Santa Fe County Assessor: Veteran and Disabled Veteran Exemptions

Both exemptions are State law; the New Mexico entries on the $10,000 veteran exemption and the proportional disabled veteran exemption set out who qualifies and how the Department of Veterans' Services certifies it. In Santa Fe County the Assessor, 240 Grant Avenue, Santa Fe (505-986-6300, [email protected]), applies them. What the Assessor publishes. Its Veteran and Disabled Veteran Exemption flier: "The Veteran's Exemption is a $10,000 reduction in your taxable value (NMSA 7-37-5)." Eligibility "is determined by the New Mexico Department of Veteran's Services and a Certificate of Eligibility will be issued"; the veteran then presents the certificate "along with the completed form... to the Assessor's office in person". Once allowed, the exemption carries forward while eligibility and ownership are unchanged. A veteran who used it against a vehicle at the Motor Vehicle Division must report that, because only the remainder is allowed on property. When. The certificate and application must reach the Assessor "no later than 30 days after the mailing of the Assessor's official 'Notice of Value'", which "is typically mailed out on or around April 1 of each year." Where the flier is out of date. It says the disabled veteran exemption "is a 100% exemption from property tax (NMSA 7-37-5.1) on the Veteran's primary residence up to 5 acres of land". Since tax year 2026 the exemption follows the rating: a veteran rated 30 percent has 30 percent of the home's taxable value exempt, after the $10,000 exemption, as the New Mexico entry explains. The Assessor said so to the Board on May 26, 2026: "Due to statute, you now can pay a percentage based on your percent disability", which is why disabled veteran accounts rose from 897 to 1,181, beside 4,709 $10,000 exemptions. A veteran rated below 100 percent should apply. Not the same thing. A public improvement district's levy is not a property tax: county counsel told the Board on February 10, 2026 that the statutes exempt only 100 percent disabled veterans from those levies.