$49,100 Off — General Disability Law
$49,100 comes off the assessed value for anyone classified totally disabled — general law, not veteran law, which is exactly why rated veterans miss it.
Verified August 19, 2026
What this benefit is
$49,100 comes off the assessed value for anyone classified totally disabled — general law, not veteran law, which is exactly why rated veterans miss it.
What it's worth: $49,100 of assessed value (2025–2026, adjusted biennially)
- The amount adjusts every two years under KRS 132.810 — $49,100 is the 2025–2026 figure.
Who is entitled to it
- You meet the permanent and total test.
- You own and occupy the home.
- Your home is in this state.
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.
How to claim it
Deadline: December 31- 1File with the PVA by December 31, using the VA total-disability classification as the proof.
- 2If you are 65 or older the age route needs no disability showing at all.
- 3Recheck the figure each odd year — it moves with inflation.
- Form
- Homestead exemption application
- File with
- Your Property Valuation Administrator, by December 31
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyKentucky Department of Revenue — 2025-2026 Homestead Exemption (KRS 132.810)
Why only one source type: The Department of Revenue announcement states the figure, the routes and the adjustment mechanism in terms.
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