Sonoma County Assessor: Disabled Veterans' Exemption

The exemption is the State's; the California entry gives the amounts, the income limit and Senate Bill 296's larger exemption from the January 1, 2027 lien date. The Sonoma County Assessor administers it at 585 Fiscal Drive, Room 104F, Santa Rosa. Character of discharge. The Assessor asks for a DD-214 or other proof that service was under conditions "other than dishonorable (i.e., honorable, general (under honorable condition), other than honorable, or bad conduct)". That follows the words of Revenue and Taxation Code section 205.5(b)(1)(A) and is wider than several county assessors, which ask for an honorable discharge. A veteran with an other than honorable or bad conduct discharge and a 100% VA rating can file in Sonoma. Rating. The claim takes a VA or service letter showing a 100% rating or compensation at 100% for individual unemployability, with its effective date. The page's opening list names only the 100% rating, blindness and the loss of the use of two limbs, but the filing requirements include unemployability. Preliminary eligibility. Under section 205.5, the office gives a written preliminary determination of eligibility for the basic and low-income exemptions on its own form, based on what the veteran tells it; the claim itself must still be filed. What it leaves out. The page gives no amounts ("contact our office for the current amounts"; for 2026 they are $180,671 and $271,009 under an $81,131 income limit) and does not mention section 205.5.1 from the 2027 lien date.