Minnesota · Property tax exemptions for veterans · Updated Oct 2026

Minnesota property tax exemptions for veterans (2026)

Every statewide property tax break for veterans in Minnesota that our guide lists, from disabled-veteran exemptions to breaks for surviving spouses. What each is worth, the VA rating it needs, the deadline and how to apply.

Short answer

The main property tax break for veterans in Minnesota is the Market Value Exclusion for Veterans with a Disability. $150,000 off your home's taxable market value for a 70% or higher service-connected disability rating; $300,000 off for a 100% permanent and total rating.

Worth: $300,000
VA rating: 70% or higher
Income limit: None listed in our sources
Deadline: December 31

Property tax breaks for veterans in Minnesota

Disabled veterans

Market Value Exclusion for Veterans with a Disability

$150,000 off your home's taxable market value for a 70% or higher service-connected disability rating; $300,000 off for a 100% permanent and total rating.

Who qualifies: Honorably discharged veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 70% or more who own and occupy a homesteaded home on December 31. Also: surviving spouses of a 100% P&T veteran or of a service member who died in service, or who receive Dependency and Indemnity Compensation ($300,000, until they remarry or sell); and VA-approved primary family caregivers of a 70%+ veteran ($150,000 or $300,000).
How to apply: Apply to your county assessor's office. The home must already be classified as a homestead. Bring your DD-214 (or other discharge papers) and VA documentation of your disability rating; your county veterans service officer can help.
Deadline: By December 31 to qualify for taxes payable the next year.
Renewal: Veterans: continues while you qualify. Surviving spouses must apply to continue receiving it.
Law: Minn. Stat. § 273.13, subd. 34

Source: official page

How to apply, step by step

Market Value Exclusion for Veterans with a Disability

Apply to your county assessor's office.
The home must already be classified as a homestead.
Bring your DD-214 (or other discharge papers) and VA documentation of your disability rating; your county veterans service officer can help.

Deadline: By December 31 to qualify for taxes payable the next year.

Renewal: Veterans: continues while you qualify. Surviving spouses must apply to continue receiving it.

Savings estimate for Minnesota

Roughly what an exemption could save you a year: the value it takes off, times your tax rate.

Exemption

Value taken off ($)

Filled in when the exemption is a fixed dollar amount. You can change it.

Tax rate (%)

Minnesota median effective rate: 1.02% (taxes paid as a share of home value). Use your own rate if you know it.

Enter a value and a tax rateChoose an exemption or type the value it takes off.

Median effective rate: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates, tables B25103 (median real estate taxes paid, owner-occupied homes) and B25077 (median value, owner-occupied homes). It is a statewide middle value; local rates differ a lot.

An estimate, not a bill. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere.

Eligibility finder for Minnesota

Answer a few questions to see which property tax breaks may fit you. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere.

Pre-set for veterans: you own and live in the home and are a veteran. Add your VA rating, and change any answer.

Do you own the home and live in it as your main home?

Your age, or the year you were born

Leave empty if you'd rather not say.

Are you a veteran?

Your VA disability rating (%)

Your combined service-connected rating. Leave empty if you have none.

Do you have a permanent disability?

Are you the surviving spouse of a veteran, service member or first responder?

Yearly household income ($)

Everyone in the home, before taxes. Optional: used only to compare with income limits.

Do you own and live in the home?Answer the first question to see results.

A first check, not a decision: only your county, city or town assessor decides. We read ages, ratings and income limits only where the official rule states them plainly; otherwise we show the rule for you to check.

Document checklist for Minnesota

Pick the breaks you plan to apply for. You get a checklist of forms, documents, steps and deadlines to print or keep on your phone.

Questions about veterans property tax breaks in Minnesota

Who qualifies for property tax breaks for veterans in Minnesota?

Market Value Exclusion for Veterans with a Disability: Honorably discharged veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 70% or more who own and occupy a homesteaded home on December 31. Also: surviving spouses of a 100% P&T veteran or of a service member who died in service, or who receive Dependency and Indemnity Compensation ($300,000, until they remarry or sell); and VA-approved primary family caregivers of a 70%+ veteran ($150,000 or $300,000).

Is there an income limit for veterans' property tax breaks in Minnesota?

Our sources list no income limit for any of these breaks.

When is the deadline for veterans to apply in Minnesota?

Market Value Exclusion for Veterans with a Disability: By December 31 to qualify for taxes payable the next year.

Do veterans have to reapply every year in Minnesota?

Market Value Exclusion for Veterans with a Disability: Veterans: continues while you qualify. Surviving spouses must apply to continue receiving it.

Where do veterans apply for property tax breaks in Minnesota?

Your county assessor decides homestead classification, the market value exclusions and the blind/disabled classification; you apply to the county assessor where the home is. The Minnesota Department of Revenue runs the Homestead Credit Refund and the Senior Citizens Property Tax Deferral. For the Market Value Exclusion for Veterans with a Disability: Apply to your county assessor's office.

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Last checked: Oct 2026.