Osceola County Property Appraiser: Veteran Exemptions

The Osceola County Property Appraiser (Katrina Scarborough) lists the $5,000 veteran disability exemption from a VA letter, the combat-wounded age-65 discount equal to the combat-related percentage, and the deployed military DR-501M; its page put the 2026 income limit for the total and permanent exemption at $37,712 and filing at March 1 on DR-501T.

Also called: property appraiser, DR-501, DR-501M, DR-501DV, March 1, 196.24, 196.081, income limit, Kissimmee, Katrina Scarborough.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Osceola County, FLCounty

The exemptions are the State's; the Florida entries explain them. The Osceola County Property Appraiser administers them from property-appraiser.org, (407) 742-5000; the site answers 403 to automated fetches, so this entry rests on the Internet Archive's September 17, 2026 capture. What the Appraiser's all-exemptions page lists. - "$5,000 Veteran Disability Exemption - Florida residents who are honorably discharged veterans with a service connected disability rating of at least 10%... To apply, you will need to submit a letter from the Veterans Administration..." - "Add'l Exemption for Combat-Wounded Disabled Vets - ...a partially or totally permanently disabled veteran, age 65 or older as of January 1, whose disability was combat-related. Under this law, a veteran will receive a total exemption from property taxes equal to the percentage of combat-related disability example: a 60% combat-related disability would exempt 60% of the remaining taxable value of the Homesteaded residence after all other exemptions have been applied." - "DR-501M - Deployed Military Exemption Application"; "The maximum income limitation for the T&P disability exemption is $37,712 for 2026" (DR-501A, DR-416, DR-416B referenced); "you may file form DR-501T with the Property Appraiser by March 1".

Thresholds

Thresholds for Osceola County Property Appraiser: Veteran Exemptions
Gate	Rule
10% for the $5,000 exemption; combat-related percentage for the discount	The $5,000 exemption starts at a 10% service-connected rating. The combat-wounded discount equals the percentage of the disability that is combat-related.
Income limit for the total and permanent exemption	The Appraiser states the 2026 income limit for the total and permanent disability exemption as $37,712.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-10-08.

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