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Franklin County Tax Commissioner (Bobby Martin) and Board of Tax Assessors (Chief Appraiser Craig Goss): the homestead route with the March 1 exemption deadline

The Franklin County Tax Commissioner - Bobby Martin, 1221 Hull Avenue (the Courthouse Annex), Carnesville, GA 30521 (706-384-3455, fax 706-384-2245, [email protected], Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., taxes.franklincountyga.com) - and the Board of Tax Assessors (Chief Appraiser Craig Goss, 1199 Hull Ave., P.O. Box 10, 706-384-4896, fax 706-384-4333, [email protected]) take the exemption applications; the county's own General Information page fixes the deadline: "The deadline for filing an application for a homestead exemption in Franklin County is March 1", prints the tax-bill date "due by November 15", and names the Tax Commissioner "ex-officio sheriff" for tax sales; the county's pages print no veteran exemption amounts of their own, so the amounts rest on the State entries; the qPublic record-search site was not read (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md).

Also called: Tax Commissioner, Bobby Martin, homestead exemption, disabled veteran, 48-5-48, 48-5-52.1, 706-384-3455, 1221 Hull Avenue, Craig Goss, 706-384-4896, taxes.franklincountyga.com, March 1, November 15, qpublic, Carnesville, Carnesville, Lavonia, Franklin Springs, Royston, Canon.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The exemptions are Georgia's: O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 for the qualifying disabled veteran and 48-5-52.1 for the unremarried surviving spouse of a service member killed in a war or armed conflict - the State entries carry the statutes, the qualification list and the yearly indexed amount. What Franklin's offices add is the route and the calendar. Where and who. Tax Commissioner Bobby Martin, 1221 Hull Avenue, Carnesville, GA 30521 - the county's tag office "is located in the Court House Annex 1221 Hull Ave. Hours are from 8:00 - 4:30, Monday - Friday" - mailing P.O. Box 100, phone (706) 384-3455, fax (706) 384-2245, [email protected]; the office's own site is taxes.franklincountyga.com, whose General Information page prints the calendar and the route. The Board of Tax Assessors sits at "1199 Hull Ave, P O BOX 10, Carnesville, GA 30521", Chief Appraiser Craig Goss, phone (706) 384-4896, fax (706) 384-4333, [email protected]. The county's own calendar. The General Information page: "Generally, Franklin County real estate and business personal property taxes are due by November 15." and "The deadline for filing an application for a homestead exemption in Franklin County is March 1. Application for homestead exemption is made with the Tax Assessor's office. Failure to apply by the deadline will result in loss of the exemption for that year. Beginning July 1, 2005 application for homestead exemption may be submitted any time during the year but must be received before March 1 of the taxable year to qualify for the exemption that year." The page also seats the commissioner's tax-sale role: "In Franklin County, the tax commissioner is designated ex-officio sheriff and is responsible for conducting tax sales for the collection of unpaid taxes." The qPublic record-search site (qpublic.net/ga/franklin) answers a Cloudflare-style block (403) to plain fetch and was not read (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md). The route. A veteran files with the Tax Assessor's Office before the March 1 deadline and reads the amounts on the State entries.

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Qualifying disabled veteran or surviving spouse who owns and occupies the homeThe exemption follows O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1; the county offices take the application before the county’s own March 1 deadline. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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