Credits & Exemptions
Homestead Credit
If you have recently purchased a new or different home and have not been to the Assessor's Office to sign your Homestead Credit Application, be sure to do so at your earliest convenience. If the property you were occupying as a homestead is sold, or if you cease to use the property as a homestead, you are required to report this to the Assessor in whose jurisdiction the property is located.
Military Exemption
Please call our office at 563-652-4935 for assistance with this application.
Disabled Veteran Homestead Credit
Please call our office at 563-652-4935 for assistance with this application.
Use on One Piece of Property
You are only allowed a Homestead Exemption on the property that is your primary residence and you must occupy that a minimum of six months each year. Military Exemption is allowed on any one piece of property you own in the state, it does not have to be applied to your primary residence.
Family Farm Tax Credit
Please call our office at 563-652-4935 for assistance with this application.
Other Credits and Exemptions
Please contact the Assessor's Office to learn more about these additional credits and exemptions.
- Forest or Fruit Tree Exemption
- Geothermal Tax Credit
- Grain Tax Return
- Historic Property Rehabilitation Exemption
- Impoundment Structure Exemption
- Industrial Property Tax Exemption
- Methane Gas Conversion Exemption
- Mobile Home Park Storm Shelter Exemption
- Native Prairie or Wetlands Exemption
- Non-Profit and Charitable Organization
- Pollution Control and Recycling Property Tax Exemption
- Recreational Lakes, Forest Covers, Rivers and Streams, River and Stream Banks, and Open Prairies
- Wildlife Habitat Certification
