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Mohave County Assessor: Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption

How the Mohave County Assessor ran the State exemption for 2026: applications from January 2 to February 28 in person or by mail, under the $39,865 income limit, at $4,873 of assessed value scaled by the rating. Its page applies the widows' and disabled persons' $36,454 value cap to veterans and never mentions the full exemption at 100%.

Also called: property tax, assessor, 42-11111, personal exemption, income limit, $4,873, $36,454, HB 4168, Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The exemption is the State's, under ARS 42-11111; the Arizona entry gives the tax year 2026 text and the changes House Bill 4168 makes from tax year 2027. The Mohave County Assessor decides claims in the county. Applying. For 2026 the Assessor took applications from January 2 to February 28, in person at its offices or by mail postmarked by February 28, with a copy of an Arizona ID and proof of income. A veteran can use the VA letter in place of the Certificate of Disability. Enrollment reopens in January 2027. The 2026 figures. The partial amount is $4,873 of assessed limited property value, prorated by the rating: the page's example is $2,436.50 at 50%. Household income may not exceed $39,865, or $47,826 with minor children at home. Social Security, railroad retirement, veterans' disability pensions, workers' compensation and public assistance are not counted. Any exemption left after the property can go toward the year's vehicle licence tax. Where the page is narrower than the statute. - It lists among the qualifications for everyone, veterans included, that "Total value of all property owned in Arizona may not exceed $36,454" of assessed value. That cap is the indexed limit in subsection E, which governs only the exemption for widows, widowers and persons with a total and permanent disability. Subsections C and D, which give the veterans' exemptions, set no value limit, so a veteran whose Arizona property is assessed above $36,454 should cite them. - It describes only the prorated amount and never says that subsection C fully exempts the primary residence of a veteran with a 100% service-connected rating. - ARS 42-11153(A) runs the filing window to March 1, a day past the February 28 the Assessor prints, and subsection (B) lets a person who missed it ask the Board of Supervisors to redeem the waiver. From tax year 2027. The page does not yet say that House Bill 4168 ends the income test for veterans and surviving spouses, adds individual unemployability to the full exemption, and lets a surviving spouse claim on the spouse's own home. Ask the Assessor how it will apply the new text to 2027 claims.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Mohave County Assessor: Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption
GateRule
Full at a 100% service-connected rating; scaled below itA 100% service-connected rating fully exempts the primary residence. A lower service-connected rating, or a nonservice-connected rating, gets $4,873 of assessed value times the rating for 2026.
Household income limit for 2026For 2026 the Assessor applies $39,865, or $47,826 with minor children at home, with Social Security and veterans disability pensions left out. The statute ends the limit for veterans from tax year 2027.

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