Wayne County Tax Office: Disabled Veteran Exclusion and Late Applications

Wayne County's page on the State's $45,000 disabled veteran homestead exclusion: an honourably discharged veteran with a permanent and total service-connected disability on January 1, or adapted housing benefits, or the unmarried surviving spouse, with no age or income limit; apply by June 1 with the VA award letter, and the Board of Commissioners approves late applications regularly.

Also called: property tax, homestead exclusion, disabled veteran exclusion, 105-277.1C, NCDVA-9, $45,000, late application, Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Seymour Johnson, Fremont, Pikeville.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Wayne County, NCCounty

The exclusion is the State's, under G.S. 105-277.1C; see the North Carolina entry. Wayne County's page: the home must be the permanent residence of an "Honorably discharged disabled veteran (Veteran who as of January 1 has a permanent and total service-connected disability or received benefits for specially adapted housing under 38 U.S.C.2101) or Unmarried surviving spouse of an honorably discharged disabled veteran. No age or income restrictions." "Veteran should be able to provide VA award letter or VA response to Veteran's request for certification. Assessment reduction = 1st $45,000 of value. Deadline to submit application is June 1." The forms page carries the NCDVA-9. Late applications. Missing June 1 is not the end. Throughout 2025-26 the Board of Commissioners approved "Late Disabled Veterans Exemption" applications on its consent agenda at a dozen meetings; one was from a veteran whose VA decision came in July 2026 with an effective date of March 2025, asking for the exclusion back to that date. A veteran in that position should file with the Tax Office and ask for Board approval.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Wayne County Tax Office: Disabled Veteran Exclusion and Late Applications
Gate	Rule
Permanent and total service-connected disability	The rating path is a permanent and total service-connected disability on January 1. A section 2101 adapted housing grant qualifies instead; the filter cannot test that.

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