Volusia County Property Appraiser: Veteran Exemptions and the Deployment Deadline
The Volusia County Property Appraiser tells deployed service members to apply each year "by June 1"; section 196.173 sets March 1. It also describes the combat discount as for a partially disabled veteran, where the statute says partially or totally.
Also called: property tax, property appraiser, VCPA, 196.081, 196.24, 196.082, 196.173, DR-501DV, DR-501M, deployed military exemption, March 1.
The exemptions are the State's; the Florida entries explain them. The Volusia County Property Appraiser, 123 W. Indiana Avenue, Room 102, DeLand (386-736-5901), grants them.
The deployment deadline. The Appraiser's page says deployed service members "are required to apply each year by June 1". Section 196.173(6)(a) requires the application "on or before March 1 of the year following the year of the qualifying deployment" (for the 2026 roll only, chapter 2026-239 allowed until August 1). An application filed between March 2 and June 1 in reliance on the page is late under the statute and depends on the late-filing rules. File by March 1. The page otherwise describes the exemption correctly, including former members and filing by a spouse, attorney in fact or personal representative; see the Florida entry for the operations.
The combat discount. The page asks that the veteran "Be partially disabled with a permanent service-connected disability. All or a portion of such disability must be combat related." Section 196.082(1) covers a veteran "partially or totally permanently disabled". It sets the discount correctly at the whole permanent rating.
The $5,000 and total and permanent exemptions are described as the statutes provide.
Thresholds
Thresholds for Volusia County Property Appraiser: Veteran Exemptions and the Deployment Deadline
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Rule
10% for the $5,000 exemption; permanent and total for the full one
The $5,000 exemption starts at 10%. The full homestead exemption needs total and permanent disability. The combat discount needs age 65 and a permanent rating with a combat-related part; the deployment exemption needs no rating.
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