Michigan Disabled Veterans Property Tax Exemption
Program at a Glance
- Location: Michigan (statewide, through your local assessor)
- Status: Apply each year, from tax day until your local board of review adjourns
- Maximum benefit: Your homestead is exempt from property tax
- Who it’s for: Honorably discharged Michigan veterans with a 100% permanent and total service-connected disability, specially adapted housing assistance from the VA, or a VA rating of individually unemployable
- How to apply: File an affidavit with your local assessor; no state form is required
- Last verified: November 2026
About the Program
Michigan exempts the homestead of an eligible disabled veteran from property tax. You have to be a Michigan resident with an honorable discharge, own the home and use it as your homestead, and meet one of three tests from the VA: a 100% permanent and total service-connected disability, a certificate for specially adapted housing assistance, or a rating of individually unemployable. An unremarried surviving spouse can keep the exemption. You apply by filing an affidavit with your local assessor each year, between tax day and the end of the local board of review. The state document that explains the program dates from 2013, so confirm the current filing details with your local assessor.
Official source: State of Michigan: Disabled veterans exemption (P.A. 161 of 2013)
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Last checked Nov 10, 2026.