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A Local Property Tax Credit at 50% — Where Your County Has Enacted It

Maryland ENABLES counties, municipal corporations and Baltimore City to grant a property tax credit to an honorably discharged veteran with a permanent service-connected rating of at least 50% — 25% of the local tax at a 50 to 74% rating, and 50% at 75% or higher. It is a LOCAL OPTION: nothing is available unless your jurisdiction has enacted it, and the amount is the local tax, not the state one.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

Maryland ENABLES counties, municipal corporations and Baltimore City to grant a property tax credit to an honorably discharged veteran with a permanent service-connected rating of at least 50% — 25% of the local tax at a 50 to 74% rating, and 50% at 75% or higher. It is a LOCAL OPTION: nothing is available unless your jurisdiction has enacted it, and the amount is the local tax, not the state one.

What it's worth: 25% of local property tax at 50-74%, 50% at 75% or higher — where the jurisdiction has enacted it

  • This is an ENABLING law. Baltimore City, the counties and municipal corporations MAY grant the credit; nothing is available unless yours has.
  • The tiers are 25% of the county or municipal tax at a rating of 50 to 74%, and 50% at 75% or higher.
  • The rating must be PERMANENT — or 100% non-permanent, which the statute treats separately.
  • The credit is against COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL property tax on the dwelling. It does not touch the state portion.
  • At 75% or higher the 50% credit is conditional on not receiving certain other relief; check with the local finance office.
  • No statewide amount can be given because there is no statewide entitlement, and none is asserted here.
  • If you are 100% permanent and total, the full exemption is a different and better benefit.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served in the U.S. armed forces.
  • Your rating is 50% or higher.
  • You own and live in the home as your principal residence.
  • Your property is in Maryland.

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

  1. 1Ask your COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL finance office whether it has enacted the §9-265 credit. There is no statewide list and the answer differs across the state.
  2. 2If it has, apply there — this is not an SDAT application like the full exemption.
  3. 3Know your tier: 25% at a 50 to 74% rating, 50% at 75% or higher.
  4. 4The rating must be permanent. If yours is not, ask whether the 100% non-permanent route applies to you.
  5. 5If you are 100% permanent and total, apply for the FULL exemption instead — that is a different and larger benefit.
Form
Application to the county or municipal finance office
File with
Your county or municipal finance office
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingThis is an enabling law, not an entitlement. Nothing here is available unless your county, municipality or Baltimore City has enacted the credit, which is why no statewide amount is published.

Sources

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