Disabled Veteran Property Tax Breaks Start at JCAD

Disabled-veteran property tax breaks in Jefferson County run through JCAD. One exemption is a fixed dollar amount tied to the VA rating. It can apply to one property the veteran owns, even if it is not the homestead.

A separate homestead exemption is for a 100 percent disabled veteran or a veteran the VA calls unemployable. That can remove the appraised value of the home from taxation. A surviving spouse may have a path to keep it.

A license plate is different from a property-tax exemption. The plate goes through the tax office. The exemption goes through JCAD.