Orange County Assessor: Disabled Veterans' Exemption

The exemption is the State's; the California entry gives the amounts, the income limit, the filing rules and Senate Bill 296's larger exemption from the January 1, 2027 lien date. The Orange County Assessor administers it in the county; questions go to 714-834-5945. What the Assessor's page says. The disabled veterans' exemption applies to the home of a veteran injured in military service, in general for total disability, blindness, or loss of the use of two or more limbs. The basic exemption is "available to 100% disabled veterans with no income limitation" and is "$100,000 ... adjusted annually"; the low-income exemption is "$150,000 ... adjusted annually". Claims are due February 15, or within 30 days of a notice of supplemental assessment, and late claims filed up to December 10 get a percentage. The Assessor offers a preliminary eligibility determination under section 205.5(k). The page also describes the $4,000 veterans' exemption and says most veteran homeowners choose the $7,000 homeowners' exemption instead. Where it falls short of the statute. The figures. $100,000 and $150,000 are the base amounts written into section 205.5, compounded for inflation every year since 2006. For the 2026 lien date the Board of Equalization puts them at $180,671 and $271,009, with a $81,131 household income limit, and at $185,889 and $278,836 for 2027. A veteran reading the page undervalues the exemption by almost half. Unemployability. Revenue and Taxation Code section 205.5 counts as totally disabled a veteran VA compensates at 100% because of being unable to work. The page says only "100% disabled", so a veteran rated 70% and paid at the 100% rate may not see that the exemption is open to them. It is. From 2027. The page does not mention section 205.5.1, which from the 2027 lien date exempts half of the first $1,000,000 of the home's value, or all of it under the income limit. The county's veterans office links this page as its tax exemption guidance, so the same gaps reach veterans who start there.