Disabled Veterans (1986 GA Law Act No. 1629 - Amending GA Code Ann 48-5-48)

1. $63,780 or the maximum amount set forth in Section 802 of Title 38 of the United States Code, whichever is greater, off of the Assessed Value of the property.
    
2. The term “disabled veteran” as used for this exemption means a disabled wartime veteran who was honorably discharged and has been adjudicated by the Veterans Administration as being totally and permanently disabled and entitled to receive service connected benefits so long as he/she is 100% disabled and receiving or entitled to receive benefits for a 100% service connected disability.
    
3. Each applicant must file with the Assessors Office a letter from the Veterans Administration granting the veteran’s disability.
    
4. Disabled veterans not receiving VA benefits but who qualify otherwise, shall file a copy of their DD form 214 (discharge papers) along with a letter from a doctor who is licensed to practice medicine in Georgia stating the qualifying disability.
    
5. Once filed, the exemption shall automatically be renewed from year to year. Such exemption shall be extended to the surviving spouse as long as they have not remarried or minor children at the veteran’s death so long as they continue to occupy the home as a residence and homestead.
    

In Order To Apply For The Disabled Veterans Exemption, Applicants Must Bring in the Item in Bold and
ONE of the Following:

1. Special Form Letter from the Veterans Administration stating the 100% Service Connected Wartime Disability
    
2. Georgia driver’s license with your current Chatham County property address
    
3. Chatham County Voter’s Registration Card with your current Chatham County address
    
4. Georgia Identification Card
    

SUMMARY

1. All exemptions must be filed with the Assessors Office, Fifth Floor, Chatham County Judicial Courthouse, 133 Montgomery St., Room 503, between 9:00am and 5:00pm Monday through Friday.
    
2. Time for filing for 2013: April 3, 2012 thru April 1, 2013.
    
3. Failure to file within the allocated time for the Disabled Veterans exemption constitutes a waiver of exemption for that year. Georgia law does not provide for extension of time for filing for whatever reason.
    
4. All exemptions, once approved, are automatically renewed each year until eligibility changes.