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Clark County details senior and disability property-tax exemption: eligibility, benefits and application
Summary
Clark County staff described the state-authorized senior/disabled property-tax exemption: eligibility rules, income tiers, documentation, program benefits (including levy exemptions and frozen assessed value), outreach steps and legislative authority.
Holly Hill, community outreach and engagement coordinator for the Clark County assessor's office, described the senior and disabled property-tax exemption program administered in Clark County, eligibility rules, documentation requirements and outreach options.
Hill said the program is established by the Washington State Legislature and administered with guidance from the Washington State Department of Revenue. The program reduces property-tax liability for qualifying low-income seniors and disabled homeowners, including exemption from voter-approved (excess) levies and the state school tax—part two—and freezes land and improvement values in the year of qualification.
Holly Hill, community outreach and engagement coordinator, said Clark County's 2023 population is about 521,000 and that roughly 23,000–24,000 county…
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