Program
Georgia disabled-veteran property-tax break
A Georgia homestead tax exemption for veterans with a qualifying service-connected disability.
What it can pay for
- property tax relief
- Official name
- Georgia Disabled Veteran Homestead Tax Exemption (O.C.G.A. 48-5-48)
- Where
- Georgia
- Status
- Program running
- Most it pays
- $126,526 none
- About the amount
- $126,526 of assessed value (2026 tax year, ≈$316,315 of market value at Georgia's 40% assessment rate); was $121,812 for 2025. Covers ALL ad valorem levies — state, county, municipal, AND school (unlike the regular senior exemptions, which are county- or school-only).
- Housing rules
- Owner-occupied Georgia primary residence on January 1.
- How long it takes
- File by April 1; auto-renews after that; shows on that fall's tax bill.
- How to apply
- File a homestead exemption application with your county tax commissioner by April 1, bringing the VA award letter showing the qualifying rating, DD-214, deed, and ID.
- Does not pay for
- Property-tax exemption only — for actual home modifications, see VA HISA/SAH/SHA or the Georgia AAA door (S2-GA-03).
- Official source
- coweta.ga.us
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026