Veterans
Exemption Forms

The Property Appraiser’s Office is pleased to provide you with these forms. Please Note: You must be honorably discharged to qualify for these additional exemptions. If filing for the first time, please provide a letter from the U.S. Veterans Administration that verifies your disability.  See the links below to request a certification letter  from the Veterans Administration:

• Active Military Service Exemption

  The Florida Legislature has approved an additional Homestead Exemption benefit for U.S. Military forces on active duty who serve in certain military operations outside the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii.
  
  The new exemption is available to service members of any branch of the U.S. military and reserves, U.S. Coast Guard and reserves, and the Florida National Guard.
  
  The amount of the exemption is determined by the property’s taxable value multiplied by the number of days the service member was on deployment and divided by the number of days in that year. We will do the math for you.
  
  If the service member was deployed in 2010, the first time to qualify for the additional homestead exemption benefit is this year, 2011. The deadline to file a claim for someone who served during 2010 is June 1, 2011. However, because the application form only recently became available, the Property Appraiser’s Office is extending the deadline this year to Sept. 15.
  
  The property must already hold an existing Florida standard homestead exemption benefit and eligibility for the additional exemption is based on deployment for the previous year, Jan. 1-Dec. 31. The exemption will not be automatically renewed and the service member must apply for the additional benefit each year of their deployment.
  
  You may download the Active Military Service Exemption form here. Or go to Forms on our Home Page. Please mail the completed application to Property Appraiser’s Office, Exemption Services, 1st Floor, West Palm Beach, FL 33401.
  
  Call (561) 355-2866 for more information.

• A veteran with 10%-100% service-connected disability requires form letter FL 27-125. This qualifies you for an additional tax exemption savings of $5,000. Under certain circumstances, this benefit can carry over to the veteran’s widow or widower.  The spouse will need to submit a Verification Affidavit.
  
  

• A veteran with a total and permanent service-connected disability requires form letter FL 27-333 .This qualifies you for total exemption from ad valorem taxes in Florida. Under certain circumstances, this benefit can carry over to the veteran’s widow or widower.
  
  
• A veteran whose disability is not service-connected requires form letter FL 27-444.
  
  
• Veterans over the age of 65 with a combat related permanent disability and an existing Homestead Exemption and were a Florida resident at the time they entered the service, may be eligible for an ad valorem tax discount. Download the DR-501DV application.You may also complete a fillable DR-501DV application online.

Please mail the completed DR-501DV application to: 
Property Appraiser's Office
301 N. Olive Ave., 1st floor
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

For more information, please call Exemption Services at (561) 355-2866. 
You may also call the Veterans Administration at (1-800) 827-1000.