Orange County Veterans Property Tax Exemptions

These are the State exemptions in Real Property Tax Law 458-a and 458-b; see the New York entries. Orange County does not assess property; its towns and the City of Middletown do, and the County's local laws set the exemption only for the County tax. Each town, village and school district decides for its own, so ask the assessor what applies to each line of the bill. Alternative veterans exemption (458-a). Local Law 1 of 1985 adopted it at $6,000, $4,000 and $20,000; Local Law 5 of 2001 raised the ceilings to $21,000, $14,000 and $70,000 for wartime, combat and disability; and Local Law 8 of 2025, filed with the Secretary of State on March 5, 2025, raised them to $75,000, $50,000 and $250,000. Each figure scales by the assessing unit's equalization rate. Cold War exemption (458-b). Local Law 3 of 2008 grants 15% of assessed value up to $12,000, plus, for a service-connected rating, assessed value times half the rating up to $40,000. Local Law 3 of 2018 removed the ten-year limit, so it lasts as long as the owner qualifies. It cannot be combined with the alternative or eligible funds exemption. The full exemption (458-a(11)). No Orange County adoption could be found as of the sources read on 2026-10-06: the Legislature's local law file reaches 2025, its 2026 agendas and minutes sit in an Agenda Center that Cloudflare blocked, and the only 2026 law visible on the county's Document Center is Introductory Number 1 of 2026 on the sewer use law. A permanently and totally disabled veteran keeps the alternative exemption's disability part, and should ask the Legislature or the Veterans Service Agency whether adoption has followed, and the town and school district whether they have adopted the full exemption for their own taxes. How to apply. File with your town assessor by the taxable status date, usually March 1. The Veterans Service Agency can help.