I discovered online that military and veterans are eligible for a bit of a tax exemption for either registering a new vehicle or real property. You can download the form on the website, but you have to take it to the county assessor's office for verification before you take it to the DMV. The main office is downtown, but this smaller office showed up on google so I went here instead. Boy am I glad I did! It was probably the fastest trip to/through a government office I've ever experienced. There was one person ahead of me, so the wait was minimal, the lady who helped me (I apologize, I have since forgotten her name) was quick and knowlegeable-- all I said was I wanted to apply for the veteran's exemption, handed her my paper and about a minute later I was on my way out the door.
I am a big fan of streamlining government offices and this was easy to find, easy to get to, and QUICK. read more