Sandoval County Assessor: Veteran and Disabled Veteran Exemptions

The Sandoval County Assessor lists two routes: the 100% disabled veteran's full exemption from property tax on the primary residence (7-37-5.1), which follows a move to a new residence, and the veteran exemption, which its page still gives as $4,000 though it has been $10,000 since 2025, against taxable value or motor vehicle tax; its NMDVS representative in Room 2041 answers eligibility questions.

Also called: property tax, veteran exemption, 7-37-5, 7-37-5.1, 100% disabled, NMDVS, Bernalillo, Rio Rancho.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Sandoval County, NMCounty

The exemptions are State law: the veteran exemption (7-37-5), $10,000 of taxable value since 2025 (it was $4,000 before), and the disabled veteran exemption proportional to a service-connected rating (7-37-5.1); the New Mexico entries explain both. Sandoval County's Assessor publishes its own statement of the two routes. What the county says. Under "Qualifying Exemptions": "First Possible Exemption: 100% Disabled Veteran Exemption, which is a full 100% exemption from property tax only on the Veteran's primary residence." "Second Possible Exemption: $4,000 per Veteran, which is subtracted from the taxable value of your home or land, or can be used on tax reduction of your motor vehicle." And, quoting the statute: "Upon the transfer of the principal place of residence of a disabled veteran... (2) remove the exemption for that residence and apply it to the disabled veteran's or the disabled veteran's surviving spouse's new principal place of residence, regardless of whether the exemption was applied for and claimed within thirty days of the mailing of the county assessor's notice of valuation... (7-37-5.1 NMSA 1978)." Claims help in the building. "Veterans Services - Dustin Newsom, Veterans Service Representative, Phone: 505-221-7190, Email: [email protected]. For questions about veteran exemption eligibility: NM Department of Veterans Services, 1500 Idalia Road, Building D, Bernalillo, NM 87004, Located in Room 2041" - the co-located NMDVS office in the Assessor's suite.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Sandoval County Assessor: Veteran and Disabled Veteran Exemptions
Gate	Rule
Disabled veteran exemption, proportional to the rating	From tax year 2026, under 7-37-5.1, the share of the home's taxable value exempt equals the service-connected rating, after the $10,000 veteran exemption; Sandoval states only the 100% route, as a full exemption.
Basic veteran exemption without a rating	The 7-37-5 exemption of $10,000 of taxable value (since 2025) needs qualifying service and a discharge, not a rating. The rating filter cannot test this path.

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Last updated 2026-10-08.

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