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200 Days Deployed Out of State — the Whole Taxable Value of Your Home, Exempt

An active or reserve member on active duty outside the state for 200 days in a continuous 365-day period beginning in the prior year may claim an exemption equal to the total taxable value of their primary residence. Apply by 1 September of the following year, and reapply for each year of eligibility.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

What it's worth: An exemption equal to the total taxable value of the primary residence

The department states the exemption is available to active or reserve members of the armed forces on active duty outside the state for 200 days in a continuous 365-day period beginning in the prior year.
The exemption is stated to equal the total taxable value of the claimant’s primary residence.
The application is due on or before 1 September of the year after the year of qualifying service, and must include verifying military documentation including orders for the qualifying service.
It must be applied for each year of eligibility, and only one exemption is allowed for each period of qualifying service.
The saving depends on the county rate and the value of the home, so no dollar figure is claimed.

Who is entitled to it

The exemption is claimed by the serving member.
The home is your primary residence.
Your home is in Utah.

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: On or before 1 September of the year after the qualifying service

1Count the days properly. It is 200 days of active duty outside the state within a continuous 365-day period that began in the prior year — not 200 days in a calendar year.
2Diary 1 September. The deadline falls in the year after the year of qualifying service, which is exactly the kind of offset that gets missed.
3Attach the orders. The department states the application must include verifying military documentation including orders for the qualifying active or reserve service.
4Refile every year you are eligible. This is not an exemption that rolls forward.
5Do not try to claim twice on one deployment. Only one exemption is allowed for each period of qualifying service.
6Apply to the county where the property is — the treasurer, assessor or clerk — not to a state office.
7Reserve members are named as well as active members. That is broader than most people assume from the heading.

Form: The county’s active-duty armed forces exemption application
File with: The county treasurer, assessor or clerk where the property is located
Re-file every year: Entitlement is retested annually. Missing a year costs that year.

Worth knowingThis is a bigger exemption than the disability abatement in most years — the disability route is capped and proportional to the rating, and this one is the total taxable value of the residence. They answer different questions and a household can be in the position to look at both across different years.

Known gapWhether the days must be consecutive, how Guard service under state orders is treated, and what happens if the member is deployed on the deadline were not established this session.

Sources

authority · published policyUtah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs — 2026 resource guide, Active or Reserve Duty Armed Forces Property Tax Exemption (200 days outside the state in a continuous 365-day period; exemption equal to the total taxable value of the primary residence; 1 September deadline; annual application; one exemption per period of qualifying service)

Why only one source type: The veterans department publishes the rule and the deadline in its own guide. The code host refused every connection this session, so the Property Tax Act section was not opened.

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