Senior & Disabled Veterans Tax Exemptions

In Colorado, senior citizens who are 65 years of age or older by the year application is made or a person called into military service (pursuant to CRS 39-3.5-101 (1.8)) on January 1 of the year in which the person files a claim may defer (postpone) the payment of their property taxes and special assessment on their residences.

Seniors that were previously approved do not need to reapply.

The Senior Citizen Exemption is available to applicants who:

1. Are at least 65 years of age prior to January 1 of the year of application,
2. Owned their home for at least 10 consecutive years prior to January 1, and
3. Occupied it as their primary residence for at least 10 consecutive years prior to January 1.

The application deadline is July 15. 

The application form is available in the Assessor's Office or below and must be submitted to the Assessor's Office before the deadline.

Senior Property Tax Homestead Exemption Forms:

• General Information
• Short Form Application  |  Instructions
• Long Form Application  |  Instructions

The Disabled Veteran Exemption

The Disabled Veteran Exemption is available to property owners who:

1. Sustained a service-connected disability while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States,
2. Were honorably discharged, and
3. Were rated by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs as one hundred percent "permanent and total" disabled. VA unemployability awards do not meet the requirement for determining an applicant's eligibility.
4. Owned and occupied the property prior to January 1 of the current year.

The application deadline this year is July 1.

Application forms are available from the Division of Veterans Affairs at the address and telephone number shown below and from the web site of the Colorado Division of Property Taxation at https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dola/property-taxation-forms.

Disabled Veteran Exemption Forms:

• Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption Application  | Instructions
• Application for a Surviving Spouse of Qualified Disabled Veteran

*Completed applications are to be submitted to the Colorado Division of Veteran's Affairs at the following address or via email at wros@dmva.state.co.us:

Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Division of Veterans Affairs

482 28 Road

Grand Junction, Colorado 81501

Telephone: (970) 257-3760

Fax: (970) 245-0782

School or Charitable Exemption Forms

• School or Charitable Organization Exemption Form
• School or Charitable Organization Exemption Rules
• School or Charitable Organization Exemption Statutes

Religious Exemption Forms

• Religious Exemption Form
• Religious Exemption Rules
• Religious Exemption Statutes

Agriculture

• Requirements for Agricultural Status
• Classification & Valuation Brochure
• HB11-1146 - New AG Bill Information
• Pleasure Horses & Subdivision

*For more information regarding Tax Exemptions and Deferrals, please visit the County Assessor.

*Learn more about rebates and deferral's for the elderly, disabled, and military called into service from the Colorado Division of Property Taxation.