Culpeper County Line of Duty Surviving Spouse Exemption

Culpeper's Department of Real Estate Assessments takes the statewide exemption for the unremarried surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces on the home and up to one acre, with the Department of Defense documentation, a marriage certificate, and proof that the spouse owns and lives in the home. There is no income or net worth test. The exemption is capped at the county's average assessed value of a single-family home, and only value above that is taxed. The page still describes a member "killed in action" and asks for Defense documentation of "the date that the member ... was killed in action". Since January 1, 2025 section 58.1-3219.9 covers any member who died in the line of duty with a Department of Defense Line of Duty determination, including by suicide, and lets the spouse move. A spouse outside the page's wording should apply citing the statute.