Hinds County Veterans Services Office

The Hinds County Veterans Services Office helps county veterans and their families obtain benefits and entitlements from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and from the State of Mississippi. The county's goal statement, in its own words, is to positively impact the quality of life of Hinds County veterans and their families who may be entitled to those benefits. The office is at 316 South President Street, Jackson, MS 39205-0686, phone (601) 968-5408, fax (601) 968-6544, email [email protected], open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except legal holidays. The county's veterans service officer is Mamie Pickett Brown. Mississippi Veterans Affairs' county list shows the same address and phone. A county veterans service officer under Section 35-3-3 must be certified annually by Mississippi Veterans Affairs, which requires attending an annual training program and passing a written examination. The office is free. The county also keeps a Flag Repository in the Hinds courthouse at 407 East Pascagoula Street, Jackson, for proper disposal of worn flags. Homestead and tags. Homestead applications go to the county tax assessor between January 1 and April 1 (see the Hinds homestead entry); the one-dollar disabled veteran plates are issued by the county tax collector under Section 27-19-53; and the chancery clerk records discharges without cost under Section 35-3-13. The State entries carry those rules; these county offices carry them out.