Monroe County pays a $100 death benefit toward the burial of a veteran or a veteran's widow, reimburses up to $100 for installing a government headstone for a wartime veteran and $75 toward engraving a private headstone where no government marker exists, and supplies flag holders and flags for Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
A wartime veteran, or the spouse of one, living in the county. The State one-year filing deadline applies. No rating is needed.
Monroe County pays $300 toward a qualifying veteran's burial plus $50 toward installing a government marker at the grave, on an estate under $40,000 with the homestead excluded, claimed within two years. Its committee approves the claims monthly, and its own page adds a rule about spouses the statute does not.
Wartime veteran or spouse, estate under $40,000. An honorable discharge with 90 days of recognized wartime service, and an estate under $40,000 with the homestead excluded, claimed within two years. No rating is needed.
Every Montana county must pay up to $500 toward interring a veteran who lived in the state, plus up to $100 to ship and raise a federal headstone. The figure has not moved since 1999 and the burial may not be in a pauper plot.
A Montana resident at the time of death, honorably discharged. The allowance reaches a veteran who was a resident of Montana at death, using the strict definition in 10-2-101 that requires an honorable discharge. Section 10-2-506 excludes a veteran with no legal residence in the state.
A medallion and a joint resolution of the Legislature for the family of a Montana service member killed or missing in action since 1939, and a commemorative coin for the family of an eligible veteran.
A Montana resident killed or missing in action since September 8, 1939. The service member must have been a Montana resident on active duty, killed in action or declared missing in action on or after September 8, 1939 in a Department of Defense recognised operation, in one of the four circumstances the statute lists.
A $50,000 state payment to the beneficiary of a Guard member who dies in the line of duty on state orders. It is untaxed by Montana, and it does not apply to a death on federal orders.
Paid from state and not federal military funds. The Department of Military Affairs must certify that the member died in the line of duty under Article VI, section 13 of the Montana Constitution or on state duty for special work under 10-1-505(2), and that the member was being paid or was to be paid from state rather than federal military funds.
The same rate reduction on the surviving spouse’s own income table, which is lower than the veteran’s. It reaches a death on active duty and a death from a service-connected disability, not only the death of a veteran already rated 100 percent.
Unmarried surviving spouse, owner and occupant. The spouse must own and occupy the home as a primary residence for at least seven months of the year and must not have remarried. Remarriage terminates participation at the Department’s annual verification rather than merely failing a later test.
Four state cemeteries where a veteran is interred at little or no charge and a spouse pays an opening and closing fee. Guard and Reserve members who fail the federal burial test can still be buried here.
Federal national cemetery eligibility, and no Montana residency test. Eligibility follows the VA national cemetery rules: an other than dishonorable discharge, sufficient qualifying service for the period served, and legible discharge documentation. There is no requirement to have lived in Montana. The cemetery manager verifies eligibility.
Up to half of a Survivor Benefit Plan annuity comes off Montana taxable income, and unlike the retiree’s version it is not capped at the survivor’s Montana wage income. The same five-year and residency conditions apply.
No Montana wage income cap on the survivor version. The lesser-of cap in 15-30-2120(8) is written to apply to the pension subtraction in (3)(n)(i) and does not reach the survivor benefit subtraction in (3)(n)(ii). A survivor with no Montana earnings still subtracts up to 50 percent.
Tuition waived for the spouse or child of a Montana National Guard member killed in the line of duty on state active duty. Federal duty deaths are covered by other programs and not by this one.
State active duty, not federal. The Guard member must have been killed or died from an injury, disease or other disability incurred in the line of duty while on state active duty. A death on federal Title 10 orders is not covered by this waiver.
Undergraduate tuition waived for a child aged 25 or under of a Montana service member killed in action or dead of a combat-related cause. The list of qualifying conflicts skips the Gulf War and every operation between Vietnam and Iraq.
Aged 25 or under, for undergraduate study only. The waiver runs only while the student is 25 or under, covers undergraduate tuition only, waives no fees, and cannot be combined with another tuition waiver. Satisfactory academic progress must be maintained.
