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Poinsett County (Arkansas) Collector: Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption

Poinsett County's tax collector, Sheriff Kevin Molder ex officio, whose Collector's Office is in County Annex 2, 108 N. East St., Harrisburg (870-578-4415), takes the State's disabled veteran exemption on the home and personal property; neither the county's nor the Sheriff's page says anything about it, and since Act 876 of 2025 the VA letter is a one-time filing.

Also called: property tax, collector, sheriff, DAV exemption, 26-3-306, homestead, personal property, Act 876, VA letter, Kevin Molder, Pamela Harper, 870-578-4415, Harrisburg, Trumann, Marked Tree, Lepanto, Tyronza, Weiner, Fisher, Waldenburg.

For: Veteran or service member, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The exemption is the State's, under section 26-3-306, as the Arkansas entry on the disabled veteran property tax exemption explains: no tax on the home, its land and personal property for a veteran VA rates 100% permanent and total or pays special monthly compensation for the loss or loss of use of a limb or blindness, carried on by an unremarried surviving spouse and minor children. Act 876 of 2025 added to section 26-3-306(b) that the VA letter "is required to be submitted only one (1) time" and that "annual submission of a letter from the department is not required", from the 2025 assessment year, so long as you tell the collector if you stop qualifying or move. File again for a new home. The county's pages. The county lists "County Sheriff & Collector Kevin Molder", and the Sheriff's Collectors Office page explains collection from March 1 to October 15, the 10% penalty and installment payments on current taxes, with Pamela Harper as Chief Deputy Collector; neither page says anything about the disabled veteran exemption. Bring the VA letter to the Collector's Office, or have the Veterans Office (870-578-4438) help with it. The Assessor, Josh Bradley (personal property 870-578-4430, real estate 870-578-4435), handles the homestead credit and the State's freeze for owners 65 or older or 100% disabled. The office. Poinsett County Annex 2, 108 N. East St., Harrisburg, AR 72432, main floor; Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The county's phone list gives the Tax Collector as 870-578-4415.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Poinsett County (Arkansas) Collector: Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption
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100% permanent and total, special monthly compensation, or qualifying survivorThe county collector administers the State exemption under Ark. Code Ann. Section 26-3-306. The disability test is the State test, not a county one.

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