100% Total Disabled Vet Exemption

Annual Benefit: Exemption from Real Estate Taxes

File this form with the municipal tax assessor at any time during the tax year.

Eligibility Requirements for Disabled Veterans

With respect to the 100% Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans Property Tax Exemption, it can begin after December 3, 2020, assuming all other eligibility requirements are met. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Administration) Certificate of 100% Total and Permanent Disability while on Active Duty is still required by law.

To qualify, you must:

• Have active duty service in the United States Armed Forces;
• Be honorably discharged;
• Be a legal resident of New Jersey;
• Own and occupy the dwelling house as your main home and residence;
• Provide a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Administration) certification of active duty service-connected disability stating you are 100% permanently and totally disabled.

Eligibility Requirements for Surviving Spouse/Civil Union/Domestic Partner

To qualify, you must:

• Be a legal resident of New Jersey;
• Confirm the deceased veteran had active duty service in the United States Armed Forces;
• Confirm the deceased veteran was honorably discharged or demonstrate the military service person died on active duty;
• Document the deceased veteran or military service person was a New Jersey resident at death;
• Have not remarried or formed a new registered civil union/domestic partnership;
• Own and occupy the dwelling house as your main home and residence;
• Provide a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Administration) active certification of duty service-connected disability stating the deceased veteran was 100% permanently and totally disabled.

NOTE **Claimants must inform the assessor of any change in status which may affect their continued entitlement to the exemption.