Douglas County Assessor: Veterans', Disabled Veterans' and Surviving Spouse Exemptions

The exemptions are the State's, under NRS 361.090 and 361.091; the Nevada entries explain them, including the rule that separate ratings are added together. The Douglas County Assessor administers them from Minden, (775) 782-9830. Amounts as the county prints them. "The veteran exemption entitles you to $3,640 of assessed valuation deduction for the 2026/27 fiscal year", about $127 on property taxes or up to $145.60 on the governmental services tax on a vehicle. The disabled veteran page gives "60% - 79% disabled - $18,200 assessed value ... 80% - 99% disabled - $27,300 ... 100% disabled - $36,400", but heads them "The 2025/26 fiscal year amounts"; those are the State's 2026-27 amounts (2025-26 was $17,700, $26,550 and $35,400), so the figures are right and the label is a year behind. The surviving spouse exemption is "$1,820 of assessed valuation deduction for the 2026/27 fiscal year". What to bring. A Nevada driver's licence or ID card, and "separation papers from the United States Armed Forces showing an honorable discharge, entry and discharge dates, and a minimum of 90 consecutive days active duty"; for the disabled exemption, VA documentation "showing a minimum of 60% permanent service-connected disability". The page also takes Public Law 102-1 (Gulf War) service with "an honorable discharge or certificate of satisfactory service", or still serving. A surviving spouse brings the death certificate, must have been married at the death and not have remarried, and the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran eligible at death may take the disabled veteran exemption. "All exemptions require a six-month residency, which must be documented." When and where it applies. "An application to use an exemption on secured (real) property must be made on or before June 15 for the following fiscal tax year. An application to use an exemption on unsecured (personal) property or motor vehicle may be made any time on or before the date the taxes are due." Since June 2023 the office sends a permanent exemption card, with a QR code to check the balance, in place of paper vouchers for those who use the exemption at the DMV; the amount renews each July 1. "Veterans may request that the value of their exemption be deposited in the state veteran's home fund." What the pages leave out. They do not mention that several permanent ratings are added together (NRS 361.091(7)), and they ask for an honorable discharge where the statute also accepts a certificate of satisfactory service for the other service routes; see the Nevada entries.