Flathead County Veteran Burial and Headstone Allowance
Flathead County pays up to $500 toward a qualifying resident veteran's interment and up to $100 toward a headstone, under MCA 10-2-501 and county resolution 2296 of June 13, 2011. The Clerk & Recorder takes the claim with the death certificate, the DD214 and proof of payment, and the Finance Department reimburses the applicant directly.
Also called: burial, headstone, interment, $500, $100, 10-2-501, 10-2-101, resolution 2296, Clerk and Recorder, Kalispell.
The statutory allowance is Montana's, section 10-2-501, which the State entry writes up: up to $500 toward interment and up to $100 toward shipping and raising a federal headstone, with the dignity rules that bar a pauper plot and a discount contract. Flathead County's Clerk & Recorder publishes the county's own working of it.
Amounts and authority. "Under Montana law (MCA 10-2-501), the county pays an allowance toward a resident veteran's burial: up to $500 toward interment (burial) expenses, up to $100 toward placing a suitable headstone." The veteran is defined by MCA 10-2-101: honorably discharged after active duty with the United States armed forces, other than for training, and must have been a resident of Flathead County. The page records that these amounts were set by county resolution 2296, adopted June 13, 2011.
How to apply. Submit to the Clerk & Recorder's office, in person, by mail or by email: the county's Authorization & Claim Form, the veteran's death certificate, proof of the veteran's service (DD214), and a paid-in-full receipt from the funeral home or a voided check showing payment to the funeral home.
What happens next. Once eligibility is confirmed, the Finance Department issues the reimbursement directly to the applicant - not to the funeral home or headstone provider. If more than one party qualifies, payment is made first-come, first-served in the order applications are received. The county's Authorization and Claim Form and its Veteran Burial and Headstone Allowance Policy are posted on the same page.
Thresholds
Thresholds for Flathead County Veteran Burial and Headstone Allowance
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Rule
A resident veteran, honorably discharged, who was buried on the claim
The allowance reaches an honorably discharged veteran who was a Flathead County resident, under MCA 10-2-101 and 10-2-501; the claim is made after death, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
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