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Property Tax Exemptions For Senior Citizens And Disabled Persons - Washington State Department Of Revenue

Washington State Department of Revenue

Property Tax Exemptions

for Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons

PROPERTY TAX

The assessor will continue to establish the

market value of the property, however, you will

EXEMPTIONS FOR

only be billed for the taxes on the frozen value.

SENIOR CITIZENS AND DISABLED

PERSONS

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

If you are a senior citizen or if you are dis-

abled, Washington has two programs that may

help you to pay your property taxes and/or

special assessments. Your household income

Age or Disability

and your age or disability determine your

eligibility for both programs.

You must be at least 61 years old on Decem-

ber 31 of the year in which you apply, or

This publication provides a basic description

of the property tax exemption program for

You must be unable to work because of a

senior citizens and persons with disabilities.

physical disability. As proof of disability, you

See the fact sheet titled Information on

must send a doctor’s statement with your

Washington’s Tax Structure—Property Tax

application.

Deferrals for Senior Citizens and Disabled

Persons for more information on the deferral

program. This fact sheet is current at the time

Ownership

of publication, however, future law changes

may make some of this information incorrect.

The exemption is available for your principal

This material is intended for general informa-

home and up to one acre of land. A mobile

tion purposes, it does not alter or supersede

home may qualify as your residence, even if

any administrative regulations or rulings

you do not own the land where the mobile

issued by the Department of Revenue.

home is located.

The Senior Citizen and Disabled Person

The property must be your principal home at

Property Tax Exemption Program freezes the

the time you apply for the exemption. You

value of your residence, exempts all excess

must occupy the home for at least six months

levies, and may exempt a portion of regular

each year.

levies. This results in:

Your residence may qualify even if you are

1. Freezing the value of your residence as of

temporarily in a hospital or nursing home. You

January 1, 1995 or January 1 of the initial

may rent your residence to someone else

application year, whichever is later, and

during your hospital or nursing home stay, if

the income is used to pay the hospital or

2. Providing you with a reduction in your prop-

nursing home costs.

erty taxes.

December 2003

Property Tax Exemptions For Senior Citizens And Disabled Persons - Washington State Department Of Revenue

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