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Vehicle Tax Exemption — Tiered Like the House

The governmental services tax on the car drops the same way the property tax does: $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000 of vehicle valuation exempt by rating band — CPI-grown since 2005.

Verified August 20, 2026

What this benefit is

The governmental services tax on the car drops the same way the property tax does: $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000 of vehicle valuation exempt by rating band — CPI-grown since 2005.

What it's worth: Vehicle valuation exempt by band: statutory $10,000 at 60–79%, $15,000 at 80–99%, $20,000 at 100% — CPI-indexed since 2005

  • The CPI adjustment has grown the practical figures well past the statutory bases; the DMV applies the current year’s amounts.

Who is entitled to it

  • Your permanent service-connected disability is 60% or more.
  • Your home is in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1File the affidavit annually with the DMV at registration, with VA proof and the discharge certificate.
  2. 2Choose deliberately between this and the property exemption where the county requires electing one — the same finding drives both, and the dearer asset usually wins.
  3. 3The surviving spouse of a qualifying veteran continues the exemption.
Form
Annual exemption affidavit
File with
The DMV, at registration in your county
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter
Annual
Claimed once a year.
Worth knowingThis is the vehicle-side twin of NRS 361.091: same bands, same CPI growth, claimed with an annual affidavit at registration rather than at the assessor.

Sources

Why only one source type: The statute reproduction states the bands, the CPI mechanism, the annual affidavit and the survivor route in terms.

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.