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Stratford Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions

Stratford’s page gives a $4,500 basic veterans’ exemption, the state additional exemption that doubles it for income up to $46,300 single or $56,500 married, and a local additional exemption of $1,000 to $10,000 on a sliding scale for income up to $76,483 single or $86,352 married.

Also called: property tax, 12-81g, veterans exemption, assessor, Stratford.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Stratford’s Veterans’ Exemptions page gives the basic veterans’ exemption as $4,500 off assessment for a wartime veteran or a veteran with a VA rating, on a DD-214 filed with the Town Clerk by September 30. A veteran receiving the basic exemption whose income is not more than $46,300 single or $56,500 married, counting adjusted gross income plus Social Security, has it doubled to $9,000 under C.G.S. 12-81g; applications run February 1 to September 30 and refile biennially. The page’s Local Additional Veterans’ Exemption under C.G.S. 12-81f is a sliding scale of $1,000 to $10,000 off assessment, for income up to $76,483 single or $86,352 married, filed February 1 to September 1 per the page’s table and refiled biennially. Stratford’s code is on eCode360, which blocked the section pages, so this option rests on the page. OLR’s 2023 survey recorded Stratford as offering the 12-81g(b) option for a veteran rated 100 percent and the 12-81h vehicle option; the page does not mention either. Ask the assessor. From the grand list of October 1, 2024 a veteran with a 100 percent service-connected permanent and total rating has the dwelling, or one motor vehicle, exempt under 12-81(83), applying annually by January 1 with the state D-2 form, photo identification, a VA summary of benefits letter and the DD-214 on the land records. In October 2025 the Town Council enacted the local option of including not more than two acres of land in the exemption total, under P.A. 25-168. The page also gives the active-duty serviceman’s exemption of one motor vehicle, applied for by December 31.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Stratford Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
GateRule
Wartime service or a VA rating, set by state lawThe exemptions rest on C.G.S. 12-81(19) to (26): 90 days of wartime service with a qualifying discharge filed with the town clerk, or a VA disability rating. Amounts above the base turn on rating and income. The rating filter does not hide this entry.

Figures

Each figure is dated with the day it was read. A local figure moves whenever the statute or the local ordinance does, so confirm it with the office that grants it before you rely on it. Statute verified gives the day the weekly section check last found the statute standing on the legislature’s own code site; a figure without it rests on a statute the check does not read yet.

Dated figures for Stratford Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
FigureAmountRead from
Basic veterans’ exemption, as Stratford publishes it$4,500 off assessmentC.G.S. § 12-81(19)Town of Stratford, Veterans’ ExemptionsRead
State additional exemption, as Stratford publishes itDoubles the basic exemption to $9,000, for income up to $46,300 single or $56,500 marriedC.G.S. § 12-81gTown of Stratford, Veterans’ ExemptionsRead
Local additional exemption, as Stratford publishes it$1,000 to $10,000 off assessment on a sliding scale, for income up to $76,483 single or $86,352 marriedC.G.S. § 12-81fTown of Stratford, Veterans’ ExemptionsRead
Permanent and total rating with two acres, Town Council vote of October 2025The dwelling, or one motor vehicle, with not more than two acres of landC.G.S. § 12-81(83)Town of Stratford, Veterans’ ExemptionsRead
100% disability option, as OLR’s 2023 survey reports itReported adopted: three times the 12-81(20) exemption for a veteran rated 100 percentC.G.S. § 12-81gOLR Report 2024-R-0018, Veterans Property Tax Exemptions by Town: Municipal-Option ExemptionsRead
Specially equipped vehicle, as OLR’s 2023 survey reports itReported adopted: the 12-81h exemption of one specially equipped motor vehicle at 95% of its valueC.G.S. § 12-81hOLR Report 2024-R-0018, Veterans Property Tax Exemptions by Town: Municipal-Option ExemptionsRead

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