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Lamar County Tax Commissioner (Lesley Kilchriss): the county’s own printed S5 and SS veteran rows at $101,754

The Lamar County Tax Commissioner - Lesley Kilchriss, P.O. Box 850, 790 Veterans Parkway, Barnesville, GA 30204 (770-358-5162, fax 770-358-5217, lobby 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Friday, drive-thru to 4:15) - and the Board of Tax Assessors (770-358-5161, [email protected]) take the exemption applications, and the county's own General Information page prints the veteran rows themselves: "S5 - Disabled Veteran $101,754 off the total assessed value", requiring documentation "as being Service-connected totally disabled by the Veterans Administration and as receiving 100% disability benefits", and "SS - Surviving Spouse of a Veteran $101,754 off the total assessed value" for "the unmarried spouse of a Veteran deceased as a result of war or armed conflict and is receiving survivor benefits"; the Tax Assessor's qPublic record-search site was not read (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md).

Also called: Tax Commissioner, Lesley Kilchriss, homestead exemption, disabled veteran, S5, SS, $101,754, 48-5-48, 48-5-52.1, 770-358-5162, 790 Veterans Parkway, qpublic, Barnesville, April 1, Barnesville, Milner, Aldora.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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The county's own amounts. The Tax Commissioner's own Government Window site, tax.lamarcountypay.com, prints a "Types of Homestead Exemptions" table on its General Information page, and the veteran rows read: "DISABLE VETERAN EXEMPTION - A property owner must provide documentation supporting declaration as being Service-connected totally disabled by the Veterans Administration and as receiving 100% disability benefits. S5 - Disabled Veteran $101,754 off the total assessed value. SS - Surviving Spouse of a Veteran $101,754 off the total assessed value. A property owner must be the unmarried spouse of a Veteran deceased as a result of war or armed conflict and is receiving survivor benefits. May be required to prove marital status." The page adds: "IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR LOCAL EXEMPTIONS, MUST MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FIRST", and prints local disabled rows beside the veteran ones (L2 and L3, the 100%-disabled local school exemptions at $15,000/$25,000 school portions). The page also prints the county's tax calendar: "Property tax bills are normally mailed out by September 15th of each year. Taxes are to be paid by November 15th of the same year." Where and who. Tax Commissioner Lesley Kilchriss, [email protected], P.O. Box 850, Barnesville, Ga 30204, physical address 790 Veterans Parkway; phone (770) 358-5162, fax (770) 358-5217; lobby 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Friday, drive-thru 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday to Friday and to 4:00 p.m. Friday. The site's "About Our Commissioner" note carries the predecessor's biography - "Andrea Anthony took office as Lamar County Tax Commissioner on January 01, 2009 and was elected to her fourth term in 2020" - beside the current commissioner's name. The Board of Tax Assessors sits at 790 Veterans Parkway Suite C, (770) 358-5161, [email protected], and its page carries the O.C.G.A. 48-5-264.1 site-visit notice, the May 26, 2026 assessment-mailing note and the "Denial of Homestead / Special Use Exemption" appeal grounds. The route. A veteran files with the Tax Assessor's office before the April 1 deadline and reads the county's own amounts on the tax site; the State entries carry the statutes (O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1) beside the county's printed figures.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Lamar County Tax Commissioner (Lesley Kilchriss): the county’s own printed S5 and SS veteran rows at $101,754
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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’s own page prints its S5 and SS rows at $101,754 and the application route. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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