Whatcom County Assessor: Senior, Disabled and Disabled Veteran Exemption

The Whatcom County Assessor's exemption page still gives the veteran route as an 80% evaluation or the 100% rate, and its newest paper application is for taxes due in 2025 and 2026. For 2027 the floor is 40%, and Whatcom's income thresholds rise to $54,000, $63,000 and $72,000.

Also called: property tax, assessor, 84.36.381, senior exemption, disabled veteran exemption, 40 percent, individual unemployability, combined disposable income, deferral, Just Appraised.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Whatcom County, WACounty

The exemption is the State's; the Washington entry explains it. The Whatcom County Assessor takes applications through an online portal (Just Appraised) or on paper, and explains the two-year cycle plainly: to reduce 2026 taxes, the applicant must meet the age or disability, ownership, occupancy and income tests in 2025. What the page says. On December 31 of the year before taxes are due, the applicant must be 61, unable to work because of a disability, or "A disabled veteran with a service-connected evaluation of at least 80% or receiving compensation from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at the 100% rate for a service-connected disability". Its paper application is headed "for property taxes due 2025-2026", and its brochure is the Department of Revenue's. What changes for 2027. Chapter 200, Laws of 2025 cut the evaluation needed to 40% for taxes collected in 2027 and after, which turn on 2026; the 100% rate route, which reaches a veteran paid at the total rate for individual unemployability, stays. For 2027 to 2029 the Department of Revenue sets Whatcom's thresholds at $54,000, $63,000 and $72,000, with $80,653 for the deferral programme, and chapter 163, Laws of 2026 takes Combat-Related Special Compensation out of the income counted. A veteran rated 40% to 70% should apply for 2027 when the Assessor takes those claims.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Whatcom County Assessor: Senior, Disabled and Disabled Veteran Exemption
Gate	Rule
40% service-connected, from taxes collected in 2027	RCW 84.36.381: a combined evaluation of 40% or more (80% for 2026 collections), or a total disability rating at any percentage; or age 61; plus the income test.

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Last updated 2026-10-02.

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