Montgomery County pays $100 toward the funeral and headstone or headstone base of a wartime veteran who lived in the county, and the same for a surviving spouse, and gives free bronze flagholders for veterans graves. Apply within one year of the death, which the county page does not say.
Wartime active duty veteran, or surviving spouse, living in the county at death. The county pays for a wartime veteran who served on active duty and lived in the county, and for a surviving spouse who had not remarried. Apply within one year of the death. No rating is needed.
Up to $1,000 toward the funeral of a veteran who died without the means to pay, applied for by the funeral home and judged like any assistance application. The commission's burial page also quotes VA allowances of $300 that VA raised years ago.
Died without the means to pay. The funeral home applies and the commission tests the family's means as for any assistance. The county contributes up to $1,000. No rating is needed.
Morgan County's Commissioners pay up to $200 toward a deceased veteran's or spouse's grave marker under County Code 30.06 and IC 10-17-10, and the Veterans Service Office says the county also pays $80 toward setting a headstone or marker; the funeral home usually files, or ask the office (765-205-1614).
A deceased veteran or spouse. Paid on the death of an Indiana-resident veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse. No rating is needed.
Muskegon County pays $300 toward the burial of an eligible wartime veteran or the veteran's spouse, and its check registers record the payments monthly from the veterans affairs fund, with a separate headstone placement line.
Wartime veteran or spouse, per the statute. The county pays $300 for an eligible wartime veteran or the spouse; the statute pays a veteran discharged under honorable conditions with wartime service, an estate under $40,000 excluding the home, claimed within two years. No rating is needed.
The county must decently inter a veteran who dies without the means to pay for a funeral, must not use a pauper cemetery, and must furnish a grave marker to any veteran buried in the county.
Honorable or general under honorable conditions. Sections 80-104 and 80-107(2)(b) both name the two characterizations.
The same total, uncapped exemption reaches an unremarried surviving spouse four ways, and remarriage after the age of fifty-seven no longer ends it.
Unremarried, or remarried after attaining the age of fifty-seven. Section 77-3506(2) and (4). Remarriage before fifty-seven ends the exemption and must be reported to the county assessor within thirty days. Remarriage on or before August 15 of the application year makes the spouse ineligible for that year.
The spouse and children of a Nebraska National Guard member who dies in the active service of the state get full tuition for four undergraduate years, with a ten year window for the spouse.
A Nebraska National Guard member who died in the active service of the state. Section 85-507. State active duty is the Governor’s call for a state emergency. A death on federal title 10 duty is covered by federal survivor programmes and by 80-411 instead.
Two state cemeteries, at Alliance and at Grand Island, on federal eligibility rules. The operating money comes from an endowment and from licence plate fees, and by statute never from the General Fund.
Federal National Cemetery Administration eligibility. Section 12-1301(7) adopts the NCA definition rather than writing a state one, so the rules are those of 38 U.S.C. 2402.
Nevada admits veterans its federal counterpart would not: a Guard or reserve member who meets the state definition, or a veteran who received a commemorative plaque or urn, is eligible even without federal national cemetery eligibility. Burial is free only for the federally eligible veteran, and a plot cannot be reserved in advance.
Federal national cemetery eligibility under 38 U.S.C. 2402. NRS 417.210, subsection 1(a). This is the route that carries the guarantee of no charge for the plot or the interment.
One cemetery at Boscawen run by the adjutant general. The state’s obligation is capped by statute at a grave site, opening and closing the grave, and maintenance, and eligibility for interment is set by regulation rather than by the statute.
Eligibility for interment is set by regulation, not by the statute. RSA 110-B:78, I directs the adjutant general to adopt regulations, subject to approval of the governor and council, on standards and procedures for determining eligibility for interment. The statute states no service or discharge test.
A $700 credit, which a town may raise to $2,000 and to $2,500 from April 1, 2027, for the surviving spouse of someone killed or who died on active duty. It is the only New Hampshire credit that applies to all of the spouse’s real and personal property rather than to a residence.
