Prince George County Disabled Veteran Real Estate Tax Exemption, Five Acres

Section 74-221.1 of the Prince George County Code exempts the principal residence of a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total "and the land in an amount not to exceed five acres on which it is situated", without regard to income or net worth. The statewide baseline is one acre; section 58.1-3219.5(C) of the Code of Virginia requires a locality to give the same acreage as its elderly and disabled program, and Prince George's program covers five contiguous acres. The county's web page for the exemption does not mention the five acres. The veteran refiles only if the principal residence changes. The county's web page states the surviving spouse rule correctly: since 2019 the exemption "applies without any restriction on the spouse's moving to a different principal place of residence". Section 74-221.1 of the county code and the county's application, revised December 2025, have not caught up. The code still requires that "the surviving spouse continues to occupy the real property", the form lists that as a qualification, and the spouse signs that he or she continues to occupy the home. A spouse who has moved within Virginia should cite section 58.1-3219.5(B). The page asks a veteran for photo identification in the form of a "Driver's License and Military Identification Card", proof of residency, and, where there is a mortgage, a release of information to the mortgage company. A retired military ID is not something every veteran holds; the statute asks only for the VA documentation, and a veteran without one should bring the VA letter and a driver's license and ask the office to accept them.