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Alabama H1-H4 Senior Homestead Exemptions and Jefferson County's 5-Year-Residency Assessment Freeze
H1-H4 homestead tiers, dual income tests, and the Jefferson County 5-year freeze
Alaska's $150,000 Senior/Disabled Veteran Exemption Under AS 29.45.030 and the Boroughs That Add More
$150K state floor under AS 29.45.030 + variable borough add-ons
Arizona Senior Property Valuation Protection: The 3-Year LPV Freeze on Form 82104
Form 82104 LPV freeze on a renewable 3-year cycle, with the 3-year average income test
Arkansas Amendment 79: $600 Homestead Credit, 5%/10% Caps, and the Senior/Disabled Freeze Under §26-26-1124
Four layers of Amendment 79 + senior/disabled freeze under §26-26-1124
California Prop 19 Senior Portability, the State Postponement Program, and the Disabled Veterans' Exemption
Prop 13 base, Prop 19 portability, State Controller PTP, and the DV exemption
Colorado's 10-Year Continuous Occupancy Senior Homestead and SB24-111 Portability for Movers
Article X §3.5 senior homestead + SB24-111 portability + Amendment G veteran expansion
Connecticut's State Circuit Breaker (§12-170aa) and the 169-Town Local-Option Senior Freeze Patchwork
State Circuit Breaker + 169 separately-adopted town programs
Delaware Senior School Property Tax Credit: $500 Cap After HB 73 Defeat, Tiered Domicile, and the 100% DV Path
$500 senior school credit, tiered domicile, and the 100% disabled veteran path
Florida Senior Property Tax: SOH + Homestead + §196.075 Senior + 25-Year Long-Term Resident (Why School Taxes Sit Outside)
4 layers of Florida senior relief, and why school taxes sit outside all of them
Georgia Senior Property Tax: A Modest State Floor (OCGA §48-5-40) and Extraordinary County-Level Layers
State $10K/$4K floor + Cobb/Forsyth/Gwinnett 100% school exemptions
Hawaii's Four Counties, Four Senior Exemption Schedules: Honolulu / Maui / Big Island / Kauai
No statewide tax, 4 counties with independent age-tiered schedules
Idaho Property Tax Reduction (Circuit Breaker): $1,500 Max, $39,130 Income, and the 100% Disabled Veterans Path
$1,500 Circuit Breaker for seniors + separate 100% DV program
Illinois's $5,000 Senior Homestead and the $75,000-Income Assessment Freeze That Drops You Off Without an Annual PTAX-340
Stacking the $5,000 Homestead with the Senior Freeze, and the PTAX-340 trap
Indiana's Over-65 Pivot Under SEA 1-2025: $14,000 Deduction Replaced by $150 Credit, Income Caps Raised to $60K/$70K
From $14,000 deduction to $150 credit, what SEA 1-2025 changed
Three Iowa Programs, Two Offices: The Universal Homestead Credit, the 2023 65+ Exemption ($6,500), and the Treasurer-Filed Elderly/Disabled Credit
Assessor for two of them, Treasurer for the third
SAFESR, K-40SVR, or Homestead Refund? Kansas WebFile Picks the Largest of Three Senior Refund Programs Automatically
75% refund vs. effective freeze, Kansas WebFile chooses for you
$49,100 in Kentucky for Both Senior and Disabled Homeowners, Biennial CPI Adjustment, No Income Test, Disability Path Recertifies Annually
One exemption, two paths, biennial CPI adjustment
Louisiana's $75,000 Homestead Plus the Special Assessment Level Senior Freeze, and the 25% Construction Rule That Ends Both
Special Assessment Level freeze plus the 25% renovation cliff
After Maine Repealed LD 290: $25,000 Homestead, $2,000 Fairness Credit, $80K-Income Deferral, and the LD 1144 Reinstatement Question
Deferral, credit, and the LD 1144 reinstatement question
Two Maryland Credits That Don't Stack: The Sliding-Scale HTC ($60K Income) and the New Age 77+ Supplemental (TY 2026, 25–100% of State Income Tax)
HTC vs. 77+ Supplemental, pick one; county stacks only with HTC
Massachusetts Clause 41C and the 351-Town Local-Option Maze: Why Your Town's Vote Determines Your Senior Tax Relief
State floor + town adoption + Schedule CB Circuit Breaker, three independent layers
Why Michigan Doesn't Have a Senior Assessment Freeze: Proposal A's Universal Taxable-Value Cap, the HPTC Senior Multiplier, and the Disabled Veterans Exemption That Now Auto-Renews
Universal Proposal A cap + senior HPTC formula + 2025 DV auto-renewal
Minnesota's 3%-of-Income Senior Property Tax Cap (CR-SCD), the M1PR Senior $5,200 Subtraction, and the 12%-Trigger Targeting Refund
CR-SCD 3% cap + M1PR senior subtraction + 12%-trigger Targeting Refund
Mississippi's 2026 Senior Homestead Expansion: $7,500 → $12,500 Assessed Value Exemption Under §27-33-67, Plus Full Ad Valorem Exemption on the Protected Portion
$12,500 assessed-value exemption with full ad valorem relief on the protected portion
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