Wayne County Tax Commissioner (Ally O’Quinn Harnage): the March 1 homestead deadline and the Board of Tax Assessors’ monthly veteran-exemption approvals

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. What Wayne's offices add is the route, the county's own deadline and the board's own record of approving the exemptions. Where and who. Tax Commissioner Ally O'Quinn Harnage, 341 E. Walnut St., Jesup, GA 31546, P.O. Box 287, Jesup, GA 31598, (912) 427-5910, [email protected], office hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The office's own site, waynegatax.com, is a Government Window site whose tax search runs at waynecountyga.governmentwindow.com; the county's property-record search runs on qPublic (qpublic.schneidercorp.com, App=WayneCountyGA), which was not read (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md). The county's own text. The commissioner's Property page: "All exemptions must be filed with the Tax Assessor's Office between the hours of 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. Georgia law allows for the year-round filing of homestead applications but the application must be received by March 1 of the year for which the exemption is first claimed by the taxpayer." The page also notes "Property tax returns must be filed with the Board of Tax Assessors between January 1 and April 1 of each year" and that "Wayne County has such local county exemptions" beside the State list - but prints no veteran amounts. The board's record. The Board of Tax Assessors' own minutes - Chairman Bill Parker, Monica O'Quinn, John Shaver, Sr., Paul McDuffie, Chief Appraiser Kimberly Wilson, Secretary Kendra Hand - carry the exemptions being granted: the July 30, 2026 minutes, "a motion was made by Paul McDuffie and seconded by John Shaver, Sr. to approve the July 2026 Veteran Exemptions as listed below. All agreed and the motion passed unanimously. See attached spreadsheet Veteran Exemptions, July 30, 2026 for additional information"; the August 27, 2026 minutes, "a motion was made by John Shaver, Sr. and seconded by Monica O'Quinn to approve the August 2026 Veteran Exemptions for Andrew Lawhon (Parcel 110I-74) and Brandon Williams (Parcel 60-11-9), for tax year 2026. Joel Johnson (Parcel 112-16-2) and Tommy Lee Jones (Parcel J14-137-1) were approved for tax year 2027. All agreed and the motion passed unanimously."