Sec. 13. (a) Except as provided in section 40.5 of this chapter, an individual may have twenty-four thousand nine hundred sixty dollars ($24,960) deducted from the assessed value of the taxable tangible property that the individual owns, or real property, a mobile home not assessed as real property, or a manufactured home not assessed as real property that the individual is buying under a contract that provides that the individual is to pay property taxes on the real property, mobile home, or manufactured home, if the contract or a memorandum of the contract is recorded in the county recorder's office and if:
(1) the individual served in the military or naval forces of the United States during any of its wars;
(2) the individual received an honorable discharge;
(3) the individual has a disability with a service connected disability of ten percent (10%) or more;
(4) the individual's disability is evidenced by:
(A) a pension certificate, an award of compensation, or a disability compensation check issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; or
(B) a certificate of eligibility issued to the individual by the Indiana department of veterans' affairs after the Indiana department of veterans' affairs has determined that the individual's disability qualifies the individual to receive a deduction under this section; and
(5) the individual:
(A) owns the real property, mobile home, or manufactured home; or
(B) is buying the real property, mobile home, or manufactured home under contract;
on the date the statement required by section 15 of this chapter is filed.
(b) The surviving spouse of an individual may receive the deduction provided by this section if the individual satisfied the requirements of subsection (a)(1) through (a)(4) at the time of death and the surviving spouse satisfies the requirement of subsection (a)(5) at the time the deduction statement is filed. The surviving spouse is entitled to the deduction regardless of whether the property for which the deduction is claimed was owned by the deceased veteran or the surviving spouse before the deceased veteran's death.
(c) One who receives the deduction provided by this section may not receive the deduction provided by section 16 of this chapter. However, the individual may receive any other property tax deduction which the individual is entitled to by law.
(d) An individual who has sold real property, a mobile home not assessed as real property, or a manufactured home not assessed as real property to another person under a contract that provides that the contract buyer is to pay the property taxes on the real property, mobile home, or manufactured home may not claim the deduction provided under this section against that real property, mobile home, or manufactured home.
[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-6-1.]
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1; Acts 1975, P.L.21, SEC.5. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.45, SEC.5; P.L.68-1983, SEC.1; P.L.60-1985, SEC.1; P.L.1-1990, SEC.68; P.L.6-1997, SEC.48; P.L.123-1999, SEC.1; P.L.291-2001, SEC.135; P.L.20-2004, SEC.3; P.L.99-2007, SEC.23; P.L.144-2008, SEC.17; P.L.1-2010, SEC.24; P.L.293-2013(ts), SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 12. Assessed Value Deductions and Deduction Procedures
6-1.1-12-0.5. Basis for Taxation After Deduction
6-1.1-12-0.7. Mortgage Deduction; Filing; Appointees to Act for Elderly, Blind, or Disabled Persons
6-1.1-12-4. Procedure for Claim by Member of Armed Forces
6-1.1-12-6. Mortgage or Contract Deductions; Transmission of Application to Second County
6-1.1-12-7. Mortgage or Contract Deductions; Granting
6-1.1-12-10.1. Persons Over 65 or Surviving Spouse; Filing Claim
6-1.1-12-11. Deduction for Blind or Disabled Person; Limitations; Contract Purchaser
6-1.1-12-12. Blind Persons; Filing Claim; Proof of Blindness; Contents of Application
6-1.1-12-15. Claim by Veteran; Guardianship; Contract Purchaser
6-1.1-12-16. Deduction for Surviving Spouse of Veteran; Limitations; Contract Purchaser
6-1.1-12-17. Claim by Surviving Spouse of Veteran
6-1.1-12-17.9. Trust Eligibility for Certain Deductions; Requirements
6-1.1-12-18. Deduction for Rehabilitated Residential Real Property; Limitations; Expiration
6-1.1-12-19. Rehabilitated Residential Property; Duration of Deduction; Expiration
6-1.1-12-20. Claim for Deduction for Rehabilitated Residential Real Property; Expiration
6-1.1-12-21. Rehabilitated Real Property; Reassessment; Notice of Deductions Required
6-1.1-12-22. Deduction for Rehabilitated Property; Limitations; Expiration
6-1.1-12-23. Rehabilitated Property; Duration of Deduction; Expiration
6-1.1-12-24. Claim for Deduction for Rehabilitated Property; Expiration
6-1.1-12-25.5. Rehabilitated Property; Deductions; Denial; Appeal
6-1.1-12-26. Solar Energy Heating or Cooling System
6-1.1-12-26.1. Solar Power Devices
6-1.1-12-26.2. Property Tax Deduction for Heritage Barns
6-1.1-12-27.1. Claim for Deduction for Solar Energy Heating or Cooling System; Solar Power Device
6-1.1-12-28.5. Resource Recovery System; Prerequisites for Deduction; Definitions
6-1.1-12-29. Wind Power Device; Definition
6-1.1-12-30. Claim for Deduction for Wind Power Device
6-1.1-12-33. Deduction for Hydroelectric Power Device; Limitations
6-1.1-12-34. Deduction for Geothermal Energy Heating or Cooling Device; Limitations
6-1.1-12-36. Deductions; Eligibility for Following Year
6-1.1-12-37.5. Supplemental Deduction for Homesteads
6-1.1-12-40. Deductions for Real Property Located in Enterprise Zones
6-1.1-12-40.5. Limits on Deductions for Mobile or Manufactured Homes
6-1.1-12-42. Statewide Property Tax Deduction for Inventory
6-1.1-12-44. Sales Disclosure Form Serves as Application for Certain Deductions; Limitations
6-1.1-12-46. Eligibility of Transferred Property for Certain Deductions
6-1.1-12-46-b. Eligibility of Transferred Property for Certain Deductions