Washington County (Ohio) Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

The Washington County Auditor, 205 Putnam Street, Marietta, takes the State's disabled veteran homestead credit on DTE 105I, due December 31; its page still says $50,000 of market value, where the State figure is $59,400 for tax year 2026, and it posts the 2016 form, which gives the old June deadline.

Also called: homestead exemption, disabled veteran, surviving spouse, DTE 105I, property tax, December 31, unemployability, auditor, $50,000, $59,400, House Bill 479, Marietta, Belpre, Lowell, Beverly, Waterford, Lower Salem, Macksburg, Matamoras, New Matamoras, Reno, Devola, Little Hocking, Vincent, Watertown, Newport.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Washington County, OHCounty

The credit is the State's (Revised Code 323.151 and 323.152; see the Ohio entry for the current amount, the unemployability route, the surviving spouse rule, the December 31 filing date and the one-time House Bill 479 share). The Auditor's page. "Ohio's Homestead exemption for disabled veterans allows qualifying Ohio disabled veterans to reduce their property taxes by exempting $50,000 of the home's market value", with the State's brochure and DTE 101 and DTE 105I. That is the figure before House Bill 33's inflation adjustment: for tax year 2026 real property the State's figure is $59,400. The same page gives the ordinary senior and disability homestead as $25,000. The form it posts. The DTE 105I on the Auditor's forms page is revision 2/16, which says to "File with the county auditor after the first Monday in January and on or before the first Monday in June" and that "the applicant must be 100% disabled by or be receiving 100% compensation for service-connected injuries on Jan. 1". The filing date has since moved to December 31 for real property; take the current form from the Department of Taxation, or ask the Auditor's office for it. The test is a 100% rating or pay at 100% for individual unemployability, with a discharge under honorable conditions (bring the DD-214). To share in the House Bill 479 relief on the bills of early 2027, a newly qualified veteran should be approved before the State's November 1, 2026 count. The office. Washington County Auditor, 205 Putnam Street, Marietta, OH 45750; (740) 373-6623. The Veterans Service Commission (740-568-9009) can help with the VA letter. An old Auditor letter the site still posts points to washingtoncountyauditor.us, which no longer belongs to the county; use auditorwashingtoncountyohio.gov.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Washington County (Ohio) Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption
Gate	Rule
100 percent or paid at 100 percent for unemployability	A total disability rating, or compensation at 100% for individual unemployability, on January 1; discharged under honorable conditions.

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