Senior Homeowner Exemption
Applications must be received by our office on or before July 15, 2025.
The senior property tax exemption has remained in effect since reinstated for property tax year 2012. The State of Colorado pays the property taxes on the exempted value. The Colorado General Assembly may eliminate funding for the senior exemption at their discretion in any year that the budget does not allow for the reimbursement. This should not dissuade any qualifying individual from applying. For those who qualify, 50 percent of the first $200,000 in actual value of the primary residence is exempted from property tax. Once an exemption application is filed and approved by the Assessor, the exemption remains in effect until a disqualifying event occurs. Seniors who were previously approved do not need to reapply.
The Senior Citizen Exemption is available to applicants who:
- Are at least 65 years of age prior to January 1 of the year of application,
- Owned their home for at least 10 consecutive years prior to January 1, and
- Occupied the home as their primary residence for at least 10 consecutive years prior to January 1.
Instructions and forms are available via the links below or at the Larimer County Assessor's office. Completed forms cannot be submitted by email and must be mailed or dropped off at the Assessor's office.
Short Form Application I Instructions
The Short Form is for applicants who meet the above criteria.
Long Form Application I Instructions
The Long Form is for applicants who meet the above criteria and are surviving spouses, confined to a nursing home, or whose property is owned by a trust or corporation.
Qualified Senior Primary Residence Classification
Applications must be received by our office on or before March 15, 2025.
The exemption will be available **IN TAX YEARS 2025 AND 2026** to senior citizens who previously had a senior tax exemption in any Colorado county, and lost their senior tax exemption in the period of time from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024. The senior citizen must have owned their current primary residence by January 1 of the year of application.
Notice for Qualified Senior Primary Residential Classification
Qualified Senior Primary Residence Classification Application | Instructions
We're here to help! Please call 970-498-7097 or email thiemela@co.larimer.co.us if you have questions.
Veteran with a Disability & Gold Star Spouse Exemption
Applications must be received by our office on or before July 1, 2025.
The Disabled Veteran Exemption is available to property owners who:
- Sustained a service-connected disability while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States,
- Were honorably discharged, and
- Has established a service-connected disability that has been rated by the federal department of veterans affairs as a one hundred percent permanent disability through disability retirement benefits, and
- Starting in Tax Year 2025, applicants who do not have a 100% disability rating but have been awarded individual unemployability status as determined by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs are also eligible, and
- Has owned and occupied the property prior to January 1 of the current year.
Instructions and forms are available via the links below or at the Larimer County Assessor's office. Completed forms cannot be submitted by email and must be mailed or dropped off at the Assessor's office.
Veteran with a Disability Application | Instructions
Gold Star Spouse Application | Instructions
Veteran with a Disability Surviving Spouse Application
Brochure: Division of Property Taxation Qualifying Veteran Property Tax Exemption
