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 Sayreville Borough
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter XXXIII. TAX EXEMPTIONS AND ABATEMENTS

  § 33-11. TOTALLY DISABLED VETERAN'S TAX EMEMPTION.  

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  • a.

    The Borough of Sayreville will allow for either a veteran or surviving spouse of a veteran to obtain municipal property tax relief upon proper claim. 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 the time of war or has been declared by the United States Veterans Administration to be one hundred (100%) percent, permanently disabled.

    b.

    In order to qualify for the municipal tax exemption, the veteran or someone legally 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:

    1.

    Reason for the exemption;

    2.

    A description of the property for which the exemption is claimed;

    3.

    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 successors, certifying to a service-connected disability.

    c.

    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:

    1.

    Proof to establish that the spouse is the owner of legal title to the premises on which the exemption is made;

    2.

    That the claimant occupies the dwelling house on said premises as the claimant's legal residence in the State of New Jersey;

    3.

    That the veteran has been declared by the United States Veterans Administration to have a service-connected disability or that the veteran shall have been declared to have died in active service in time of war;

    4.

    That the veteran is or would have been entitled to exemption at the time of death;

    5.

    The claimant is a resident of the State of New Jersey who has not remarried.

(Ord. No. 240-13, 12-16-2013)