School Property Tax — Credited in Full
100% of the non-vocational school district property tax on the primary residence comes back — for schedular 100%, permanent and total, or TDIU — after three consecutive years of Delaware domicile.
Verified August 19, 2026
What this benefit is
100% of the non-vocational school district property tax on the primary residence comes back — for schedular 100%, permanent and total, or TDIU — after three consecutive years of Delaware domicile.
What it's worth: 100% of non-vocational school district property tax, credited
- School tax is the largest slice of a Delaware property bill, so the credit approaches a full property tax exemption in practice.
- It cannot be combined with the Senior School Property Tax Credit — one or the other.
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
Deadline: April 30- 1File with the county assessment office by April 30, with the VA documentation, ID and Social Security card.
- 2Count the residency: three consecutive years of Delaware domicile is the gate that catches new arrivals.
- 3Pay the property tax in full by year-end — unpaid tax forfeits future credits.
- Form
- Disabled Veterans School Tax Credit application
- File with
- Your county assessment office, by April 30
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyDelaware Department of Finance — Disabled Veterans School Tax Credit
Why only one source type: The Department of Finance administers the credit and its page states the routes, the residency test and the deadline in terms.
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