Texas
For Texas, statute citation is Tex. Tax Code § 11.131 (total exemption); § 11.22 (partial exemption by rating); minimum disability rating is Total exemption requires a rating of 100 percent disabled or of individual unemployability; Tax Code § 11.22 separately provides a partial exemption whose amount varies with the disability rating; exemption at 100% disability is Total property tax exemption on the disabled veteran's residence homestead; exemption at lower ratings is Partial exemption under Tax Code § 11.22 for any one property the veteran owns and designates; the exemption amount varies depending on the disabled veteran's disability rating; home value cap is None — the § 11.131 exemption is total regardless of the homestead's value, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.
- State
- Texas our reading
- Statute citation
- Tex. Tax Code § 11.131 (total exemption); § 11.22 (partial exemption by rating) verified
- Minimum disability rating
- Total exemption requires a rating of 100 percent disabled or of individual unemployability; Tax Code § 11.22 separately provides a partial exemption whose amount varies with the disability rating verified
- Exemption at 100% disability
- Total property tax exemption on the disabled veteran's residence homestead verified
- Exemption at lower ratings
- Partial exemption under Tax Code § 11.22 for any one property the veteran owns and designates; the exemption amount varies depending on the disabled veteran's disability rating verified
- Home value cap
- None — the § 11.131 exemption is total regardless of the homestead's value verified
- Surviving spouse eligible
- Yes — extends to a surviving spouse who has not remarried, if the property was the surviving spouse's residence homestead when the veteran died and remains so verified
- Annual adjustment
- Not applicable — § 11.131 is a total exemption rather than a dollar amount verified
- Primary residence required
- Yes for the § 11.131 total exemption (residence homestead); the § 11.22 partial exemption may be applied to any one property the veteran designates verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Tax Code Section 11.131 entitles a disabled veteran awarded 100 percent disability compensation due to a service-connected disability and a rating of 100 percent disabled or of individual unemployability to a total property tax exemption on the disabled veteran's residence homestead, as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
— comptroller.texas.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
Source
- comptroller.texas.govhttps://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/exemptions/