Floyd County Board of Assessors: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemptions

The exemptions are the State's; the Georgia entries explain them. The Floyd County Board of Assessors decides them for property in Floyd County, from 12 East 4th Avenue, Rome; the Tax Assessor's Office is (706) 291-5143 and the Tax Commissioner's Office (706) 291-5146. The county's Exemptions page. Its homestead introduction says "If you are a 100% disabled veteran, you may be eligible for additional amounts of exemption", and its own veteran section is headed "Qualified Disabled Veteran Exemption - Unremarried Surviving Spouse of Disabled Veteran; Unremarried Spouse of US Service Member Killed in Action". Its requirements: own and reside in the home on January 1 of the application year; "Be a disabled veteran who was discharged under honorable conditions and who has been adjudicated by the Veterans' Administration of the United States as being totally and permanently disabled and entitled to receive service connected benefits so long as you are 100 percent disabled. You must be receiving or entitled to receive benefits for 100 percent service connected disability. Be an unremarried surviving spouse of a disabled veteran or a U.S. Service member killed in action." "There are no age or income requirements. The amount of the exemption is determined by the Georgia Department of Revenue and changes yearly." Time for applying: "the year of the property becoming the primary residence up to and including April 1 of the following year." Proof. "In the year of application for the Veteran's exemption, applicants must present a letter from the Veterans' Administration defining their condition." With respect to all homestead exemptions the Board of Assessors makes the final determination; a denied applicant must be told of the appeal procedure. Filing. The application is filed with the Board of Assessors; the page says the Board cannot accept mail-in homestead applications without advance contact ("any exemptions that are mailed in without contacting us in advance are subject to denial"), and a homestead application can now be filed online. The State entries carry the exemption amounts and the surviving-spouse rules the county page does not restate.