Marin County Assessor: Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Exemptions

The exemptions are the State's; the California entry gives the disabled veterans' amounts, the income limit and Senate Bill 296's larger exemption from the January 1, 2027 lien date. The Marin County Assessor's Exemptions Division (3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 208, San Rafael; 415-473-3794) decides claims. The disabled veterans' exemption. The page: "Active duty, honorably discharged, or veterans with a 100% disability due to a service-related injury, or their spouses, may be exemption eligible." Apply on the State form with "Proof of disability from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs", "Honorable discharge papers", and for a surviving spouse the death and marriage certificates. Its form page restates the full test from Revenue and Taxation Code section 205.5: blind in both eyes, the loss of use of two or more limbs, or totally disabled, which includes a veteran paid at the 100% rate for unemployability. Once granted the basic exemption needs no annual filing; report a change on BOE-261-GNT. Deadlines. For the full exemption in the first year, file "between the date you become eligible and the following January 1, or Within 90 days of the date you become eligible, whichever is later." The Assessor's dates list February 15 for timely claims and December 10 for "late filing of Homeowners, Veterans, and Disabled Veterans Exemptions"; under the statute a claim filed by December 10 gets 90%, and later 85%, where the page mentions only 85%. The veterans' exemption. A smaller exemption (Revenue and Taxation Code 205) for a person now serving, an honourably discharged veteran, or the unmarried surviving spouse or a parent of a deceased veteran who met the service rules, who lived in California on January 1 and owns no more than $5,000 of property if single, or $10,000 if married or widowed. The Assessor notes that the homeowners' exemption ($7,000) may save more, and that the disabled veterans' exemption saves more than either.