Wyoming Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption: $6,000 (2026)

A Wyoming veteran with a compensable service-connected disability certified by the VA can take $6,000 off the assessed value of a home under the state's veterans' exemption.1 The Wyoming disabled veteran property tax exemption is one route into that exemption, which is set by W.S. 39-13-105, and unlike Wyoming's wartime and medal routes, the disabled-veteran route names no period of service and no medal.1

If you came here expecting a break that grows with your disability rating, Wyoming's exemption is built differently. The Wyoming Department of Revenue's claim form asks for a compensable, certified service-connected disability and states no rating percentage, and the 2024 amendment to the statute sets one $6,000 amount for the veterans' exemption as a whole.1 You claim the Wyoming veterans' exemption with your county assessor, and in Lincoln County, Wyoming, a first-time claimant's documents must be in by the fourth Monday in May.1

In This Guide

• Key Takeaways
• Do You Qualify for the Wyoming Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption?
• How Much the Wyoming Veterans Exemption Is Worth
• Your Home or Your Vehicle Registration
• Surviving Spouses and the Wyoming Veterans Exemption
• How to Apply Before the Fourth Monday in May
• Is There a Bigger Exemption for 100 Percent Disabled Veterans?
• Other Wyoming Property Tax Relief
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Learn More

Do You Qualify for the Wyoming Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption?

The Wyoming Department of Revenue's claim form, Form PTD-100, says that to be eligible for the Wyoming Veterans Exemption "you must meet Criteria 1 or Criteria 2."1 Criteria 1 covers veterans themselves, and it can be met in any one of several ways. Criteria 2 covers surviving spouses, and it has its own section below.

For a veteran with a service-connected disability, the route that matters is the one the form describes as "a disabled veteran with a compensable service connected disability certified by the veteran's administration or a branch of the armed forces of the United States."1 Two words in that sentence do the work. The disability has to be compensable, and it has to be certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or a branch of the armed forces. On the Wyoming claim form, the disabled-veteran route names no war era and no medal, which is why a veteran who served between the wars, or after Vietnam, can still qualify through it.1

The other Criteria 1 routes are tied to when or where you served. Here's how the Wyoming form lays them out side by side.

Every route carries two more conditions. First, a veteran claiming the Wyoming Veterans Exemption must have been a bona fide Wyoming resident for at least three years at the time of claiming it; the Lincoln County Assessor puts it as being "a Wyoming resident, currently and for the past three years."1 Second, to claim the Wyoming Veterans Exemption on a home, the veteran or the veteran's spouse must be listed as an owner, the property must be held in a trust created by or for the benefit of the veteran or spouse, or the veteran must be listed as the owner on a contract for deed.1 That last point matters if your house sits in a family trust or you're buying it on a contract for deed, because both arrangements are named on the form.

How Much the Wyoming Veterans Exemption Is Worth

A 2024 act of the Wyoming Legislature, Enrolled Act No. 61 (SF0089), raised the Wyoming veterans' exemption from $3,000 to $6,000 of assessed value, starting with property tax assessed on and after January 1, 2025.1 The Lincoln County Assessor describes the current Wyoming Veterans Exemption the same way, as "a $6,000.00 reduction in assessed value."1 If you come across $3,000 on an older form or web page, that was the Wyoming veterans' exemption amount before 2025.1

Two things about the $6,000 are easy to misread. The Wyoming veterans' exemption comes off your home's assessed value, not off your tax bill, so the dollars you save depend on your assessed value and the local tax rates that apply to it.1 And Wyoming's 2024 act states a single amount for "the exemption for veterans," so a Wyoming veteran who qualifies through the disabled route gets the same $6,000 reduction in assessed value as one who qualifies through wartime service or a campaign medal.1 Your county assessor or treasurer can tell you what the reduction works out to on your own bill.

Your Home or Your Vehicle Registration

The Wyoming Veterans Exemption may only be applied to property taxes on your principal residence or to registration fees for qualifying motor vehicles.1 Because the form says the exemption "may only be applied" to those two things, the Wyoming Veterans Exemption can't be put toward the property tax on a cabin, a rental or a second home.1

The Wyoming Veterans Exemption can also be claimed in only one county in any given tax year.1 If you own land in one county and live in another, pick the county where you'll actually use it before you file.

Using the exemption on vehicle registration runs on a different clock. In Lincoln County, Wyoming, there's no deadline for using the veterans' exemption on vehicle registration, and the credit is applied yearly from January 1 to December 31.1 If you're weighing your home against your vehicles, your county assessor can walk you through how your county handles the choice.

Surviving Spouses and the Wyoming Veterans Exemption

A surviving spouse doesn't lose the Wyoming Veterans Exemption just because the veteran has died. Under Criteria 2 on Form PTD-100, the surviving spouse of a veteran who met Criteria 1, including a veteran who qualified through the disabled route, can claim the exemption when all three of these are true:1

• Both spouses were Wyoming residents at the time of the veteran's death.
• The surviving spouse has been a Wyoming resident for three years at the time of the application.
• The surviving spouse has not remarried.

A surviving spouse claiming the Wyoming Veterans Exemption for the first time gets the same $6,000 reduction in assessed value, limited to a principal residence or vehicle registration fees and to one county per tax year.1 Ask your county assessor which documents they need from a surviving spouse.

How to Apply Before the Fourth Monday in May

You claim the Wyoming Veterans Exemption with your county assessor. The steps below are the ones the Lincoln County Assessor publishes, so confirm your own county assessor's list before you gather papers.1

Along with a completed and notarized Veteran's Exemption Form, the Lincoln County Assessor asks for these documents:1

If you qualify through the disabled route, ask your assessor what proof of your compensable, certified service-connected disability they need.

In Lincoln County, Wyoming, a veteran qualifying for the exemption for the first time must have all the documents in by the fourth Monday in May, and documents received after that date are used for the following year.1 A Lincoln County veteran already using the exemption for property tax must contact the assessor's office by phone, email or mail to request it for the current year's assessments, and one who doesn't do so by the fourth Monday in May can't have the exemption for that year.1 In practice that means treating the request as a yearly task, and putting a reminder in your calendar for early May.

Is There a Bigger Exemption for 100 Percent Disabled Veterans?

It's a fair question to settle before you file. For Wyoming's veterans' exemption, the claim form's disabled route asks for a compensable, certified service-connected disability and names no rating percentage, 100 percent or otherwise.1 Of the sources behind this guide, the two that state an amount, Wyoming's 2024 act and the Lincoln County Assessor, describe one $6,000 reduction in assessed value for the Wyoming Veterans Exemption as a whole, with no separate amount for any route; the Department of Revenue claim form states no amount.1

Wyoming law can change, and a legislative session can add or reshape property tax relief. If you have a 100 percent or permanent and total rating, ask your county assessor whether anything beyond the $6,000 veterans' exemption applies to you this year.1

Other Wyoming Property Tax Relief

The veterans' exemption is tied to military service. If you're also looking at property tax help for older Wyoming homeowners that isn't tied to service, Brevy's guide to Wyoming senior property tax relief is the place to start. Before you count on two programs at once, ask your county assessor how they apply together on your bill.

Learn More

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