Death & Survivor Benefits

Mendocino County Veterans Memorial Buildings

Mendocino County's six Veterans Memorial Buildings - Boonville, Covelo, Fort Bragg, Hopland, Ukiah and Willits - are free to congressionally chartered veterans' organizations and their auxiliaries for their meetings and functions and for memorial services for veterans with an honorable discharge, under rules the Board revised on September 1, 2026; anyone else rents them by the day.

Also called: Veterans Hall, Veterans Memorial Building, memorial service, funeral, American Legion, VFW, rent, Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Willits, Point Arena, Mendocino, Gualala, Covelo, Boonville, Hopland, Laytonville, Redwood Valley, Albion, Elk, Philo.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The rules, as revised September 1, 2026: "Primary use of Veterans Memorial Buildings (hereafter 'Buildings') shall be for congressionally chartered Veterans' organizations (including but not limited to those listed in Appendix A) and their auxiliaries for regularly scheduled meetings, fundraisers, special gatherings, parties, and functions of these organizations, memorial services for Veterans with an Honorable Discharge and auxiliaries. This use shall be at no charge and take precedence over all other usage." Appendix A names American Legion Posts 76, 96, 174, 385, 529, 676, 795 and 815 and VFW Posts 1900 and 11166. For a family. A veteran's memorial service in a hall is free when a chartered post or auxiliary holds it; ask the post that meets in the nearest hall. Other users rent by the day under the county fee schedule; requests go to the County's building scheduler, [email protected]. On December 16, 2025 the Board declared the Boonville building exempt surplus land, American Legion Post 385, which uses it, having asked to own it, and on September 15, 2026 licensed the Fort Bragg hall to the City of Fort Bragg to run; the rules continue to govern the veterans' use.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Mendocino County Veterans Memorial Buildings
GateRule
Chartered veterans organizations, and memorial services for honorably discharged veteransFree use is for the posts and auxiliaries and the memorial services they hold; no rating is needed.

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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.