<section number="59-2a-501"><effdate>1/1/2026</effdate><histories><history>Renumbered and Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2025GS">172</modchap>, 2025 General Session</history><modyear>2025</modyear></histories><catchline>Veteran armed forces exemption amount.</catchline><subsection number="59-2a-501(1)">In accordance with this part, the amount of taxable value of eligible property described in Subsection (2) or (3) is exempt from taxation if the eligible property is owned by a veteran claimant.</subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(2)"><subsection number="59-2a-501(2)(a)">Except as provided in Subsection (3), the amount of taxable value of eligible property that is exempt under Subsection (1) is equal to the percentage of disability described in the statement of disability multiplied by the adjusted taxable value limit.</subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(2)(b)">The amount of an exemption calculated under Subsection (2)(a) may not exceed the taxable value of the eligible property.</subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(2)(c)">A county shall consider a veteran with a disability to have a 100% disability, regardless of the percentage of disability described on the statement of disability, if the United States Department of Veterans Affairs certifies the veteran in the classification of individual unemployability.</subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(2)(d)">A county may not allow an exemption claimed under this section if the percentage of disability listed on the statement of disability is less than 10%.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(3)">The amount of taxable value of eligible property that is exempt under Subsection (1) is equal to the total taxable value of the veteran claimant's eligible property if the property is owned by:<subsection number="59-2a-501(3)(a)">the unmarried surviving spouse of a veteran who was killed in action or died in the line of duty;</subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(3)(b)">a minor orphan of a veteran who was killed in action or died in the line of duty; or</subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(3)(c)">the unmarried surviving spouse or minor orphan of a deceased veteran with a disability:<subsection number="59-2a-501(3)(c)(i)">who served in the military service of the United States or the state prior to January 1, 1921; and</subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(3)(c)(ii)">whose percentage of disability described in the statement of disability is 10% or more.</subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(4)">For purposes of this section and Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="59-2a-502">59-2a-502</xref>, an individual who received an honorable or general discharge from military service of an active component of the United States Armed Forces or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces:<subsection number="59-2a-501(4)(a)">is presumed to be a citizen of the United States; and</subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(4)(b)">may not be required to provide additional proof of citizenship to establish that the individual is a citizen of the United States.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="59-2a-501(5)">The Department of Veterans and Military Affairs created in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="71A-1-201" start="0">71A-1-201</xref> shall, through an informal hearing held in accordance with <xref depth="1" refnumber="63G-4" start="0">Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act</xref>, resolve each dispute arising under this section concerning an individual's status as a veteran with a disability.</subsection></section>