Yakima County Assessor: Senior or Disabled Exemptions

The exemption is the State's; the Washington entry explains it. The Yakima County Assessor takes applications at its office and publishes a Senior or Disabled Exemptions page. What the page says. Four qualifying parts: turning 61 before December 31 of the year the income was earned, being the surviving spouse of a previous exemption holder at 57 or older, or being disabled in a way that prevents gainful employment; gross household income "must be lower than $45,000"; the home must be the primary residence, lived in six calendar months a year; and no exemption may be held on other property. The exemption tiers it prints are the 2022-and-prior figures: exempt from regular taxes on up to $60,000 or 60% of value under $33,000; up to $50,000 or 35% to $39,000; excess levies only to $45,000. What is missing, and what applies from 2027. The page names no veteran route. RCW 84.36.381's route for veterans - a combined service-connected evaluation of 40% or more for taxes collected in 2027 (80% for 2026), or a total disability rating at any percentage, which reaches a veteran paid at the 100% rate for individual unemployability - appears nowhere on it, so a veteran reading the page is offered only the age, disability and income tests. A veteran rated 40% to 70% should apply anyway and cite the statute. For 2027 to 2029 the Department of Revenue sets Yakima's thresholds at $47,000, $54,000 and $62,000, with $69,260 for the deferral programme, and chapter 163, Laws of 2026 takes Combat-Related Special Compensation out of the income counted.