You are exempt from all ad valorem property taxes on your home if your husband or wife died while serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces or the Louisiana National Guard. If you move to a new property you keep the exemption, but only up to the amount of the exemption you had on the first property.
Get an updated Form A25 from a Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs parish service office, then apply with your parish tax assessor.
An updated LDVA Form A25, the service member’s death certificate or report of casualty, your marriage certificate, and proof that you own the home and live in it.
