Qualification details

Your qualification for a property tax reduction is based on your ownership, occupancy, age, and income for the preceding year. For example, a property tax reduction for the current year is based on the prior year's information.
If you qualify for this program, you will receive a reduced tax liability for the approved year. You must still pay the bill owing by the due date. Adjustments to your bill will be made if you are approved, which will result in either a revised bill or a refund if you have overpaid for the year.

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You must meet four requirements to qualify:

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Ownership and Occupancy

• You own and occupy your house, mobile home, condo, or co-op.

• It is your principal residence and had been your principal residence for more than 6 months of the proceding year.

Age or disability

• You are at least age 61 by December 31 of the preceding year.

• Or you are disabled or a veteran with a service-connected disability as of December 31 of the preceding year.

• You might also qualify if your deceased spouse or registered domestic partner had a reduction at the time of death and you were at least age 57 that year.

Income

• For a reduction on your 2025, 2026 and 2027 property taxes, your household income, after deduction of qualified expenses, is $84,000 or less.

• The household income limit for 2022 and 2023 applications is $58,423

Household income includes income received by you, by your spouse or domestic partner, and by a co-owner who lives with you. Remember to subtract qualified expenses.

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Application details
Applying for the property tax exemption program
If you applied for a property tax reduction in the past but didn’t qualify, please consider applying for the current year since the allowable income levels have increased substantially to $84,000.

Applying for more than one year
You can apply for a property tax reduction for 2025, 2024, 2023 and 2022.

• You will need to fill out a separate application for each year. Please note that you must meet the age, ownership, occupancy, and income requirements for each application year for which you are applying.

• We recommend applying for all the years for which you may qualify at the same time. There is no need to wait to apply for each year. If approved, a current year application will place you in the exemption program for current and future years until a renewal is due.

• If you receive a reduction for a prior year and you’ve already paid taxes in full for that year, you may be eligible to receive a refund for excess taxes paid.

• Please note that applications must be received by our office within three (3) years of the property tax due date to be eligible for a refund on excess taxes paid; however, if received after the deadline, approvals would establish the frozen value 

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What to expect when you apply
We’ll let you know we’ve received your application. After we've reviewed it, we'll notify you of your application status or we’ll ask you for additional information.

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Still have questions? Email us at Exemptions.Assessments@kingcounty.gov or give us a call at 206-296-3920 or visit https://senior-exemption.kingcounty.gov/intro#qualification

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