{"id":224,"date":"2026-01-15T17:57:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/?p=224"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:02:54","slug":"assessor-notice-senior-veteran-disabled-property-tax-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Assessor Notice: Senior, Veteran, &amp; Disabled Property Tax Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jarvis Township Assessor&#8217;s Office recently mailed copies of the Senior Citizens Homestead Freeze Exemption to local seniors.  Senior citizens whose total household annual gross income (AGI) is $75,000 or less may qualify (detail instructions available upon request).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Illinois General Assembly raised the limits for the senior homestead exemption for 2026, 2027, and 2028, meaning more seniors are likely eligible than in recent years,&#8221; said Jarvis Township Assessor Pam Mumper, CIAO-I. &#8220;We are spreading the word and hoping more seniors will complete and return the form by the July 31, 2026 deadline.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, new forms are available at the Jarvis Township Assessor&#8217;s Office at 112 North Main Street in downtown for the following property tax relief programs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Disabled Veteran<\/strong>: This is an annual reduction for a primary residence occupied by a veteran with at least a 30% service-connected disability or in some cases the veteran&#8217;s surviving spouse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Notice of Eligibility for Senior Citizen Tax Deferral:<\/strong> Seniors Citizens whose total household income is $55,000 or less may defer their real estate taxes to a later date.&nbsp; This is done through a loan from the Department of Revenue. Please contact the Madison County Treasurer\u2019s Office at 618-692-6260.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Disabled Person:<\/strong> This annual reduction is eligible for a primary residence occupied by a person with a class 2 or 2a disability on January 1 of the assessment year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information is available by phone at the Jarvis Township Assessor&#8217;s Office at 618-667-3475.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jarvis Township Assessor&#8217;s Office recently mailed copies of the Senior Citizens Homestead Freeze Exemption to local seniors. Senior citizens whose total household annual gross income (AGI) is $75,000 or less may qualify (detail instructions available upon request). &#8220;The Illinois &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/?p=224\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-public-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarvistownship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}