Powhatan County Disabled Veteran Real Estate Tax Exemption

Powhatan County’s Commissioner of the Revenue takes the statewide home exemption for a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total, on the dwelling and one acre, and computes relief on the land value of one acre. No income or net worth test is added.

Also called: property tax, real estate tax, Powhatan property tax, 100% disabled, one acre, TDIU, surviving spouse.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Powhatan County, VACounty

In Powhatan County the Commissioner of the Revenue, James B. Timberlake II, at 3834 Old Buckingham Road, Suite C (804-598-5616), takes the statewide disabled-veteran real estate exemption. There is no income test and no net-worth test. The county's "Veteran Real Estate Tax Exemption Application" asks for a certificate or letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs showing a 100% service-related disability, and its office-use block computes the relief from "Land Value (1 Acre)" and building value. Acreage. The exemption covers the qualifying dwelling and one acre. Section 58.1-3219.5(C) of the Code of Virginia sets one acre as the default and requires more only where the county's own relief reaches more; Powhatan's own tax relief for the elderly and disabled covers a dwelling and land not exceeding one acre (section 70-52(b) of the county code), so one acre is the statutory match, and the application form agrees. What it is worth. The 2026 real estate rate is $0.77 per $100 of assessed value, up two cents from $0.75 in 2025. The Board fixed the rate by Resolution R-2026-24 on April 6, 2026, on a 3-2 vote after a motion for 73 cents failed, and the April 27, 2026 minutes record the $0.77 rate alongside the FY2026-2027 budget adopted by Ordinance O-2026-07. Taxes are billed in two halves, due June 5 and November 5 (the 2026 second-half bills were mailed October 1, 2026), with a one-time 10% penalty after the deadline and 10% a year interest from the first of the following month. A veteran rated permanent and total on the basis of individual unemployability qualifies; the county's page does not mention it, and the Department of Veterans Services treats that rating as qualifying.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Powhatan County Disabled Veteran Real Estate Tax Exemption
Gate	Rule
100% permanent and total	Powhatan County applies the statewide exemption to the dwelling and one acre. It does not add an income test. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.
Permanent and total on the 100% path	The 100% rating has to be permanent and total. A 100% rating VA has not made permanent does not meet this path.
Individual unemployability	The other path is a total disability rating based on individual unemployability that VA has also rated permanent and total.
Permanent and total on the unemployability path	Individual unemployability qualifies on this path only when VA has rated the disability permanent and total.

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Last updated 2026-10-08.

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