Logan County Auditor: the Homestead Exemption and the disabled-veteran route (Jack Reser)

The exemption and the disabled-veteran tiers are the State's (ORC 323.151 et seq.); see the Ohio entries. The Auditor's Homestead Exemption page: "Property Tax Relief for Senior Citizens & THe Disabled. The Homestead Exemption allows for senior citizens and disabled homeowners to reduce their property tax bills by exempting $29,000 of the market value of their homes from local property tax. For disabled veterans, the exemption is $58,000 of the market value of their homes." The calendar and the income tests. "Homestead applications for real estate are accepted until December 31st for the year in which you are applying. Applications for manufactured home owners must be submitted by the first Monday in June for the year in which you are applying." "For the current (2026) application period the maximum allowed is $41,000 total income for 2025. For late (2025) applications, the maximum allowed is $40,000 total income in 2024." The qualifications: own and occupy as of January 1; be "65 years of age, or turn 65, by December 31 of the year for which they apply", or "totally and permanently disabled as of January 1 of the year for which they apply, as certified by an agency that has this authority", or "the surviving spouse of a person who was receiving the homestead exemption at the time of death and where the surviving spouse was at least 59 years old on the date of death." The forms. The Auditor's forms list carries the Homestead Exemption Application (DTE 105A) and the "Homestead Exemption Application for Disabled Veterans" (DTE 105E); "Please include copies of both the applicant's and spouse IDs with the completed application." The office: Jack Reser, Logan County Auditor (in office since 2018), 100 S. Madriver St., Room 103, Bellefontaine OH 43311, 937-599-7209, fax 937-599-7216, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.