New Castle County: Disabled Veterans School Property Tax Credit

The credit is the State's, under 14 Del. C. section 1917: a qualified person - a veteran receiving from VA 100 percent disability compensation for a service-connected, permanent and total disability based on individual unemployability or a 100 percent disability rating, legally domiciled in Delaware for at least 3 consecutive years - is allowed a credit against the full school tax liability on qualified property, if the local school board has authorized the credit under section 6102(r) of Title 29. The receiver of taxes and county treasurer applies the credit, and an application must be filed with and received by the receiver of taxes or county treasurer no later than April 30 immediately before the beginning of the tax year. The Department of Finance's FAQ says the amount is deducted from the property tax bill before the county mails it. Where to file. The state form names the administering office: New Castle County Assessment Division, 87 Read's Way, New Castle, DE 19720, (302) 395-5520. The county's Office of Finance tax-exemptions page carries the Disabled Veterans School-Property Tax Credit Application among its partial exemptions, noting that those who are disabled or over 65 may be eligible depending on income levels. What could not be read. newcastlede.gov answers 403 (Cloudflare) to every automated fetch, so the county's own exemption text was read through the Internet Archive's capture of March 28, 2026, and the application form through the capture of May 21, 2022. The county participates in Operation Green Light for Veterans, per a November 4, 2025 announcement on the Office of Finance page whose article body has no archive capture.