Apply now for 2025 property tax exemption on residential property; Exemption available for 65 and older

By KARLA POMEROY

Editor

Washakie County property owners receiving their 2024 tax notice also received information on the long-term owners exemption that will go into effect for their 2025 tax notice.

Washakie County Assessor Nancy Quinn said the Wyoming Legislature passed House Bill 3 during the legislative session earlier this year. It goes into effect Jan. 1, 2025.

The bill provides temporary exemption for homeowners or spouses 65 and older who have owned their home for at least eight months and paid property taxes in the state for at least 25 years.

Quinn said the exemption only applies on taxes for primary residences and will provide 50% tax relief for homeowners meeting the qualifications. She noted that the 25-year payment requirement does not have to be consecutive or all on the same property, if the property owner has owned different primary residences.

Per the legislation, deadline to sign up for the exemption is the “fourth Monday in May,” which in 2025 is May 26, Memorial Day.

Quinn said even though the legislation does not go into effect until Jan. 1, property owners may submit applications now and her office will keep them on file and begin processing them on Jan. 1.

She added that one of the reasons for the early notice is that with the May deadline, the deadline would pass before the 2025 tax notices are mailed out by the County Treasurer’s office.

Per the legislation the exemption is also available in 2026 but property owners must apply both years.

The application form is available at the county assessor’s office or can be downloaded at http://www.washakiecounty.net.

The application must be submitted to the assessor’s office in person before the May 26 deadline.

Persons must provide proof of age and must be 65 at the time of the deadline. Applicants must also provide a list of the property taxes paid in the past 25 years. The application form includes a place to list year or years paid, list of address and county.

Applicants must then sign the form stating that they have resided at the current resident for not less than eight months of the year.