By state · Arkansas
Arkansas’s property tax exemption for disabled veterans.
100% P&T (or loss of limb/blindness): homestead and personal property exempt. Here is who qualifies, what it covers, and how to claim it.
Checked against state sources · July 16, 2026
- At a 100% permanent & total rating
- Full exemption from all state property taxes on the homestead and on personal property for veterans with a service-connected 100% permanent and total rating, or VA special monthly compensation for loss (or loss of use) of one or more limbs or total blindness in one or both eyes (Ark. Code § 26-3-306).
- Income test
- None. The exemption does not depend on your income.
- Surviving spouses
- The unremarried surviving spouse and minor dependent children keep the exemption. Unusually, if a surviving spouse remarries and that later marriage ends, the exemption comes back.
- How to apply
- Bring your VA summary of benefits letter to your county collector or assessor each year; many counties want it by the October 15 payment deadline. Arkansas asks for the letter annually, not once.
- Worth knowing
- The personal-property coverage makes this broader than most states: vehicles and other assessed personal property ride along with the homestead.
Before you count on this: exemption law changes by legislative session, and counties administer the details. Confirm current amounts and deadlines with your county assessor or the official source below. Figures on this page were checked July 16, 2026.
Official source: Arkansas Code § 26-3-306 — disabled veterans exemption
A property-tax exemption lowers the monthly payment a lender counts in your file, which can raise what you qualify for. Run your numbers with the exemption’s effect via the buying-power calculator (use the property-tax override in advanced options), and see the funding fee guide for the other big disability-related saving.
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