For 15-167, a $5,000 reduction in equalized assessed value for two consecutive years for a veteran returning from active duty in an armed conflict, applied for on return. For 15-165, up to $100,000 of assessed value on housing of a veteran with a disability or an unmarried surviving spouse, with eligibility set by the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs and "reestablished annually". Against the law now. Since tax year 2023 the 70% band exempts the first $250,000 of equalized assessed value rather than the whole home, so a more valuable home pays on the rest; and since May 23, 2022 a veteran rated 100% and permanently and totally disabled need not reapply once granted. Other veterans renew on PTAX-342-R each year. Mobile homes. A mobile home pays the local services tax rather than property tax. The County Clerk's page: "a mobile home owned and used exclusively by a qualified disabled veteran or the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of the veteran as a home is exempt from the tax imposed. To qualify for the exemption, the disabled veteran must have been awarded the Specially Adapted Housing Grant". 35 ILCS 515/7.5 has the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs certify eligibility to the county clerk every year. Veterans 65 or over or with a Class 2 disability card can instead have the tax cut to 80 percent under section 7, applied for at the Clerk's office. Where. Supervisor of Assessments Lisa Gasko, 507 Vermont Street, Quincy, IL 62301; 217-277-2135; [email protected]. County Clerk, 507 Vermont Street, Suite G02; 217-277-2150; 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.