Michigan Disabled Veteran Homestead Property Tax Exemption

Local Michigan city or township assessor, under Michigan Department of Treasury and State Tax Commission rules

Full exemption from property tax on your primary residence

Your Michigan primary residence is completely exempt from property tax if you are an eligible disabled veteran, or the unremarried surviving spouse of one, and you own and live in the home.

Check eligibility

How to apply

Apply through your local city or township assessor, not the state. Submit a completed Affidavit for Disabled Veterans Exemption (Form 5107) together with the documents listed on the affidavit.

What you'll need

Your VA rating letter showing a total and permanent service-connected rating or an individual unemployability rating, or your VA paperwork for housing assistance, plus proof that you own and occupy the home. A surviving spouse also needs the veteran’s death certificate and proof they have not remarried.

Eligibility

You are a Michigan resident
You own the home and occupy it as your primary residence
You or the veteran you claim through received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Armed Forces
You have a total and permanent service-connected disability rating from the VA, you received VA financial assistance to buy, build or modify a home to accommodate your disability, or the VA rates you as individually unemployable
You are the veteran, or the unremarried surviving spouse of the veteran and a Michigan resident

Source

Official source

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