The City will allow for either a veteran or surviving spouse of a
veteran to obtain municipal property tax relief upon proper claim
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:4-30 et seq. An eligible veteran shall be
defined as a member of the armed forces who was either honorably discharged
or released under honorable circumstances from active service, in
time of war, in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States,
who has been or shall be declared by the United States Veteran's
Administration or its successor to have a service connected disability
and to be determined to be 100% permanently disabled.
In order to qualify for the municipal tax exemption, the veteran
or someone on his/her behalf, under oath, must file a written claim
with the tax assessor's office. The tax assessor's office
will supply the applicant with the appropriate paperwork and the applicant
will be required to provide the tax assessor's office with the
following information.
A certificate of claimant's honorable discharge or release under
honorable circumstances from active service, in time of war and a
certificate/letter from the United States Veteran's Administration
or its successor, certifying to a service-connected disability.
In order for a surviving spouse of a veteran to qualify for the municipal
tax exemption, the spouse, under oath, must file a written claim with
the tax assessor's office. The tax assessor's office will
supply the surviving spouse with the appropriate paperwork and the
applicant will be required to provide the tax assessor's office
with the following information:
That the veteran has been declared by the United States Veteran's
Administration, or its successor, to have a service-connected disability
or that the veteran shall have been declared to have died in active
service in time of war;
In determining a grant of a municipal tax exemption under this section,
the City will pro-rate the exemption for the remainder of the year
in which application is made and accepted by the City. Additionally,
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:4-3.32 the City shall refund the veteran or
surviving spouse all taxes previously paid for the year in which the
application to the City is made, only retroactive to January 1 of
said year. There shall be no further retroactive refund granted, regardless
of the disability date determination made by the United States Veteran's
Administration.