H-3 Homestead Exemption — Total, at Total Disability
The homestead comes off the roll entirely — state and local, up to 160 acres, no income cap — for a person permanently and totally disabled. A general law that a 100% permanent and total veteran walks through.
Verified August 19, 2026
What this benefit is
The homestead comes off the roll entirely — state and local, up to 160 acres, no income cap — for a person permanently and totally disabled. A general law that a 100% permanent and total veteran walks through.
What it's worth: The homestead exempt in full, up to 160 acres
- The H-3 route carries no income limitation, unlike the age-based homestead routes.
Who is entitled to it
- You meet the permanent and total test.
- You own and occupy the home.
- Your home is in this state.
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How to claim it
- 1Claim H-3 with the county tax assessor — the disability route, not the over-65 route, is the one without an income cap.
- 2A VA certification of permanent and total disability serves as the proof; the physician-affidavit route exists for non-veterans.
- 3Once granted it continues while you own and occupy the home.
- Form
- H-3 homestead exemption application
- File with
- Your county tax assessor
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyAlabama Department of Revenue — Homestead Exemptions (Ala. Code §40-9-19, H-3)
Why only one source type: The Department of Revenue's homestead table states the H-3 exemption — full state and local exemption with no income limitation — in terms. It is disability law rather than veteran law, which is why this record carries is_veteran_specific false.
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