Family members of an eligible veteran can take $6,000 of value off the property tax assessment on their Maine home. It covers an unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran who was eligible for the exemption, a surviving minor child under 18, and a widowed parent aged 62 or older who has not remarried and was not divorced when the veteran’s other parent died. In every case you must be receiving a pension or compensation from the U.S. government.
Notify your local municipal tax assessor in writing using the exemption application for surviving spouses, parents and minor children. Apply through the municipality where the property is, not the state.
The veteran’s discharge paperwork, your marriage certificate or proof of relationship, the veteran’s death certificate, and your award letter showing the pension or compensation you receive from the U.S. government.
