File with the County Assessor where the property is located, not with the state, by February 15 each year. Claim forms come from your local County Assessor.

• You lived in California on January 1 of the year you apply
• You are a currently serving service member, a veteran with an honorable discharge who served during a wartime period or in a campaign or expedition for which Congress authorized a campaign medal or who was discharged in peacetime for a service-connected disability, a reserve component member called to federal active duty, an unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible deceased veteran, or a parent of an eligible deceased veteran
• You do not own real or personal property worth more than $5,000 if single or $10,000 if married