Jones County (Mississippi) Tax Assessor-Collector: Homestead Exemptions, including the Disabled Veteran Routes

The exemptions are the State's: a veteran with a service-connected total disability, and the unremarried surviving spouse, pay no ad valorem tax on the homestead (Sections 27-33-67 and 27-33-75), and an honorably discharged veteran of 90 or older is exempt too, which House Bill 420 of 2026 lowers to 85 for claims made in 2027; see the Mississippi entries. What the county's page says. The Tax Assessor/Collector page names Tina Gatlin-Byrd, Tax Assessor-Collector ([email protected]), and describes a "Homestead Department: Receiving, processing, and verifying homestead exemption applications." It publishes no exemption text of its own - no veteran or disability categories - so the State's rules apply as the Mississippi entries carry them: file with the VA proof, and ask the Homestead Department about the 90-and-over veteran route. Where. Ellisville: Collecting Department 601-477-3261, fax 601-477-3042, Homestead Department 601-477-3253, 101 North Court Street, Suite A, Ellisville, MS 39437. Laurel: Collecting Department 601-426-3248, fax 601-428-3102, Homestead Department 601-428-3100, Real Property Appraisal 601-649-1636, Personal Property Appraisal 601-428-3101, Mapping 601-428-3603, 501 North 5th Avenue, Laurel, MS 39441 (mail P.O. Box 511, Laurel, MS 39441). The Veterans Service Office (601-428-0467) helps get the VA letter.