Bradford County Property Appraiser: Veteran Exemptions

The exemptions are the State's; the Florida entries explain them. The Bradford County Property Appraiser, Kenny Clark, CFA, publishes them on one exemptions page. What it lists. "$5000 Disabled Veteran (Section 196.24, F.S): Any ex-service member who is a permanent resident of Florida and is disabled at least 10% in war or by service-connected misfortune is entitled to a $5000 exemption", on "a certificate from the United States Government". The "Service-connected total and permanent disability exemption" for "Any honorably discharged veteran with a service connected total and permanent disability, surviving spouses of qualifying veterans and spouses of Florida resident veterans who died from service-connected causes while on active duty", on the homestead, on a certificate from the U.S. Government or VA. The "Disabled Veterans Homestead Property Tax Discount" for a veteran 65 or older with an honorable discharge and a permanent, combat-related service-connected disability, equal to the VA percentage. And the deployed military exemption under section 196.173, on form DR-501M. Where the page is wrong or narrower than the law. - Under the total and permanent exemption it says the unremarried surviving spouse is entitled if "on the date of the disabled ex-service member's death, had been married to the disabled ex-service member for at least 5 years". Section 196.081(3) carries the exemption to the surviving spouse who holds title and lives on the homestead, until remarriage or sale, and section 196.24 gives the $5,000 to the unremarried surviving spouse, neither with a length-of-marriage test. A spouse married fewer than five years should apply. - It cites the combat discount to "Section 193.461, F.S.", the agricultural classification statute; the discount is section 196.082. - For the deployment exemption it lists having "received a homestead exemption last year"; section 196.173 asks that the servicemember receive a homestead exemption on the property, so a servicemember who has one this year and was deployed last year should apply. - It does not name the section 196.091 wheelchair veteran exemption or say that a veteran may apply before the VA letter arrives and be refunded from the application date. Its forms page posts no forms and sends applicants to the Department of Revenue. When and where. "Application for all exemptions must be made between January 1 and March 1 of the tax year", at the office, 945 North Temple Avenue, Suite A, Starke, FL 32091 (P.O. Box 250); 904-966-6216; weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; [email protected].