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Property Tax Exemption for Veterans Confined to a Wheelchair

A full homestead exemption for a totally disabled veteran who uses a wheelchair and holds a VA Specially Adapted Housing grant certificate.

Verified August 15, 2026

What this benefit is

A full homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes for a veteran who is totally disabled from a service-connected condition, holds a VA Specially Adapted Housing grant certificate, and is confined to a wheelchair.

What it's worth: 100% of your property tax bill

  • There is no surviving-spouse portability under §196.091.

Who is entitled to it

  • An honorably discharged veteran, rated totally disabled from a service-connected condition.
  • Holding a VA Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant certificate.
  • Who is confined to a wheelchair, and owns and lives in the Florida home.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

The thing most people get wrong

The statute says "total", not "total and permanent"

That one missing word makes this route available to veterans who cannot satisfy §196.081. The real gate here is the SAH grant certificate, which is a document test rather than a rating test.

How to claim it

Deadline: March 1
  1. 1File Form DR-501 with your SAH grant certificate before March 1.
File with
Your county property appraiser
Documents you will need
va sah grant certificate · va letter total disability
Renews automatically
A renewal card mails by February 1. Re-file on sale, ownership change, or a change in your status.
Staying silent after a change can cost 10 years of back taxes plus 15%/yr interest and a 50% penalty.

You can file before your VA letter arrives.

Walk me through it

Common mistakes that cost people this benefit

  • Assuming you need a permanent determination. This statute does not ask for one.
  • Expecting it to pass to a surviving spouse. There is no portability under §196.091.

Questions people ask

What is an SAH grant certificate?
It is the certificate the VA issues when it approves a Specially Adapted Housing grant — funding to build or modify a home for a service-connected disability. If you received that grant, you have the document this exemption turns on.

Sources

Why only one source type: The statute is the authority. No agency publishes operating guidance specific to the wheelchair exemption.

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.