Hopewell Disabled Veteran Vehicle Tax Exemption

Hopewell applies the statewide one-vehicle exemption through the Commissioner of the Revenue: one motor vehicle owned and used primarily by or for a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent and total is exempt. The city's pages publish no separate vehicle-exemption form or rule, so the state entries govern and the office at 804-541-2237 is the route. The 2026 personal property rate is $3.50 per $100 - the Commissioner's Tax Rates page ("Personal Property Tax $3.50 per $100 assessed value (Auto, Trucks, Boats, Trailers, Motorcycles)") and the Personal Property Proration, Assessment & Rates page ("Passenger Auto / Trucks 3.50 per $100, NADA Clean Loan"), with motorcycles on the Clymer Power Sport Blue Book at 70 percent of low trade-in. The city prorates vehicles on acquisition and situs monthly, so a veteran buying or replacing the exempt vehicle mid-year files with the Commissioner rather than waiting for the next tax year. Active-duty members whose LES shows residency outside Virginia are exempt on vehicles owned jointly or individually. The machinery and tools rate is $3.10 per $100 "at 25% original cost" per the Commissioner's page; the Treasurer's table carries $3.50 only through 2024. The state's car-tax relief applies to the first $20,000 of a qualifying vehicle's value.