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Exemptions for Senior Citizens & Disabled Veterans

Senate Bill 09-276 was introduced on April 6, 2009, to again suspend the Senior Citizen exemption for property tax years 2009 and 2010 (property taxes paid in 2010 and 2011). It has since been amended to suspend the exemption for only 2009. This suspension not withstanding, those who qualify for the exemption should still apply.

The Senior Citizen Exemption is available to applicants who:

  1. are at least 65 years of age as of January 1 of the year of application,
  2. owned their homes for at least 10 consecutive years as of January 1, and
  3. occupied it as their primary residence for at least 10 consecutive years as of January 1.

The senior citizen exemption is also available to surviving spouses of senior citizens who met the requirements on any January 1 after 2001. The application deadline this year is July 15, 2009. The application form must be submitted to this office before the deadline:

Larimer County Assessor
PO Box 1190
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Phone: 970.498.7101
Email: picconam@larimer.org

Senior Property Tax Homestead Exemption

These forms are also available in our office.

The Disabled Veteran Exemption is available to property owners who:

  1. sustained a service-connected disability while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States,
  2. were honorably discharged, and
  3. were rated by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs as one hundred percent "permanent and total" disabled. VA unemployability awards do not meet the requirement for determining an applicant's eligibility.

The application deadline this year is July 1, 2009. The applicant must have owned and occupied the home as his or her primary residence since January 1 of the year of application; however, limited exceptions to the ownership and occupancy requirements are detailed in the eligibility requirements section of the application. Application forms are available from the Division of Veterans Affairs at the address and telephone number shown below and from the web site of the Colorado Division of Property Taxation at www.dola.colorado.gov/dpt/forms/index.htm. Completed applications should be submitted to the Colorado Division of Veteran's Affairs at the following address:

Colorado Dept. of Military & Veterans Affairs
Division of Veterans Affairs
7465 E. 1st Avenue, Suite C
Denver, CO 80230
Phone: 303.343.1268
Fax: 303.343. 7238