Peach County Board of Tax Assessors: the 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1 exemptions at the 2023 amount, taken at 205 West Church Street, Suite 221

The page. The county's Tax Exemptions page, under the Tax Assessors section of peachcounty.gov, reads in its disabled-veteran entries: "Homestead Exemption for Disabled Veterans. For the 2023 tax year, any qualifying disabled veteran may be granted an exemption of $109,986 from paying property taxes for state, county, municipal, and school purposes. The value of the property in excess of this exemption remains taxable. This exemption is extended to the not remarried surviving spouse or minor children. (O.C.G.A. § 48-5-48)" and "Homestead Exemption for Not Remarried Surviving Spouse. For the 2023 tax year, the surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who was killed in any war or armed conflict will be granted a homestead exemption from all ad valorem taxes for state, county, municipal and school purposes in the amount of $109,986. The surviving spouse will continue to be eligible for the exemption as long as they do not remarry. (O.C.G.A. § 48-5-52.1)". The $109,986 is the exemption amount as indexed for 2023; the State entries carry the current yearly figure, and the county's page is one year-of-amount behind it. The route. The page's application block: "Applications for homestead exemption may be mailed to or made in the Tax Assessor's Office, 205 West Church Street, Suite 221, Fort Valley, Georgia 31030. According to which exemption applying for, you might need the following: Proof of age, Warranty Deed, Income Statements (Copy of Georgia and Federal income tax returns), Physician Affidavits, Retirement or disability records. You should also be aware: You must apply no later than April 1st of that year to receive a tax benefit the same year. Any change to deed, for example refinancing, will necessitate a new application. Income changes must be updated." The same page carries Peach's senior and floating exemptions and its 100-percent Freeport election. The board. The county's Tax Assessors page: "The Peach County Board of Assessors is a five-member board appointed for three-year terms by the Peach County Commissioners." Board of Tax Assessors, 902 Campus Drive, Fort Valley, GA 31030, 478-825-5924, fax 478-827-3539. Board members: Milton Pittman (Chairman), Randy Gordon (Vice-Chairman), Beverly T. Miller, Nancy Peavy and Terry James R Woodham Jr. The appraisers: Brian A. Madison, Sr., Chief Appraiser; T'umbia (Tee) Ashmon, Assistant Chief Appraiser; Heike Stringfellow, Residential Appraiser; Peggy Knight, Mobile Home Appraiser; A'Loree Cawthon, Appraiser/Deed Specialist; Kathy Griffin, Appraiser Technician. The county's Tax Commissioner is Angela Howard (peachcountytax.com), whose office bills and collects; the exemptions are determined by the Board of Assessors.