Monterey County Assessor: Disabled Veterans' Exemption

The exemption is the State's; the California entry gives the amounts, the income limit and Senate Bill 296's larger exemption from the January 1, 2027 lien date. The Monterey County Assessor administers it. What the page says. "If you are a veteran who is rated 100% disabled, blind, or paraplegic due to a service connected disability (or if you are the surviving spouse of such a veteran), you may be eligible for an exemption of up to $150,000 of the assessed value of your home." What is out of date or missing. $150,000 is the low-income amount from before the Board of Equalization began indexing the figures; for 2026 the basic exemption is $180,671 and the low-income one $271,009 under an $81,131 household income. Revenue and Taxation Code section 205.5 also qualifies a veteran compensated at the 100% rate for unemployability, and its limb route is the loss of the use of two or more limbs, which is wider than paraplegia. A surviving spouse must be unmarried, and also qualifies where the veteran died of a service-connected cause or on active duty. From the 2027 lien date section 205.5.1 exempts half of the first $1,000,000 of value, or all of it under the income limit.