Homestead Exemption

Auditor's Office (843) 563-0118 or (843) 832-0118

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The Homestead Exemption is a program designed throughout the state of South Carolina for taxpayers who are 65 years old or older, totally and permanently disabled, or legally blind. The Homestead exemption takes care of up to the first $50,000 of the fair market value of the taxpayers dwelling/home.

Who Qualifies for the Homestead Exemption?

To qualify for the Homestead Exemption statements 1, 2 and 3 must be true.

You hold complete fee simple title to your primary legal residence or life estate to your primary legal residence or you are the beneficiary of a trust that holds title to your primary legal residence.
As of December 31 preceding the tax year of the exemption, you were a legal resident of South Carolina for one calendar year
As of December 31 preceding the tax year of the exemption, you must be one of the following:
- 65 years of age, or
- declared totally and permanently disabled by a state or federal agency having the authority to make such a declaration, or
- legally blind as certified by a licensed ophthalmologist.

Disabled Veterans - 100% Service Connected -
Please contact the Department of Veterans Affairs (843) 832-0116 or (843) 563-0116.

Required Documents:

**Please have these items if you are applying.

Age: South Carolina Driver’s License / South Carolina State Identification Card or Birth Certificate or Passport

Disability: Medicare Card or Documentation from State or Federal agency certifying the disability

Blindness: Documentation from a licensed ophthalmologist certifying the date of Blindness

Trust: Income beneficiary of a trust, you will also need to present a copy of the trust agreement

Owner Last Name

Owner First Name

Owner Middle Name

Do you have a name that differs on the deed? If so, please Identify

Instructions for Deed Search

Follow the link to locate your Deed

https://search.dorchesterdeeds.com/NameSearch.php

Address

If PO Box add in Physical Address Location

City

State

Zip

Date of Birth

Social Security Number Please include dashes with the SSN 000-00-0000

Home Phone Number

Work or Mobile Number

Is there a Spouse?

Yes

Spouse Last Name

Spouse First Name

Spouse Middle Name

Spouse Date of Birth

Spouse Social Security Number Please include dashes with the SSN 000-00-0000

Is there a Co-Owner?

Yes

Co-Owner Last Name

Co-Owner First Name

Co-Owner Middle Name

Co-Owner Date of Birth

Co-Owner Social Security Number Please include dashes with the SSN 000-00-0000

Type of Residence

Permanent Residence

Lease-Rent

Multi Family / Comm

Beneficiary / Trust

Mobile Home

Tax Map # or Map-Block-Parcel Format Tax Map Number 000-00-00-000-000

Instructions to Find Tax Map Number

Follow the link to locate your Tax Map Number.

https://www.dorchestercountytaxesonline.com/taxes.html#/WildfireSearch

To find your TMS# you can search by:

Name or Previous Owner’s Name
- If you are new owner, your name will not appear in the search. You will need to search by previous owner’s name to find the parcel #.
Road Name - Not exact Address number
Keep in mind you need to be looking for the Type of “Real” not Vehicle

Once the list of records is returned you can then view

Owners Name
Year
Type
View Button to view the bill to display Map No

The Overview and Payment Screen will then show you the Map No

Sticker Number / Decal

Number of Owners

Email Address **Email Address will be used as the contact for any updates or changes that need to be made to the application.

Are you new to the state - South Carolina as of December 31 of previous tax year?

Yes

When did you move to the State of South Carolina?

Are you applying due to age?

Yes

Upload copy of South Carolina Driver’s License / South Carolina State Identification Card or Birth Certificate or Passport

If not Age what is your Proof of Eligibility for Applying

Disability

Blindness

Upload Copy of Medicare Card or present documentation from the state or federal agency certifying the disability. A person claiming to be totally and permanently disabled, but who has not been classified by one of the agencies, may apply to the state agency of Vocational Rehabilitation.

Upload copy of documentation from a licensed ophthalmologist certifying the date of blindness

Is this in a Beneficiary Trust?

Yes

Present a copy of the trust agreement.

Please upload South Carolina Drivers License or South Carolina State Identification Card

Please upload SPOUSE South Carolina Drivers License or South Carolina State Identification Card

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to re-apply annually?

** No, only in the case of the death of the eligible owner or you move to a new residence.

Does a surviving spouse receive the Homestead Exemption benefit?

** The surviving spouse of a qualified or potentially qualified Homestead recipient may receive the benefit as a surviving spouse as long as the decedent was eligible for the Homestead Exemption at the time of death and the surviving spouse meets all of the following conditions:

Obtains complete fee simple title or life estate or you are the beneficiary of a trust that holds title to your legal residence, within nine months after the death of the qualifying spouse,
the surviving spouse lives in the home as his/her primary legal residence and
remains unmarried.

If I move, do I qualify for the Homestead Exemption?

** Yes, if you continue to meet the requirements.

Owner Signature

Co-Owner Signature

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Homestead Exemption

Note:

Before you begin, please make sure you have access to a document scanner or some way to upload required documents in pdf format to the application.

If you do not have a way to upload your documents, please return to the auditor's department for a new bill to be created with all documentation in hand.

Required Documents:

**Please have these items if you are applying.

Age: South Carolina Driver’s License / South Carolina State Identification Card or Birth Certificate or Passport

Disability: Medicare Card or Documentation from State or Federal agency certifying the disability

Blindness: Documentation from a licensed ophthalmologist certifying the date of Blindness

Trust: Income beneficiary of a trust, you will also need to present a copy of the trust agreement

Frequently Asked Questions

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Note:

Before you begin, please make sure you have access to a document scanner or some way to upload required documents in pdf format to the application.

If you do not have a way to upload your documents, please return to the auditor's department for a new bill to be created with all documentation in hand.

Required Documents: **Please have these items if you are applying.

Age: South Carolina Driver’s License / South Carolina State Identification Card or Birth Certificate or Passport

Disability: Medicare Card or Documentation from State or Federal agency certifying the disability

Blindness: Documentation from a licensed ophthalmologist certifying the date of Blindness

Trust: Income beneficiary of a trust, you will also need to present a copy of the trust agreement

Frequently Asked Questions

Required Documents:

**Please have these items if you are applying.