Two Vehicles Free of Vehicle Property Tax
Kansas exempts up to TWO motor vehicles from motor vehicle property tax for full-time military stationed in Kansas; for those stationed outside Kansas on orders with the vehicles kept out of state; for anyone mobilised or deployed at registration; and for current members in good standing of the Kansas Army or Air National Guard. Claim it with the military affidavit, form TR-601, at the county treasurer.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
Kansas exempts up to TWO motor vehicles from motor vehicle property tax for full-time military stationed in Kansas; for those stationed outside Kansas on orders with the vehicles kept out of state; for anyone mobilised or deployed at registration; and for current members in good standing of the Kansas Army or Air National Guard. Claim it with the military affidavit, form TR-601, at the county treasurer.
What it's worth: No motor vehicle property tax on up to two vehicles
- It covers up to TWO motor vehicles, where most such provisions cover one.
- Four routes qualify: full-time military stationed in Kansas; stationed outside Kansas on orders with the vehicles maintained out of state; mobilised or deployed at registration; and current members in good standing of the Kansas Army or Air National Guard.
- GUARD MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING qualify without any deployment. That is the widest route and the least known.
- Claim with the revenue department's military affidavit, form TR-601, at the county treasurer.
- Vehicle property tax is value-based and annual, so the saving recurs and is larger on newer vehicles.
Who is entitled to it
- You are in one of the groups this covers.
- You are on active duty.
- You are a serving Kansas National Guard member.
- You register a vehicle in Kansas.
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How to claim it
- 1File form TR-601 with your county treasurer. It is an affidavit, so it is signed rather than merely submitted.
- 2Claim both vehicles. Two are covered and a one-vehicle assumption costs you the second.
- 3Serving Guard members in good standing: apply even without a deployment. That route does not require one.
- 4If you are stationed outside Kansas with the vehicles kept out of state, that is its own route — say so.
- 5Put the exemption on the two most valuable vehicles; the tax follows value.
- Form
- Form TR-601 military affidavit
- File with
- Your county treasurer, on form TR-601
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · statuteK.S.A. 79-5107
- operating · published policyKansas Department of Revenue
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