Nevada · Property tax exemptions for surviving spouses · Updated Oct 2026

Nevada property tax exemptions for surviving spouses (2026)

Every statewide property tax break in Nevada that our guide lists for surviving spouses: breaks made for them, and breaks a surviving spouse can keep or claim. What each is worth, who qualifies, the deadline and how to apply.

Short answer

The main property tax break for surviving spouses in Nevada is the Surviving Spouse's Exemption (and surviving spouse of a disabled veteran). $1,820 of assessed value off your tax (2026-27).

Worth: $1,820
Income limit: None listed in our sources
Deadline: June 15

Property tax breaks for surviving spouses in Nevada

Surviving spouses

Surviving Spouse's Exemption (and surviving spouse of a disabled veteran)

$1,820 of assessed value off your tax (2026-27). The surviving spouse of a disabled veteran instead gets the veteran's disabled-veteran amount ($18,200 to $36,400 assessed value) and can still take the regular surviving-spouse exemption.

Who qualifies: A Nevada resident whose spouse has died and who has not remarried (any remarriage ends it, even if annulled). For the disabled-veteran version you must have been married to and living with the veteran for the 5 years before death, the veteran must have qualified, and you must not have remarried.
How to apply: Go to the county assessor with your Nevada driver's license or ID and a copy of your spouse's death certificate (plus the veteran's discharge and VA disability papers for the disabled-veteran version) and sign the affidavit.
Form: Surviving Spouse Exemption affidavit (county assessor)
Deadline: By June 15 for the coming fiscal year (NRS 361.155).
Renewal: Every year by returning the assessor's renewal form.
Law: NRS 361.080; NRS 361.091(1), (8)(b)

Source: official page

How to apply, step by step

Surviving Spouse's Exemption (and surviving spouse of a disabled veteran)

Go to the county assessor with your Nevada driver's license or ID and a copy of your spouse's death certificate (plus the veteran's discharge and VA disability papers for the disabled-veteran version) and sign the affidavit.

Form: Surviving Spouse Exemption affidavit (county assessor)

Deadline: By June 15 for the coming fiscal year (NRS 361.155).

Renewal: Every year by returning the assessor's renewal form.

Savings estimate for Nevada

Roughly what an exemption could save you a year: the value it takes off, times your tax rate.

Exemption

Value taken off ($)

Filled in when the exemption is a fixed dollar amount. You can change it.

Tax rate (%)

Nevada median effective rate: 0.47% (taxes paid as a share of home value). Use your own rate if you know it.

Enter a value and a tax rateChoose an exemption or type the value it takes off.

Median effective rate: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates, tables B25103 (median real estate taxes paid, owner-occupied homes) and B25077 (median value, owner-occupied homes). It is a statewide middle value; local rates differ a lot.

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Eligibility finder for Nevada

Answer a few questions to see which property tax breaks may fit you. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere.

Pre-set for surviving spouses: you own and live in the home and are a surviving spouse. Change any answer.

Do you own the home and live in it as your main home?

Your age, or the year you were born

Leave empty if you'd rather not say.

Are you a veteran?

Do you have a permanent disability?

Are you the surviving spouse of a veteran, service member or first responder?

Yearly household income ($)

Everyone in the home, before taxes. Optional: used only to compare with income limits.

Do you own and live in the home?Answer the first question to see results.

A first check, not a decision: only your county, city or town assessor decides. We read ages, ratings and income limits only where the official rule states them plainly; otherwise we show the rule for you to check.

Document checklist for Nevada

Pick the breaks you plan to apply for. You get a checklist of forms, documents, steps and deadlines to print or keep on your phone.

Questions about surviving spouses property tax breaks in Nevada

Who qualifies for property tax breaks for surviving spouses in Nevada?

Surviving Spouse's Exemption (and surviving spouse of a disabled veteran): A Nevada resident whose spouse has died and who has not remarried (any remarriage ends it, even if annulled). For the disabled-veteran version you must have been married to and living with the veteran for the 5 years before death, the veteran must have qualified, and you must not have remarried.

Is there an income limit for surviving spouses' property tax breaks in Nevada?

Our sources list no income limit for any of these breaks.

When is the deadline for surviving spouses to apply in Nevada?

Surviving Spouse's Exemption (and surviving spouse of a disabled veteran): By June 15 for the coming fiscal year (NRS 361.155).

Do surviving spouses have to reapply every year in Nevada?

Surviving Spouse's Exemption (and surviving spouse of a disabled veteran): Every year by returning the assessor's renewal form.

Where do surviving spouses apply for property tax breaks in Nevada?

Your county assessor grants all personal exemptions and the 3% tax cap; you apply at the assessor's office in the county where you live. The Nevada Department of Taxation sets the yearly inflation-adjusted exemption amounts. For the Surviving Spouse's Exemption (and surviving spouse of a disabled veteran): Go to the county assessor with your Nevada driver's license or ID and a copy of your spouse's death certificate (plus the veteran's discharge and VA disability papers for the disabled-veteran version) and sign the affidavit.

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Last checked: Oct 2026.