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. 54:4-3 et seq. An eligible veteran shall be defined
as a member of the United States 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 Veterans 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 Veterans Administration
or its successors, 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 Veterans
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 prorate the exemption for the remainder of the year
in which application is made from the date the application is submitted
to the City of Hackensack's Tax Assessor. There shall be no further
retroactive refund granted, regardless of the disability date determination
of the United States Veterans Administration.