Thomas County Tax Commissioner (Alicia Hester) and Board of Assessors (Daniel Stokes): the homestead route with the county’s own local exemptions

The exemptions are Georgia's: O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 for the qualifying disabled veteran and 48-5-52.1 for the unremarried surviving spouse of a service member killed in a war or armed conflict - the State entries carry the statutes, the qualification list and the yearly indexed amount. Thomas also has local homestead exemptions of its own, described only at the assessor's office. Where and who. Tax Commissioner Alicia Hester, Main Office 225 N. Broad St, Thomasville, GA 31792; mailing address P.O. Box 2175, Thomasville, GA 31799; phone (229) 225-4136, fax (229) 225-4123; the office's site, thomascountytax.com, carries the tax search and payment, general information, motor-vehicle and tax-sale pages. The Tax Assessors' Office page on thomascountyboc.org: Chief Appraiser Daniel Stokes; Board of Assessors Scott Rich (Chairman), Mills Herndon and Eddie Brown, Sr.; the board meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Conference Room; the office is open weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and its record-search site "enables property owners to estimate taxes, read and learn about exemptions, download assessment related forms" - the assessment office's duties list "exemption processing" among them. The deadline and the office's own words. The Tax Commissioner's general-information page: "The deadline for filing an application for a homestead exemption in Thomas County is April 1. Application for homestead exemption is made with the Tax Assessor's office. Failure to apply by the deadline will result in loss of the exemption for that year. Beginning July 1, 2005 application for homestead exemption may be submitted any time during the year but must be received before April 1 of the taxable year to qualify for the exemption that year." And: "Thomas County offers homestead exemptions that are more beneficial to the taxpayer than the exemptions offered by the State. For information concerning local homestead exemptions contact the Tax Assessor's Office." A veteran files with the Tax Assessor's office and reads the amounts on the State entries.