Salt Lake County Treasurer: Veteran with a Disability Exemption

The exemption is State law; the Utah entry on it explains the percentage formula, the 10 percent floor, the unemployability rule, the survivor routes and why a veteran need not refile. In Salt Lake County the Treasurer's Tax Relief Division takes it: 2001 S State Street, Suite N1-200, PO Box 144575, Salt Lake City 84114-4575; [email protected]; 385-468-8300, option 2. How much in 2026. The county publishes the exemption by rating: $53,546 at 10 percent, $107,092 at 20, $160,638 at 30, $214,184 at 40, $267,730 at 50, $321,275 at 60, $374,821 at 70, $428,367 at 80, $481,913 at 90 and $535,459 at 100, matching the Tax Commission's 2026 limit. It cannot exceed the property's taxable value. How to apply. File the 2026 Disabled Veteran Exemption Application by September 1, 2026. A new applicant, or one whose rating changed, attaches a VA letter dated within the last year showing the combined percentage and its effective date; a returning applicant sends nothing unless the rating or ownership changed. The form also lists vehicles: "A carslip will be issued to reduce motor vehicle registration if eligible", because Utah lets the exemption run against tangible personal property, so a veteran whose home does not use the whole amount, or who rents, can put it against county vehicle fees. A survivor of a service member killed in action or who died on duty adds the DD Form 1300. Late and earlier-year claims. The deadline is not final. Section 59-2a-502(3) has the county legislative body extend it for illness, a death in the family, six months out of state, a retroactive VA decision or equity, and in Salt Lake County the County Council does so in public: from September 2025 to September 2026 almost every regular meeting approved the Tax Administration's letters for "Other Years' Veteran Exemptions" and for veteran exemptions after a sale or change of ownership after the lien date, and from June 2026 batches of county registration fee refunds to disabled veterans. A veteran who missed a year should ask the Tax Relief Division to put the claim to the Council. What the county's papers leave out. Neither the Veteran Relief page nor the 2026 form says that 59-2a-501(2)(c) makes the county treat a veteran VA certifies as individually unemployable as 100 percent disabled whatever the schedular percentage; the form asks only for the combined percentage. A veteran paid at the total rate through unemployability should write that on the form and attach the VA letter showing it. Nor do they mention the 59-2a-502(5) route by which a veteran rated 100 percent permanent and total can be preliminarily approved before buying a home.