Maryland · Property tax exemptions for people with disabilities · Updated Oct 2026

Maryland property tax exemptions for people with disabilities (2026)

Every statewide property tax break in Maryland that our guide lists for homeowners with a disability, including senior breaks that also cover people with disabilities. What each is worth, who qualifies, the deadline and how to apply.

Short answer

The main property tax break for people with disabilities in Maryland is the Blind Persons Exemption. $40,000 off the assessed value of your home (prorated in the first year).

Worth: $40,000
Income limit: None listed in our sources
Deadline: No fixed deadline stated; the exemption is prorated from when you apply.

Property tax breaks for people with disabilities in Maryland

Disability

Blind Persons Exemption

$40,000 off the assessed value of your home (prorated in the first year).

Who qualifies: An owner who lives in the home and has a permanent impairment of both eyes: 20/200 or less in the better eye with glasses, or a visual field of 20 degrees or less. A surviving spouse keeps it if not remarried (separate 'Surviving Spouse of Blind Persons' application).
How to apply: Send the Blind Persons Exemption Application, with a physician's certification on the form, to SDAT's local assessment office for your county. A surviving spouse uses the 'Surviving Spouse of Blind Persons' application on SDAT's exemptions page.
Form: Blind Persons Exemption Application
Deadline: No fixed deadline stated; the exemption is prorated from when you apply.
Renewal: Not stated by SDAT; ask your local assessment office.
Law: Md. Code, Tax-Property § 7-207

Source: official page

How to apply, step by step

Blind Persons Exemption

Send the Blind Persons Exemption Application, with a physician's certification on the form, to SDAT's local assessment office for your county.
A surviving spouse uses the 'Surviving Spouse of Blind Persons' application on SDAT's exemptions page.

Form: Blind Persons Exemption Application

Deadline: No fixed deadline stated; the exemption is prorated from when you apply.

Renewal: Not stated by SDAT; ask your local assessment office.

Savings estimate for Maryland

Roughly what an exemption could save you a year: the value it takes off, times your tax rate.

Exemption

Value taken off ($)

Filled in when the exemption is a fixed dollar amount. You can change it.

Tax rate (%)

Maryland median effective rate: 0.97% (taxes paid as a share of home value). Use your own rate if you know it.

Enter a value and a tax rateChoose an exemption or type the value it takes off.

Median effective rate: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates, tables B25103 (median real estate taxes paid, owner-occupied homes) and B25077 (median value, owner-occupied homes). It is a statewide middle value; local rates differ a lot.

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Eligibility finder for Maryland

Answer a few questions to see which property tax breaks may fit you. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere.

Pre-set for people with disabilities: you own and live in the home and have a permanent disability. Change any answer.

Do you own the home and live in it as your main home?

Your age, or the year you were born

Leave empty if you'd rather not say.

Are you a veteran?

Do you have a permanent disability?

Are you the surviving spouse of a veteran, service member or first responder?

Yearly household income ($)

Everyone in the home, before taxes. Optional: used only to compare with income limits.

Do you own and live in the home?Answer the first question to see results.

A first check, not a decision: only your county, city or town assessor decides. We read ages, ratings and income limits only where the official rule states them plainly; otherwise we show the rule for you to check.

Document checklist for Maryland

Pick the breaks you plan to apply for. You get a checklist of forms, documents, steps and deadlines to print or keep on your phone.

Questions about people with disabilities property tax breaks in Maryland

Who qualifies for property tax breaks for people with disabilities in Maryland?

Blind Persons Exemption: An owner who lives in the home and has a permanent impairment of both eyes: 20/200 or less in the better eye with glasses, or a visual field of 20 degrees or less. A surviving spouse keeps it if not remarried (separate 'Surviving Spouse of Blind Persons' application).

Is there an income limit for people with disabilities' property tax breaks in Maryland?

Our sources list no income limit for any of these breaks.

When is the deadline for people with disabilities to apply in Maryland?

Blind Persons Exemption: No fixed deadline stated; the exemption is prorated from when you apply.

Do people with disabilities have to reapply every year in Maryland?

Blind Persons Exemption: Not stated by SDAT; ask your local assessment office.

Where do people with disabilities apply for property tax breaks in Maryland?

The State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) runs the Homestead Tax Credit and the Homeowners' Tax Credit (you apply to SDAT online or by mail) and decides the disabled-veteran and blind exemptions (you send those applications to SDAT's local assessment office in your county). Extra local credits are run by each county or Baltimore City finance office. For the Blind Persons Exemption: Send the Blind Persons Exemption Application, with a physician's certification on the form, to SDAT's local assessment office for your county.

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Last checked: Oct 2026.