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Dighton Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions (Clauses 22 to 22F)

Dighton’s own FY2027 Programs of Tax Relief sheet prints the statutes doubled and raised by the fiscal 2027 adjustment of 2.7 per cent - $822 under clause 22, $1,540 under 22A, $2,567 under 22B, $3,081 under 22C and $2,054 under 22E, full under 22D - what clauses 22I and 22J at 100 per cent produce with a fiscal-2027 first application, no acceptance named, so its entry asks the assessors; its Veteran’s Services Agent is the town’s own Raymond Hague, where the EOVS directory’s row keeps Town Hall’s address and phone.

Also called: property tax, clause 22, 22E, veterans exemption, assessors, Dighton.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, survivor.

Where it applies

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The Town of Dighton grants the veterans’ exemptions of G.L. c. 59, s. 5, clauses 22 to 22F, through its board of assessors. The statute sets them as dollars off the tax bill, $400 under clause 22, $750, $1,250 and $1,500 under 22A to 22C and $1,000 under 22E, and exempts the whole domicile under 22D and 22F; a town can add to them only by accepting a local option, clause 22I, clause 22J or section 5C½. Every figure on this entry carries its source and the day it was read. The Assessing page names Lisa Tetreault the Town Assessor and Valerie Wilson the Assistant Town Assessor, with the board electing William Moore the chairman (term expires 2028), Nancy J Goulart the clerk (2027) and Eric Easterday (2029), at 979 Somerset Avenue, and prints the fiscal 2026 rates of $12.45 residential and $24.21 commercial. The department’s Programs of Tax Relief page posts the town’s own "PROGRAMS OF TAX RELIEF FOR FY 2027 (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027)" sheet: the veterans’ clauses line by line - $822 under clause 22 for the 10-percent-plus war-related disability and the Purple Heart, $1,540 under 22A, $2,567 under 22B, $3,081 under 22C, full exemption under 22D for the surviving spouse not remarried, and $2,054 under 22E, with paraplegics at 100 per cent - the statutes doubled and raised by the fiscal 2027 adjustment of 2.7 per cent, its 22A and 22B lines a dollar below the rounded compounded amounts, and the sheet asks for evidence of disability from the Veterans Administration. No acceptance of clause 22I, clause 22J or section 5C½ appears on the site, so the entry asks the assessors; the sheet’s filing deadline is April 1 or three months after the actual bills are mailed, and its questions line is the assessors’ office at 508-669-6431, extension 8, option 1. The sheet’s other figures are the fiscal 2027 ones: $1,164 under 41C, $672 under 37A and $386 under 17D½. The town’s Veteran’s Services page names Raymond Hague the Veteran’s Services Agent at 1111 Somerset Avenue, Lower Level (508-207-6021 | 774-872-0944 | 774-872-0942, fax 774-872-0293), agent hours Monday and Wednesday 7:30 am to 12 pm and Tuesday 12 to 3 pm - where the EOVS directory’s September 7, 2026 Dighton row lists Ray Hague at Town Hall, 979 Somerset Avenue, on 508-669-4524 - with administrative assistant Ashley Daigneault taking calls the balance of the week. The page describes the department’s chapter 115 administration under M.G.L. c. 115 and 108 CMR, "75% of all benefits paid to veterans by the town ... reimbursed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts", and links the state’s MGL Chapter 115 Benefits Application Checklist, the DD214 required for eligibility. The page links the Veterans Association of Bristol County, and the town’s news flash announced the November 11, 2026 Veterans Day celebration at Veterans Memorial Park, 979 Somerset Avenue, with the dedication of Dighton’s Revolutionary War Memorial podium after the program. Chapter 115 benefits, the Commonwealth’s needs-based help with rent, food, fuel and medical costs, are applied for through Dighton Veteran’s Services: Raymond Hague, Veteran’s Services Agent. Their amounts are set by the Commonwealth and are the same in every city and town; the statewide chapter 115 entry describes them.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Dighton Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions (Clauses 22 to 22F)
GateRule
A VA rating, a decoration, or a surviving relativeClause 22 reaches a veteran rated 10 percent or more, a Purple Heart recipient, a Gold Star parent and the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse; 22A to 22E turn on named losses, decorations, a 100 percent rating or specially adapted housing. The rating filter does not hide this entry, because several routes need no rating.

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 Dighton Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions (Clauses 22 to 22F)
FigureAmountRead from
Clauses 22 to 22E, as Dighton publishes them$822, $1,540, $2,567, $3,081 and $2,054 off the tax bill, the statutes doubled and raised by the fiscal 2027 adjustmentG.L. c. 59, § 5, cl. 22Town of Dighton, PROGRAMS OF TAX RELIEF FOR FY 2027 (DOCX)Read
Clauses 22, 22A, 22B, 22C and 22E, statutory$400, $750, $1,250, $1,500 and $1,000 off the tax billG.L. c. 59, § 5, cl. 22G.L. c. 59, § 5, clauses 22 to 22JRead
Clauses 22D and 22F, statutoryFull exemption of the domicileG.L. c. 59, § 5, cl. 22G.L. c. 59, § 5, clauses 22 to 22JRead

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