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?
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How to claim it
- 1File the affidavit annually with the DMV at registration, with VA proof and the discharge certificate.
- 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.
- 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.
Sources
- authority · statuteNRS 371.104
Why only one source type: The statute reproduction states the bands, the CPI mechanism, the annual affidavit and the survivor route in terms.
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