Virginia Disabled Veteran Vehicle Sales and Use Tax Exemption

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles exempts the motor vehicle sales and use tax on one vehicle used by or for a qualifying veteran. The veteran has to be rated by VA with a 100% service-connected, permanent, and total disability. The veteran or the spouse has to be the purchaser. DMV asks for a VA benefit summary letter that states that rating. The exemption covers a passenger vehicle, or a pickup with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or under. Motorcycles, trailers, mopeds, autocycles, RVs, motorhomes, and ATVs are out. The exemption can sit on only one personal vehicle at a time. The currently exempt vehicle has to be sold or traded before the exemption can move to a newly purchased one. DMV's page does not list individual unemployability as its own path. A letter that shows payment at the 100% rate only because of unemployability should be taken to DMV before anyone counts on the exemption. This tax is collected at titling. It is separate from the annual Fairfax car tax.