Catoosa County Tax Commissioner: the Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

The exemption is the State's, under Code section 48-5-48; see the Georgia entry. In Catoosa County the application is filed with the Tax Commissioner's Office, and the Board of Assessors makes the final determination as to eligibility. The Tax Commissioner's own page. The Homestead Exemption page of catoosataxes.com (the county's tax site, a Government Window build) prints, under "Available Catoosa County Homesteads (these are State & Local exemptions combined), Georgia ID required for all Homestead exemptions": "VETERANS EXEMPTIONS - Must be 100% disabled-service connected. Letter from Veteran Affairs verifying disability. Unremarried surviving spouse or minor children may also qualify. Currently this exemption amount is $117,014." Where the page is behind the law. Amount: $117,014 is the 2024 State figure; for 2026 the Department of Revenue's amount is $126,526 (see the Georgia entry and the Athens-Clarke note on the same figure). Deadline: the page says "Georgia law allows for the year-round filing of homestead applications but the application must be received by April 1 of the year for which the exemption is first claimed", the rule Senate Bill 566 (2026) supplemented - an application filed within the 45-day appeal window after the assessment notice now counts for that year (see the Walker County entry). Rating: unemployability paid at the 100% rate and the statutory awards for loss of limbs or sight also qualify; the page carries no age-65 veteran row (the SD route) - the State entry describes it. Once granted, the exemption renews each year unless the owner moves or the ownership changes. Where. The Tax Commissioner's office sits in the Catoosa County Courthouse; the site's contact routes run through catoosataxes.com and its Government Window customer service (1-877-575-7233). Bring the VA letter verifying the disability and, for a first home, a copy of the warranty deed.