- Alabama
Alabama exempts the homestead of a permanently and totally disabled homeowner from every ad valorem property tax, with no income cap and up to 160 acres of land.
- Alaska
Alaska knocks the first $150,000 of assessed value off the primary residence of any veteran rated 50 percent or more, in every municipality that levies property tax, and it taxes no one's pension or paycheck.
- Arizona
Starting with tax years beginning January 1, 2026, Arizona fully exempts the primary residence of a veteran with a 100 percent service-connected disability from property tax, and the surviving spouse keeps the exemption until remarriage.
- Arkansas
Arkansas exempts a veteran rated 100 percent permanent and total, or awarded special monthly compensation for limb loss or blindness, from all state taxes on the homestead and personal property, and the exemption passes to an unmarried surviving spouse and minor children.
- California
California's Disabled Veterans' Exemption shields $180,671 of a qualifying veteran's home value from property tax in 2026, rising to $271,009 for households under the $81,131 income limit.
- Colorado
Colorado exempts 50 percent of the first $200,000 of home value from property tax for veterans rated 100 percent permanent and total or paid at the 100 percent rate through individual unemployability, and Gold Star spouses get the same break.
- Connecticut
Since the October 1, 2024 assessment year, Connecticut has required every town to fully exempt the primary residence of a veteran with a 100 percent permanent and total VA rating from property tax.
- Delaware
Delaware credits back 100 percent of the school district property tax on the primary residence of a veteran rated permanently and totally disabled who has held Delaware domicile for three years.
- Florida
Florida pairs a total homestead property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans with a service-connected total and permanent disability with zero state income tax on anything they earn or draw.
- Georgia
Georgia shields up to $121,812 of a disabled veteran's home value from property taxes in 2025, an amount re-indexed every year to the federal specially adapted housing grant ceiling.
- Hawaii
A totally disabled Hawaii veteran's owner-occupied home is exempt from real property tax in every county, subject only to each county's small minimum tax.
- Idaho
Idaho cuts up to $1,500 off the property tax on the home and up to one acre for veterans rated 100% or paid at 100% for unemployability, with no income limit.
- Illinois
At a 70% or higher VA rating, Illinois exempts the first $250,000 of a home's equalized assessed value under SHEVD, which zeroes out the property tax bill for most disabled veteran homeowners.
- Indiana
Indiana deducts 100% of assessed value on the principal residence for a veteran with 90 days of honorable service and a total disability, stacked on a military pension the state stopped taxing entirely in 2022.
- Iowa
Iowa's Disabled Veteran Homestead Credit pays 100% of the property tax on the home of a 100% disabled service-connected veteran, and DIC recipients qualify too.
- Kansas
Kansas freezes property taxes at a base-year level for homeowners with a 50% or greater service-connected rating through the K-40SVR refund, and never taxes military retired pay.
- Kentucky
Kentucky's tuition waiver sends children and spouses of 100% disabled or fallen Kentucky veterans to state universities and KCTCS schools tuition-free for up to 45 months.
- Louisiana
A Louisiana veteran rated 100%, or paid at 100% for unemployability, is exempt from all ad valorem property tax on the homestead, and ratings from 50% up stack extra exemptions on the standard homestead break.
- Maine
Dependents of Maine veterans rated 100% permanently and totally disabled get a 100% waiver of tuition and mandatory fees across the University of Maine System, community colleges, and Maine Maritime Academy.
- Maryland
Maryland fully exempts the dwelling and yard of a veteran rated 100% permanently and totally disabled from real property tax, and the exemption carries to surviving spouses.
- Massachusetts
Massachusetts pays veterans rated 100 percent disabled a $2,500 annual annuity, raised from $2,000 by the 2024 HERO Act, on top of its property tax and pension exemptions.
- Michigan
Michigan wipes out the full property tax bill on the homestead of a veteran rated permanently and totally disabled, or paid at 100 percent for individual unemployability, and since 2025 the exemption no longer requires annual refiling.
- Minnesota
Minnesota excludes up to $300,000 of a home's market value from property taxes for veterans rated 100 percent permanent and total, and $150,000 for ratings of 70 percent or higher.
- Mississippi
Mississippi exempts the homestead of a service-connected totally disabled veteran from all ad valorem property taxes, and the exemption carries over to an unremarried surviving spouse.
- Missouri
Missouri caps tuition at every public college and university at $50 per credit hour for post-9/11 combat veterans under the Returning Heroes Act.
