Livingston County Veteran Burial Assistance

Livingston County pays veteran burial and cremation costs through its Veterans Relief Fund application - burial is a named eligible use - but the county does not publish the amount it pays; the statutory floor is $300.

Also called: burial, funeral, cremation, burial assistance, 35.801, $300, relief fund, spouse.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Livingston County, MICounty

Michigan requires every county to pay at least $300 toward the burial of a qualifying wartime veteran, or the veteran's spouse or surviving spouse (MCL 35.801; see the Michigan entry on the county burial allowance). Livingston County handles its burial duty inside the Veterans Relief Fund: the fund application lists "Burial or cremation costs" among the eligible uses of assistance, applied for the same way - a DD-214, the last 90 days of bank statements and a Veterans Service Officer's review, at (517) 546-6338. What the county pays per burial is published nowhere found: the budget book shows fund 293, the Veterans Relief Fund, spending a few thousand dollars a year, with the millage fund's $190,000 supportive-services line behind the office's assistance programmes. The statute's own tests - a discharge under honorable conditions, wartime service, an estate under $40,000 with the homestead excluded, and a claim within two years - protect a family the office turns away.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Livingston County Veteran Burial Assistance
Gate	Rule
Wartime veteran or spouse, per the statute	The statute pays a veteran discharged under honorable conditions with wartime service, an estate under $40,000 excluding the home, claimed within two years; the county amount is unpublished. No rating is needed.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-10-07.

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VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.