DISABLED MILITARY PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
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In 2006, Colorado voters approved Referendum #E, amending Section 3.5 of Article X of the Colorado Constituion.
The amendment and subsequent legislation expanded the Senior Property Tax Exemption, to include "qualifying disabled veterans." |
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For disabled veterans who qualify, 50 percent of the first $200,000 of actual value of the veteran's primary residence is exempted. The state will reimburse the county treasurer for the lost revenue. The exemption is effective January 1, 2007 on property tax bills sent beginning in 2008. Owners of multiple residences may only designate one property as their primary residence.
Qualifying veterans are those who have a one hundred percent permanent and total disability rating from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a result of a service-connected disability and who have owned and occupied the property as their primary residence since January 1.
Application forms are available from:
The Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Division of Veterans Affairs
7465 East 1st Avenue, Suite C
Denver, Colorado 80230
Phone: (303) 343-1268
Printable, on-line forms are available at:
www.dola.colorado.gov/dpt/forms/index.htm
THE FILING DEADLINE IS JULY 1
QUESTIONS??
Additional information regarding the Disabled Veterans
Exemption program may be obtained by phoning the El Paso
County Assessor's Office, at: (719) 520-6600, or the Colorado
Division of Property Taxation, at (303) 866-2371.