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East Haven Additional Veterans’ Exemption

East Haven’s Code § 18-9 gives an $8,000 additional exemption to a wartime veteran and to a surviving spouse, under the state income limit, and § 18-12 exempts the specially adapted house of a veteran assisted under Title 38 in full.

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

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Code § 18-9, Ord. No. 730 of May 19, 2003 as amended by Ord. No. 789 on May 10, 2007, gives a veteran entitled under C.G.S. 12-81(19) an additional exemption of up to $8,000 off assessed value, and a surviving spouse entitled under 12-81(22) up to $8,000, in each case for income not more than the 12-81l maximum as amended from time to time. Applications follow 12-81f. Code § 18-12 adopts the 12-81(21)(C) option: the dwelling house and its lot are fully exempt for a veteran who received financial assistance for specially adapted housing under section 801 of Title 38 of the United States Code and applied it to the dwelling. OLR’s 2023 survey also recorded East Haven as offering the 12-81g(b) exemption, three times the 12-81(20) amount for a veteran rated 100 percent with income of $21,000 single or $24,000 married, and the 12-81h specially equipped vehicle exemption. No ordinance adopting either was found; the town’s code has no other veterans’ exemption sections. The assessor’s exemptions page takes a DD-214 with the Town Clerk before October 1 and a VA award letter by March 31, once unless the rating changes.

Thresholds

Thresholds for East Haven Additional Veterans’ Exemption
GateRule
Wartime service or a VA rating, set by state lawThe 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 East Haven Additional Veterans’ Exemption
FigureAmountRead from
Local additional exemption, as East Haven Code § 18-9 sets itUp to $8,000 off assessment for a 12-81(19) veteran, and up to $8,000 for a surviving spouse under 12-81(22), for income under the state limitC.G.S. § 12-81fEast Haven Code of Ordinances § 18-9Read
Specially adapted house, as East Haven Code § 18-12 sets itThe dwelling house and lot exempted in fullC.G.S. § 12-81(21)East Haven Code of Ordinances § 18-12Read
100% disability option under 12-81g(b), as OLR’s 2023 survey reports itReported adopted: three times the 12-81(20) exemption for income up to $21,000 single or $24,000 marriedC.G.S. § 12-81gOLR Report 2024-R-0018, Veterans Property Tax Exemptions by Town: Municipal-Option ExemptionsRead

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