King County Assessor: Senior, Disabled and Disabled Veteran Exemption

The exemption is the State's; the Washington entry explains it. The King County Assessor administers it (206-296-3920, [email protected]) and asks applicants to apply online. What the Assessor's page says. To qualify, at least one of: "At least age 62 the first year you apply"; or "Disabled or a veteran with a service-connected evaluation of at least 80% total disability rating". Income must be under $84,000 on 2025 income, and the applicant must own the home on December 31 of the prior year and occupy it. A veteran who does not receive SSI is told to complete a Proof of Disability form. Where it differs from RCW 84.36.381. The rating. Subsection (3)(a)(ii) has two separate routes: a combined service-connected evaluation of 40% or more (80% for taxes collected in 2026), or "a total disability rating for a service-connected disability without regard to evaluation percent". The page's single phrase "at least 80% total disability rating" reads as needing both, keeps an 80% floor that governs only taxes collected in 2026, and hides the unemployability route. A veteran rated 40% to 70%, or paid at the total rate for unemployability at any rating, should apply. The age. The statute requires 61 or older on December 31 of the year the claim is filed. The page says 62 in one place and, in its message to seniors, 61. The page also still lists occupancy rules for tax years 2020 to 2022. The income limit it prints may not reflect the thresholds Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6162 raised from the 2027 tax year; ask the Assessor for the current figure.