Sanilac County Veterans Affairs: the Relief Fund, the county burial allotment and the burial flag case

Sanilac County pays a burial allotment on the death of an eligible veteran or a veteran’s spouse whose assets at death, apart from the home, were not over $40,000, gives the next of kin of an eligible county veteran a burial flag case, and grants Relief Fund help for unforeseen, temporary emergencies to eligible wartime and peacetime veterans and their families living in the county; the 2026 budget carries $30,000 for burial, $5,000 for headstones and markers and $7,000 for flag cases.

Also called: Sanilac County Relief Fund, Soldiers and Sailors Relief, emergency assistance, burial allotment, burial allowance, flag case, $40,000, headstone, markers, 810-648-0212, Sandusky, Croswell, Lexington, Marlette, Brown City, Port Sanilac, Carsonville, Deckerville, Minden City, Peck, Melvin, Applegate, Forestville.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Sanilac County, MICounty

The relief fund. The Local Benefits page: "Assistance may be granted by the Sanilac County Relief Fund for unforeseen, temporary emergencies or hardships to eligible wartime Veterans, peacetime Veterans and their families, residing in the county that meet eligibility. (Residence must be established)." The page prints no amount or income test; ask the department. The burial allotment. The Death & Burial page: "A county burial allotment is payable for the death of an eligible Veteran and his/her spouse. To be eligible for this the assets at the time of death must not be over $40,000 (not including the primary residence)." The page does not print the amount. The flag case. "Effective January 1, 2017 a burial flag case will be provided to the next of kin or significant other (when deemed appropriate) for a deceased Sanilac County Veteran who meets eligibility." The budget. The 2026 Veterans Millage Fund (December 2, 2025 minutes) carries "Veterans Burial Expense" $30,000, "Veterans Burial-Headstone/Markers" $5,000 and "Veterans Burial-Flag Case" $7,000. On March 3, 2026 (FA-043-26) the board let the director buy 40 gross of flags and 362 markers for up to $7,875.10 from the millage - the grave flags and markers the department places. Federal burial benefits - national cemetery burial, the VA headstone, flag and Presidential Memorial Certificate, and the service-connected and non-service-connected burial allowances - are on the same page and in the federal entries; the department files them.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Sanilac County Veterans Affairs: the Relief Fund, the county burial allotment and the burial flag case
Gate	Rule
Sanilac County veterans and families	Relief needs county residence and an emergency; the burial allotment needs assets at death of $40,000 or less apart from the home. No rating is needed.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-11-06.

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