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100% Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption
The full fair cash value of the homestead, exempt — no dollar cap — at a VA certification of 100% permanent disability from military action, accident or in-service disease.
Verified August 19, 2026
What this benefit is
The full fair cash value of the homestead, exempt — no dollar cap — at a VA certification of 100% permanent disability from military action, accident or in-service disease.
What it's worth: The full fair cash value of the homestead — no cap
- The exemption covers county, municipal and school district levies alike, for as long as you own and occupy the home.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- The VA certifies a 100% permanent disability.
- You own and occupy the homestead on January 1.
- Your home is in Oklahoma.
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How to claim it
Deadline: March 15- 1Get the property tax letter from the VA regional office at Muskogee — county assessors look for that specific certification, with the raised seal.
- 2File Form 998 with your county assessor. Once granted it continues for as long as you own and occupy the home.
- 3The unremarried surviving spouse keeps the full exemption — claim it rather than letting it lapse.
- Form
- OTC Form 998
- File with
- Your county assessor
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingThe disability basis is specific: 100% permanent, sustained through military action, accident, or a disease contracted in active service, certified by the VA. The Muskogee property tax letter is the document assessors know.
Worth knowingThere is no value cap. The full fair cash value of the homestead is exempt, which puts Oklahoma with the strongest full-exemption states.
Sources
- authority · published policyOklahoma Tax Commission — Exemptions (Okla. Const. art. 10, §8E)
- operating · formOTC Form 998 — Application for 100% Disabled Veterans Real Property Exemption
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