Aiken County: Disabled Veteran Home Exemption (as the county describes it)

Aiken County's tax FAQ describes the State's exemption for a veteran totally disabled from a service-connected cause, or the surviving spouse, as covering "a house and one acre of land"; the statute reaches the home and up to five acres classified as the legal residence, so ask the Auditor to apply the full acreage.

Also called: property tax, 12-37-220, disabled veteran exemption, one acre, five acres, Auditor, PT-401I, surviving spouse, Aiken, North Augusta, Graniteville, Wagener.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Aiken County, SCCounty

The exemption is the State's, under section 12-37-220(B)(1); the South Carolina entry on it explains the test and the Department of Revenue's PT-401I with the county veterans' affairs officer's certificate. Aiken County's frequently asked questions: "For certain military veterans that are 100% disabled service connected, or law enforcement officers and servicemen killed in the line of duty, paraplegics, quadriplegics and hemiplegics - A house and one acre of land on which the house is located is exempt from property tax for veterans who are totally disabled from a service-related disability or for their surviving spouse". Where that is narrower than the law. The exemption's definition of "house" reaches the dwelling and the lot classified as the owner's legal residence, which section 12-43-220(c) allows up to five contiguous acres; see the South Carolina entry, which also covers the total rate paid through unemployability. The county Veterans Affairs Office (803-642-1545) signs the certificate.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Aiken County: Disabled Veteran Home Exemption (as the county describes it)
Gate	Rule
Totally and permanently disabled from a service-connected cause	The State exemption needs a total and permanent service-connected disability, which the county veterans affairs officer certifies. The rating filter leaves the test to the State entry.

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