Housing

Brooklyn Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions

Brooklyn’s assessor posts the additional veterans exemption and in-service veterans exemption applications, and the survey recorded the specially adapted house and equipped vehicle options.

Also called: property tax, 12-81g, veterans exemption, assessor, Brooklyn.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Town of Brooklyn, CTTown

The assessor’s forms and applications page carries an “Additional Veterans Exemption Application,” an “In-Service Veterans Exemption” application, a “Request for Proof of Disability from the Department of Veterans Affairs,” an “Ambulance / Handicapped Vehicle Exemption,” a “CT Resident in Active Duty Servicemen Motor Vehicle Tax Exemption,” a “Soldiers and Sailors Military Spouse Motor Vehicle Tax Exemption,” and a “Soldiers and Sailors Motor Vehicle Exemption.” The SeamlessDocs forms print no amounts, and the assessor’s own page describes the office’s exemption work without printing veterans’ amounts, so ask the office. Brooklyn answered OLR’s 2023 survey recording the specially adapted house option of 12-81(21)(C) and the specially equipped motor vehicle of 12-81h, and no other option.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Brooklyn Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
Gate	Rule
Wartime service or a VA rating, set by state law	The exemptions rest on C.G.S. 12-81(19) to (26): 90 days of wartime service with a qualifying discharge filed with the town clerk, or a VA disability rating. Amounts above the base turn on rating and income. The rating filter does not hide this entry.

Figures

Each figure is dated with the day it was read. A local figure moves whenever the statute or the local ordinance does, so confirm it with the office that grants it before you rely on it. Statute verified gives the day the weekly section check last found the statute standing on the legislature’s own code site; a figure without it rests on a statute the check does not read yet.

Dated figures for Brooklyn Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
Figure	Amount	Read from
Additional veterans exemption, as Brooklyn administers it	On the Additional Veterans Exemption Application posted by the assessor; the form prints no amountC.G.S. § 12-81g	Town of Brooklyn, Assessor’s Forms & ApplicationsRead 2026-10-16
In-service veterans exemption, as Brooklyn administers it	On the In-Service Veterans Exemption application posted by the assessor; the form prints no amountC.G.S. § 12-81(19)	Town of Brooklyn, Assessor’s Forms & ApplicationsRead 2026-10-16
Active duty servicemen motor vehicle tax exemption, as Brooklyn administers it	On the CT Resident in Active Duty Servicemen Motor Vehicle Tax Exemption form posted by the assessor, claiming under C.G.S. 12-81(53)C.G.S. § 12-81(53)	Town of Brooklyn, Assessor’s Forms & ApplicationsRead 2026-10-16
Military spouse motor vehicle tax exemption, as Brooklyn administers it	On the Soldiers and Sailors Military Spouse Motor Vehicle Tax Exemption form posted by the assessor, a “Military Spouses Residency Relief Act - Claim For Property Tax Exemption” affidavit under the Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amendedC.G.S. § 12-81(53)	Town of Brooklyn, Assessor’s Forms & ApplicationsRead 2026-10-16
Soldiers and Sailors motor vehicle tax exemption, as Brooklyn administers it	On the Soldiers and Sailors Motor Vehicle Exemption form posted by the assessor, a non-resident claim under § 574 of the federal Service Members’ Civil Relief ActC.G.S. § 12-81(53)	Town of Brooklyn, Assessor’s Forms & ApplicationsRead 2026-10-16
Specially adapted house option, as Brooklyn reported it to OLR’s survey	Reported adopted: the house and lot fully exemptedC.G.S. § 12-81(21)(C)	OLR Report 2024-R-0018, Veterans Property Tax Exemptions by Town: Municipal-Option ExemptionsRead 2026-10-16
Specially equipped vehicle option, as Brooklyn reported it to OLR’s survey	Reported adopted: a uniform percentage of the assessed value of one specially equipped vehicleC.G.S. § 12-81h	OLR Report 2024-R-0018, Veterans Property Tax Exemptions by Town: Municipal-Option ExemptionsRead 2026-10-16

Sources

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Disclaimer

VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.