Your primary residence can be fully exempt from New Jersey property tax if you have a service-connected 100 percent total and permanent disability rating. There is no cap on the value exempted and no income test. A surviving spouse, civil union partner or domestic partner who has not remarried or formed a new partnership keeps the exemption.
Apply through your local municipal tax assessor or tax collector, not the state. File the completed claim form with the documentation listed on it, including your VA certification.
Certification from the VA that you have a service-connected 100 percent total and permanent disability rating from active duty service, proof of your honorable discharge, proof you are a New Jersey legal resident, and proof you own and live in the home. A surviving spouse also needs proof the veteran was a New Jersey resident at the time of death and proof they have not remarried or formed a new civil union or domestic partnership.
