$6,000 Off — $7,000 for WWI-Era, $50,000 With an Adapted-Housing Grant
$6,000 of just value comes off for a wartime veteran at 62, or at any age for a veteran receiving a federal pension or compensation for total disability — service-connected or not. A WWI-era veteran's tier is $7,000, and a veteran who received a specially adapted housing grant has $50,000. The same $6,000 reaches an unremarried surviving spouse or minor child of a deceased eligible veteran, and an unremarried parent aged 62 or over of a veteran whose service-connected death draws federal compensation.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
$6,000 of just value comes off for a wartime veteran at 62, or at any age for a veteran receiving a federal pension or compensation for total disability — service-connected or not. A WWI-era veteran's tier is $7,000, and a veteran who received a specially adapted housing grant has $50,000. The same $6,000 reaches an unremarried surviving spouse or minor child of a deceased eligible veteran, and an unremarried parent aged 62 or over of a veteran whose service-connected death draws federal compensation.
What it's worth: $6,000 of just value; $7,000 WWI-era; $50,000 with an SAH grant
- The $50,000 tier keys on the federal specially adapted housing grant, not on a rating.
- The disability route is receiving any federal pension or compensation for TOTAL disability, whether service-connected or non-service-connected. It is not a 100% VA rating test, and the difference matters — a non-service-connected total disability pension qualifies.
- Paragraph C-1 sets a $7,000 exemption for the WWI era.
- Paragraphs D, D-2 and D-3 give $6,000 to the unremarried surviving spouse or minor child of a deceased eligible veteran, and to an unremarried parent aged 62 or over of a deceased veteran receiving federal compensation for a service-connected death.
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 1- 1File with the municipal assessor by April 1 with discharge papers and the VA documentation.
- 2If you received a specially adapted housing grant, claim the $50,000 tier — it is eight times the standard exemption.
- 3From 2022 the income-tax Property Tax Fairness credit stacks on top for qualifying households.
- Form
- Veteran exemption application
- File with
- Your municipal assessor, by April 1
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyMaine Revenue Services — Property Tax Exemptions (36 M.R.S. §653)
Why only one source type: Maine Revenue Services states the routes, the amounts and the April 1 deadline in terms.
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