Ohio homeowners applying for the homestead exemption on the basis of disability attach DTE 105E to the DTE 105A application filed with the county auditor. A physician, or for a mental disability an Ohio-licensed physician or psychologist, certifies the applicant was permanently and totally disabled as of January 1 of the application year under ORC 323.151. A qualifying state or federal agency statement can replace the signature.
The applicant writes their name and home address. The physician, psychologist or agency representative enters the applicant's name and year, checks physical or mental disability, and adds license number and issuing state, signature, printed name, address and date.
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Certificate of Disability for the Homestead Exemption
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No. Page 2 of the form says neither a chiropractor nor a certified nurse practitioner is considered a physician for the homestead law. A physical disability claim needs a physician's signature, and a mental disability claim needs a physician or psychologist licensed to practice in Ohio.
The signer certifies the applicant was permanently and totally disabled as of January 1 of the application year and is still disabled. That matches the definition in ORC 323.151, which looks at the first day of January of the year the applicant seeks the tax reduction.
Veterans with a total service-connected disability, or receiving 100% compensation based on individual unemployability, file DTE 105I with their VA documentation. Other veterans who meet the ORC 323.151 definition need a doctor or qualifying psychologist to complete DTE 105E, because no VA document reflects that definition.