VIRGINIA VETERANS RESOURCE GUIDE 2025
Virginia Women Veterans License Plate
DVS is pleased to announce that Virginia’s first Women Veterans License Plate is now available to order on the Department of Motor Vehicles website. We extend thanks to all the women veterans who contributed to the design process. To learn more, email womenvet@dvs.virginia.gov .
Troops to Trucks
Through the Troops to Trucks SM program, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is making it easier for personnel trained by the military in the operation of heavy vehicles to obtain civilian commercial driver’s licenses (CDL). A commercial driver’s license is required to operate large trucks and buses.
To find out if you qualify for the Troops to Trucks SM program, complete the Troops to Trucks SM checklist. To learn more, visit dmv.virginia.gov/military .
Disabled Veteran and Surviving Spouse Real Estate Tax Exemptions
Veterans who are rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as having a 100%, permanent and total, service-connected disability or who have a service-connected individual unemployable disability rating are exempt from paying real estate taxes on their primary residence. The exemption is based on the veteran’s disability rating rather than the level of compensation. The exemption includes property held jointly by the veteran and their spouse and applies to the residence and up to one acre of land. The surviving spouse of an eligible veteran who was receiving the tax exemption may continue to receive the real estate tax exemption. However, the spouse will
lose the exemption if they remarry or do not occupy the property as their primary residence.
Exemption Eligibility for the Surviving Spouse of a Member of the U.S. Armed Forces Who Was Killed in Action The surviving spouse of any member of the U.S. Armed Forces who was killed in action, as determined by the U.S. Department of Defense, and who occupies the real property as their principal place of residence, is exempt from paying real estate taxes. For purposes of this exemption, the determination of “killed in action” includes a determination by the U.S. Department of Defense of “died of wounds received in action.”
To learn more about these exemptions, contact the Commissioner of the Revenue for your locality. Find contact information at vacomrev.com/who-we-are/districts-localities .
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