Beauregard Parish Assessor: the Disabled Veteran Special Assessment and Exemption (Brent Rutherford)

The exemption and the freeze are the State's, under La. Const. art. VII, sections 21 and 18, as the State entries explain. The Beauregard Parish Assessor, Brent Rutherford, CLA, publishes the routes and documents on its Resources page: "Exemptions - 65 Years & Older; Permanently & Totally Disabled Homeowner; Veterans With 50% or More Disability; First Responder; Volunteer Fire Fighter; First Responder Surviving Spouse. To apply for Homestead Exemption, please come by our office. Office is located at 214 W. 2nd St., DeRidder, LA 70634." The veterans application (the 2026 SpecLevelAppVeterans50Plus PDF). "Certification of service-connected disability rating of 50% or more as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, for the purpose of seeking a special assessment level under Article VII, Section 18 (G) of the Louisiana Constitution, on residential property owned and occupied by the Veteran." For the exemption under "Article VII, Section 21(K) of the Louisiana Constitution, the person named above is: A Veteran with a service-connected total disability rating of 100% by schedule or based on Individual Unemployability (temporary ratings under 38 CFR 4.28, 4.29, and 4.30 do not qualify)... 70% to 99%... 50% to 69%." And: "A Veteran with income not exceeding $102,700 annually - qualifies for a freeze of their assessed value (must provide proof of income and in addition to this form complete the Disabled Homeowner's form)." The form demands "A signed Louisiana Department of Veteran's Affairs Form A25 (Revised 12.22)" with it, and closes "I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO MAKE ANY FALSE STATEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROCURING THIS EXEMPTION." The office. 214 W. 2nd St., DeRidder, LA 70634 (mail P.O. Box 477, DeRidder, LA 70634); the site's contacts and notices carry the rest. The homestead itself: Louisiana's homestead exemption is the first $75,000 of market value on a primary residence; the veteran exemption sits on top, in the tiers above. The surviving-spouse affidavit form (2026) sits on the same page, with the unmarried surviving spouse's full homestead under La. Const. 7:21(M) and the $102,700 income freeze.