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    Disabled veteran (partial, any property)

    Tex. Tax Code § 11.22

    What it is

    Unlike the homestead exemptions, § 11.22 applies to any ONE property you designate — your home, land, or another parcel — and it applies against every taxing unit.

    The surviving spouse and minor children of a disabled veteran, and of a service member who dies on active duty, carry rights under the same section.

    If you are rated 100% (or unemployable at the 100% compensation rate), the far larger § 11.131 total homestead exemption applies instead — see that exemption. Both can be claimed together: § 11.131 on your homestead and § 11.22 on a different property.

    What it's worth

    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.

    You qualify if

    • You are a Texas resident veteran with a service-connected disability rating of at least 10% from the VA (or its successor).
    • You designate one property the exemption applies to — it need not be your residence.

    File any time — § 11.439 lets a disabled-veteran application be granted up to five years late. A rating change can be applied retroactively.

    Documents the district requires

    • Current VA rating / award letter

      The letter must show your combined service-connected disability rating. Request one anytime at VA.gov.

    • Texas driver's licence or DPS ID

      Identification for the applicant. The address-match rule does not apply to this exemption.

    Filed on Form 50-135. You upload these in the application — we prepare the district's form and file it with them.

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