Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer: Senior, Disabled and Disabled Veteran Exemption

The exemption is the State's; the Washington entry explains it. The Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer administers it and holds seminars on it. What the page says. Eligibility is "61 or older, or disabled, by December 31 of the previous year", household income up to $64,000, and ownership and six months' residence a year. It gives three income tiers: up to $46,000, regular levies exempt on "$60,000 or 60%" of value; $46,001 to $55,000, "$50,000 or 35% ... not more than $70,000"; $55,001 to $64,000, excess levies and Part 2 of the state school levy only. Renewal is at least every six years on a schedule by last name. Where it differs from RCW 84.36.381. Disabled veterans. The page does not mention veterans. Subsection (3)(a)(ii) qualifies a veteran with a combined service-connected evaluation of 40% or more (80% for taxes collected in 2026), or a total disability rating at any percentage, whatever the veteran's age and whether or not otherwise disabled. A veteran reading the page would think only age or a general disability qualifies; apply with a VA benefit letter. Age. The statute asks for 61 or older on December 31 of the year the claim is filed, not of the previous year. The tiers. The current statute exempts regular levies on the greater of $70,000 or 45% of value, up to $200,000, in the middle tier, and on the greater of $80,000 or 80% of value in the lowest tier. The income figures the page prints may also predate the higher thresholds Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6162 sets from the 2027 tax year; ask for the current ones.