Exemptions

The core exemption for the home you live in. It lowers your taxable value and caps how fast the appraised value can rise.

$140,000 off your value for school-district taxes (§ 11.13(b), as raised by Proposition 13 in 2025), $3,000 off for county farm-to-market/flood-control taxes (§ 11.13(a)), and any city, county, or special district may add a local-option exemption of up to 20% of value (§ 11.13(n)). It also turns on the 10% annual appraisal cap (§ 23.23).

An additional exemption on top of the homestead, plus a ceiling that freezes your school-district taxes.

An additional $60,000 off for school taxes (§ 11.13(c), as raised by Proposition 11 in 2025) on top of the $140,000 general homestead amount, plus any local-option additional amount of $3,000 or more a taxing unit adopts. Your school taxes are also frozen at the amount you paid in your qualifying year (§ 11.26), and counties, cities, and colleges may adopt the same ceiling (§ 11.261).

An additional homestead exemption and a school-tax ceiling for owners who meet the Social Security disability standard.

An additional $60,000 off for school taxes (§ 11.13(c)) on top of the general homestead amount, plus any local-option additional amount, plus the same school-tax ceiling the over-65 exemption carries (§ 11.26).

A fixed exemption scaled to your VA disability rating — usable on any one property you own, not just your home.

By VA rating: $5,000 (10–29%), $7,500 (30–49%), $10,000 (50–69%), $12,000 (70% and up). The $12,000 amount also applies regardless of rating if you are 65 or older with at least a 10% rating, are blind in one or both eyes, or have lost the use of one or more limbs.

A total exemption — zero property taxes on the residence homestead of a veteran rated 100% or individually unemployable.

100% of the appraised value of your residence homestead — you pay no property tax on the home at all.

For a home donated to a disabled veteran by a charity — exempts the percentage of value equal to the veteran's disability rating.

A percentage of the home's appraised value equal to your VA disability rating (for example, a 70% rating exempts 70% of the value).

Carries forward a deceased spouse's age-65, disabled-person, or disabled-veteran exemption on the same home.

Depends on the exemption your spouse held: the over-65 amount and ceiling continue if you were 55 or older when your spouse died; a 100% disabled veteran's total exemption continues in full; the § 11.22 partial amounts carry to a surviving spouse who has not remarried.

A total homestead exemption for the surviving spouse of a U.S. armed services member killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.

100% of the appraised value of your residence homestead, and the same dollar amount can be carried to a later homestead.

A total homestead exemption for the surviving spouse of a first responder killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.

100% of the appraised value of your residence homestead, and the same dollar amount can be carried to a later homestead.

Exempts the value your solar panels or wind system add to the property.

100% of the appraised value the solar or wind device adds to the property — the system can't raise your taxes.

A temporary exemption for property physically damaged in a governor-declared disaster.

A percentage of the improvement's value tied to the damage level — 15% (damage of 15–29%), 30% (30–59%), 60% (60–99%), or 100% (total loss) — prorated for the part of the year remaining after the disaster.

Values qualifying land on what it produces rather than what it would sell for. Land only, not the homesite.

Not a fixed amount — qualifying land is appraised on its agricultural productivity value instead of market value, which is often a large reduction. The homesite and improvements stay at market value.

Charitable, religious, historic, pollution-control, community land trust, and other special exemptions. Tell us what you have and we'll route it.

Varies by exemption.