- Montana
Montana's MDV program cuts the property tax rate on a 100 percent disabled veteran's home by 50 to 100 percent depending on income, with the eligible market value raised to $350,000 effective 2024.
- Nebraska
Nebraska exempts 100 percent of the homestead from property tax for veterans rated 100 percent service-connected permanent and total, or drawing 100 percent individual unemployability, with no income or home value limits.
- Nevada
Nevada gives a veteran rated 100 percent disabled an exemption of $35,400 in assessed value this year, usable against either the property tax bill or the vehicle registration tax.
- New Hampshire
New Hampshire municipalities credit veterans with service-connected permanent and total disability between $700 and $5,000 a year against property taxes, with each city or town setting its own amount.
- New Jersey
New Jersey erases the entire property tax bill on the principal residence of a veteran rated 100 percent permanently and totally disabled, in the state with some of the highest property taxes in the country.
- New Mexico
Starting with 2026 tax bills, New Mexico exempts a disabled veteran's primary residence in proportion to the VA rating, so a 70 percent rating cuts 70 percent of the bill and a 100 percent rating erases it.
- New York
New York's Chapter 672 of 2025, made mandatory by a February 2026 amendment, fully exempts the primary residence of a veteran with a 100 percent service-connected disability from property taxes, starting with assessment rolls based on taxable status dates on or after October 1, 2026.
- North Carolina
North Carolina fully exempts military retired pay from state income tax for anyone who served 20 years or was medically retired, and layers a $45,000 property value exclusion on top for veterans with a permanent and total service-connected disability.
- North Dakota
North Dakota scales property tax relief to the VA rating for veterans at 50 percent and above, with the credit wiping out up to $9,000 of the homestead's taxable valuation at a 100 percent rate.
- Ohio
Ohio's enhanced homestead exemption shields $50,000 of a totally disabled veteran's home value from property tax, indexed upward each year, with no income test attached.
- Oklahoma
A 100 percent permanently disabled Oklahoma veteran pays no property tax on the homestead, no state income tax on military retirement, and no sales tax on up to $25,000 of purchases a year.
- Oregon
Oregon runs its own veteran home loan program, OrVet, a state benefit separate from the federal VA loan guaranty that has lent roughly $10 billion to more than 340,000 veterans since 1945.
- Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania erases the entire property tax bill on the primary residence of a 100 percent permanently disabled wartime veteran, with financial need presumed at gross income up to $114,637.
- Rhode Island
Rhode Island waives tuition at CCRI, Rhode Island College, and URI for any permanent resident veteran with a service-connected disability rating from 10 to 100 percent, and military pensions have been fully exempt from state income tax since tax year 2023.
- South Carolina
South Carolina exempts a permanently and totally disabled veteran's home, up to five acres of land, and up to two vehicles from property tax, effective from the year the disability was rated rather than the year the paperwork clears.
- South Dakota
South Dakota exempts up to $200,000 of a permanently and totally disabled veteran's home value from property tax, in a state that already collects no personal income tax.
- Tennessee
Tennessee reimburses a 100 percent permanently and totally disabled veteran's property taxes on the first $175,000 of the home's market value, with no income test attached.
- Texas
A Texas veteran rated 100 percent, or paid at the 100 percent rate for individual unemployability, owes zero property tax on the home: Tax Code 11.131 exempts the homestead's total appraised value.
- Utah
Utah scales its disabled veteran property tax exemption to the VA rating, sheltering up to $521,620 of taxable value in 2025, while a matching 4.5 percent credit wipes out state tax on military retired pay.
- Vermont
Vermont stopped taxing military retirement in 2025 for households with adjusted gross income up to $125,000, a full exemption that phases out entirely at $175,000.
- Virginia
Virginia erases the entire property tax bill on a 100 percent permanent and total disabled veteran's home and up to one acre, an exemption the unremarried surviving spouse keeps even after moving.
- Washington
Washington orders its public colleges to waive all tuition and fees, up to 250 quarter credits, for the children and spouses of 100 percent disabled veterans, with a $500 annual book stipend on top.
- West Virginia
West Virginia refunds every dollar of property tax a 90 to 100 percent permanently and totally disabled veteran pays on the homestead, through a refundable credit claimed on the state income tax return.
- Wisconsin
Wisconsin hands a veteran rated 100 percent, or paid at 100 percent for individual unemployability, a tax credit equal to every dollar of property tax on the home, and never taxes military retired pay.
- Wyoming
Wyoming gives a veteran who deployed to an overseas combat operation eight tuition-free semesters at the University of Wyoming, in a state that levies no personal income tax at all.
