Lyon County Assessor: Veterans' and Disabled Veterans' Exemptions

The exemptions are the State's, under NRS 361.090 for a veteran who served in a listed period or campaign and NRS 361.091 for a permanent service-connected disability of 60% or more; the Nevada entries explain them, including the rule that separate ratings are added together. The Lyon County Assessor administers them from Yerington. Amounts as the county prints them (pages read 2026-10-21). Veteran $3,640 of assessed value, which is the State's 2026-27 figure. The disabled veteran page still lists $17,700 at 60% to 79%, $26,550 at 80% to 99% and $35,400 at 100%, which are the 2025-26 amounts; the State's 2026-27 amounts, $18,200, $27,300 and $36,400, are what govern this year, and the Nevada entries carry them. A separate surviving spouse exemption is listed at $1,770, the 2025-26 amount the county's Surviving Spouse page still prints; the State's 2026-27 amount is $1,820 ($1,000 x 1.82). Eligibility as the county states it. Six months of Nevada residency (a Nevada driver licence or a signed residency affidavit satisfies it); 90 days or more of active duty assigned sometime in a listed period, under Public Law 102-1, or with a campaign or expedition medal; an honorable discharge or certificate of satisfactory service, and Merchant Marine service in support of Public Law 102-1 qualifies. The listed periods stop at December 20, 1996, as the statute's do. A first claim brings a copy of the separation papers showing the dates of entry and honorable discharge; the disability claim also brings the VA documentation of the percentage. The disabled veteran page repeats that the surviving spouse of a veteran eligible at death may take the exemption, and the surviving spouse page asks for the death certificate with the residency affidavit. Where the exemption goes. The Assessor's Exemptions and Rebate Programs page says an exemption can be applied to real property, personal property such as a manufactured home, or to reduce the vehicle privilege tax, and that the dollar saving varies by taxing district: $1,000 of assessed value is up to $35 off the tax bill or $40 off the privilege tax on a registration. For real property the application and the signed exemption card are due on or before June 15 before the fiscal year the taxes are payable; for personal property or a vehicle the card can be signed any time before those taxes are due. The county's Quick Links carry an Exemption Balance form for splitting the exemption among those uses. Donating it. The county's disabled veteran page says a veteran may dedicate the exemption or part of it to the construction and maintenance of veterans' homes in Nevada and points to the State Division of Veterans Affairs at (775) 688-1155; that is NRS 361.0905, in the Nevada entries. What the pages leave out. They do not mention NRS 361.091(7), that several permanent service-connected ratings are added together, nor the five-year marriage affidavit in NRS 361.091(6) for a surviving spouse. Both are in the Nevada entries.