Montgomery Central Appraisal District: Disabled Veteran Exemptions

The exemptions are the State's; the Texas entries explain them. The Montgomery Central Appraisal District grants them for property in Montgomery County. 100% homestead. The district states it as section 11.131 does: 100% disability compensation with a rating of 100% or of individual unemployability, and a veteran who qualifies part way through a year gets it for the rest of that year. Where it is narrower than the statute. The district's pages use the same wording as Denton County's. Surviving spouse of a 100% veteran. The district asks for a "current VA letter identifying him/her as surviving spouse and stating that the deceased veteran had a service-connected disability of 100% at the time of his/her death". Section 11.131(c) covers the spouse of any veteran who qualified under subsection (b), including one paid at 100% for unemployability with a lower rating; send the VA letter showing the unemployability award and cite section 11.131(c). Section 11.131(d), which lets the spouse move the dollar amount to a new home, is not mentioned. Line of duty. The district describes the section 11.133 exemption as for the spouse of a member "who was killed in action". The statute covers a member "killed or fatally injured in the line of duty", in training or an accident as well as in combat. Donated home. The panel headed "Surviving Spouse of Disabled Veteran who Qualified for the Donated Residence Homestead Exemption" repeats the veteran's own description instead of the spouse's rule; under section 11.132 an unremarried spouse keeps the exemption on the same home. Not described. The section 11.22 exemption appears only as form 50-135 in the forms library, and the 2025 exemption for the surviving spouse of a veteran who died of a presumptive condition does not appear; see the Texas entries. The district is at 109 Gladstell, Conroe 77301, 936-756-3354.