Knox County (Ohio) Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

The Knox County Auditor, Sarah Thorne, 117 East High Street, Suite 120, Mount Vernon (740-393-6745), takes the State's disabled veteran homestead credit on DTE 105I; its page prints the 2026-2027 income line of $41,000 for the means-tested homesteads and posts the DTE 105I form, and the county has not adopted the local-option homestead.

Also called: homestead exemption, disabled veteran, surviving spouse, DTE 105I, property tax, December 31, unemployability, auditor, Sarah Thorne, $41,000, Mount Vernon, Gambier, Fredericktown, Danville, Centerburg, Oak Hill, Howard, Bladensburg, Brinkhaven, Martinsburg, Sparta.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Knox County, OHCounty

The credit is the State's (Revised Code 323.151 and 323.152; see the Ohio entry for the current amount, the unemployability route, the surviving spouse rule, the December 31 filing date and the one-time House Bill 479 share). What the Auditor posts. The Auditor's Homestead Exemption page lists the DTE forms - 105A for seniors, disabled persons and surviving spouses, 105E, 105I "Homestead Exemption Application for Disabled Veterans and Surviving Spouses" and 105K - and states that "income verification is still required for Homestead Exemptions", printing the Ohio adjusted gross income limits it applies: "The 2025 Ohio Adjusted Gross limit for 2026p2027 real estate tax is 41,000" (with 40,000 for 2025p2026 and 38,600 for 2024p2025). That means test belongs to the senior, disabled person and surviving spouse credits; the disabled veteran credit has no income test. The page also explains the means-test grandfathering and that the exemption is indexed to inflation. The Commissioners' minutes of October 2025 to October 2026 show no local-option homestead exemption under Revised Code 319.304. The office. Knox County Auditor Sarah Thorne, 117 East High Street, Suite 120, Mount Vernon, OH 43050; real estate (740) 393-6745, farm program (740) 393-6748, [email protected]. The Veterans Service Office (740-393-6742) can help get the VA letter.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Knox County (Ohio) Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption
Gate	Rule
100% service-connected	A total rating of 100% for service-connected disability, or compensation at 100% for individual unemployability.
Individual unemployability at 100%	Compensation at the 100% rate for individual unemployability qualifies on its own.

Sources

Knox County Auditor, Homestead Exemption (read 2026-10-28)Official
Knox County Auditor, Forms (read 2026-10-28)Official
Ohio Revised Code section 323.151Official
Ohio Revised Code section 323.152Official
Ohio Revised Code section 319.304Official

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Last updated 2026-10-28.

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