Columbia County Return the F.A.V.O.R. Discount Program (County Clerk)

The Columbia County Clerk’s "Return the F.A.V.O.R." program gives honorably discharged returning veterans a picture I.D. card that participating county merchants honour with discounts; the rules, the I.D. card application, the merchant application and the merchant list are on the clerk’s page.

Also called: F.A.V.O.R., FAVOR, Return the FAVOR, discount, veteran ID card, merchant, County Clerk, Holly C. Tanner, 560 Warren Street, Hudson, Hudson, Kinderhook, Chatham, Ghent, Philmont, Valatie, Copake, Hillsdale, New Lebanon, Clermont, Greenport, Stuyvesant, Stockport, Ancram, Gallatin, Claverack, Livingston, Austerlitz, Canaan, Taghkanic.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Columbia County, NYCounty

The clerk's own programme. The F.A.V.O.R. page: "This initiative is a way that our county can recognize the service and sacrifices made by our returning veterans. Under the 'Return the F.A.V.O.R.' Discount Program, eligible individuals will receive a picture I.D. card identifying them as an honorably discharged returning veteran. Participating county merchants would agree to honor the card by providing holders with a discount on purchases or services." The page carries the rules, the letter to businesses, the I.D. card application, the merchant application and the merchant list. Where. The Columbia County Clerk's office sits at 560 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534 - County Clerk/County Commissioner of DMV Holly C. Tanner, 518-828-3339, fax 518-828-5299 - with the DMV in the same building ("All are welcome at the Hudson DMV. No appointments necessary!"). The clerk's fee schedule publishes no military-discharge line: the DD-214 recording is the State's free route (NY County Law 144; see the New York entry), and the F.A.V.O.R. card rides on it.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Columbia County Return the F.A.V.O.R. Discount Program (County Clerk)
Gate	Rule
Honorably discharged returning veteran	The card identifies an honorably discharged returning veteran; the clerk’s rules set the rest. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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