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Former POW at 100%: the Home Comes Off the Tax Roll Entirely

Missouri exempts the homestead from real property tax altogether for a former prisoner of war who is 100% disabled as a result of military service. There is NO INCOME LIMIT, and this is a statewide constitutional entitlement rather than something each county chooses to offer — an assessor cannot decline it as a matter of local policy. Both conditions must be met: former POW status and a total service-connected disability, evidenced by a VA letter. You must own and occupy the home as your primary residence.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

Missouri exempts the homestead from real property tax altogether for a former prisoner of war who is 100% disabled as a result of military service. There is NO INCOME LIMIT, and this is a statewide constitutional entitlement rather than something each county chooses to offer — an assessor cannot decline it as a matter of local policy. Both conditions must be met: former POW status and a total service-connected disability, evidenced by a VA letter. You must own and occupy the home as your primary residence.

What it's worth: The homestead exempt from real property tax in full

  • BOTH conditions are required: former prisoner of war AND 100% disabled as a result of military service.
  • NO INCOME LIMIT applies.
  • This is a STATEWIDE CONSTITUTIONAL ENTITLEMENT, not a local option a county can decline.
  • The home must be owned and occupied as the primary residence.
  • A VA letter evidencing the total service-connected disability is required.
  • The saving is your whole real property tax bill, which depends on your county and assessment.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served in the U.S. armed forces.
  • You were held as a prisoner of war.
  • You are totally disabled as a result of service.
  • The home is your primary residence.
  • Missouri property.

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: By your county's assessment deadline
  1. 1Apply to your county assessor, not to the state.
  2. 2Take the VA letter showing the total service-connected disability, and evidence of former POW status.
  3. 3If an assessor says the county does not offer it, say that it is a constitutional entitlement rather than a local option, and ask for the refusal in writing.
  4. 4Ask what the assessment date is in your county, so the exemption starts in the right tax year.
  5. 5Check whether Missouri's property tax credit is worth claiming in a year the exemption does not yet apply.
Form
Application to your county assessor
File with
Your county assessor
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter
Annual
Claimed once a year.
Worth knowingMissouri has no general disabled veteran property tax exemption. This one is narrow by design — it reaches former prisoners of war at 100% and nobody else.

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