Madison County Tax Commissioner (Lamar Dalton): the county’s 2025 Taxpayer Brochure veteran rows - up to $121,812 for the disabled veteran and the killed-in-action surviving spouse

The exemptions are Georgia's: O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 for the qualifying disabled veteran and 48-5-52.1 for the unremarried surviving spouse of a service member killed in a war or armed conflict - the State entries carry the statutes and the yearly indexed amount, and Madison's own brochure prints the current indexed figures in full. Where and who. Tax Commissioner Lamar Dalton, [email protected], (706) 795-6391, 91 Albany Ave, Danielsville, GA 30633, mailing 91 Albany Ave, Suite 14 or P.O. Box 217, Danielsville, GA 30633; property taxes "generally mailed in September and have a normal due date of December 20". The county's property records run on qPublic ("Qpublic.net"), which was not read (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md). The county's own text. The 2025 Taxpayer Brochure (the county's own Drive-posted PDF): "To receive the benefit of the homestead exemption, the taxpayer must file an initial application ... Homestead exemptions may be filed for any time during the year. However, exemptions must be filed for by April 1st to apply to the current tax year." The veteran rows: "Disabled Veterans Homestead Exemption is available to certain disabled veterans in an amount up to $121,812. This exemption applies to all ad valorem tax levies; however, it is restricted to certain types of very serious disabilities. Proof of disability, either from the Veterans Administration or from a private physician in certain circumstances. The un-remarried surviving spouse or minor children of any such disabled veteran shall also be entitled to an exemption so long as the un-remarried surviving spouse or minor children continue to occupy the homestead or any subsequent homestead within the same county, as a residence and homestead." And: "The Un-Remarried Surviving Spouse of a Disabled Veteran Exemption shall be granted in an amount up to $121,812 from all ad valorem taxes levied, if such person's spouse, who as a member of the armed forces of the United States, was killed or died as a result of any war or armed conflict. Documents from the Secretary of Defense must be provided stating that spousal benefits are received as a result of the death." The brochure also carries the standard, elderly-school, local 65-and-over and 70-and-older rows; the Board of Assessors ("With respect to all of the homestead exemptions the Board of Tax Assessors makes the final determination") considers "requests involving conservation status application, homestead exemptions, preferential treatment status and any changes in property taxation status" at its second-Thursday 5:30 p.m. meetings (B.O.A. Secretary 706-795-6356, [email protected]).