Disabled Veterans Exemption

Any Veteran with a service-related disability of at least 30% certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs or beginning assessed value 2024 have been a member of the U.S. Armed forces during World War II, regardless of any disability rating or the receipt of disability compensation. Applicants will need to provide the following:

a copy of their DD214 that has been certified,
Disability Certification letter from the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the current assessment year.
An unmarried surviving spouse may also qualify for this exemption.

The Disabled Veterans’ Exemption provides an annual exemption of:

With a disability of 30% to 49% it is $2,500 off the total assessed value,
disability of 50% to 69% is $5,000 off the total assessed value,
with a disability of 70% or more the first $250,000 of the equalized assessed value of residential property is exempt from taxation.

The deadline for filing is October 1^st. Homeowners can apply for this exemption at our office or the applications can be printed from the DuPage County web site.