The spouse died while on active duty in a conflict listed in RSA 72:28. RSA 72:29-a, I. Death on active duty in a listed war, conflict, armed conflict or combat zone is required. A service-connected death after separation is handled by RSA 72:28, IV(c) instead.
Free undergraduate tuition at any New Jersey public or private college for a child of a service member from New Jersey declared a prisoner of war or missing in action after January 1, 1960. Eligibility, once established, is not lost if the parent returns.
Parent declared POW or MIA after January 1, 1960, and a New Jersey resident at entry. N.J.S.A. 38A:22-3(b).
Up to $500 a year for four years toward school or college for a New Jersey child aged 16 to 21 whose resident parent died in wartime service, died later of a disability from that service, or is listed as missing in action. The amount has not changed since 1952.
Resident parent died in or from wartime service, or is MIA; child 16 to 21 with a year in New Jersey. N.J.S.A. 38:20-1.
New Kent exempts the dwelling and up to one acre of the surviving spouse of a covered person killed in the line of duty, up to the average assessed value of a single-family dwelling in the county, a figure the county does not publish.
Free tuition and up to $300 a year at a state institution for a child aged 16 to 26 of a New Mexico service member killed or who died as a result of service in armed conflict, or of a Guard member killed on state duty; four years of waived tuition for children of residents killed after deployment since 2003; and free tuition to a degree for the spouse and children of a Guard member who dies on state duty.
Child aged 16 to 26. NMSA 1978, § 28-14-1(A).
Half a million dollars to the beneficiaries a Guard member or state defense force member named, if the member is killed on state active duty, on top of any other death benefit.
Killed while on state active duty. NMSA 1978, § 20-14-3(A).
Four state veterans cemeteries, at Fort Stanton, Gallup, Angel Fire and Taos, with a fifth planned in Carlsbad, for veterans and their families, alongside the national cemeteries in Santa Fe and Fort Bayard. The Army benefits library still lists three, and the burial pre-application still offers Carlsbad and not Taos.
National cemetery eligibility. 38 C.F.R. 39.10 limits the VA-funded State cemeteries to veterans and their families; the library says New Mexico applies the national cemetery tests of 38 U.S.C. 2402, and the Department states no residency test.
Each county, and New York City, must arrange the burial of an honorably discharged veteran, or a veteran's spouse, surviving spouse, minor child or parent, who dies without enough money for a funeral, never in a pauper's plot, and mark an unmarked grave with a headstone. For a veteran with no next of kin it asks a veterans' organization to conduct the funeral, which the State repays up to $2,000.
Died without means, with an honorable or qualifying discharge. The veteran, or the spouse, unremarried surviving spouse, minor child or parent of one, died without enough money for a funeral. No rating is needed.
The City's Department of Veterans' Services makes sure a veteran who dies in the City unclaimed or abandoned gets a military funeral with honors. Anyone who knows of such a veteran should call 212-416-5250. The City pays no burial allowance of its own.
A veteran who dies in the City unclaimed or abandoned. No rating is needed. Families arranging their own funeral use VA burial benefits.
An annual annuity for the parents, spouse, domestic partner, and children of a service member who died on active duty. There is no income test, remarriage does not end eligibility for a surviving spouse, and the amount rises every year with the federal cost of living adjustment.
Death of the service member on active duty, and New York domicile. The gates are the service member having died while on active duty, the applicant being a qualifying parent, spouse, domestic partner, or child, and New York residency and domicile. There is no rating test and no income test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Military Enhanced Recognition Incentive and Tribute. Covers the cost of attendance, up to the average at a state-operated SUNY college, for the child, spouse or financial dependent of a New York resident service member who died, went missing, or was severely and permanently disabled in service or in military training, and for the disabled member; no income limit.
Severely and permanently disabled in the line of duty. One qualifying path is that the service member, a New York resident, became severely and permanently disabled from injury or illness in service or in military training. That is an agency determination about the condition rather than a combined rating percentage, so the rating filter cannot test it.
A $450 a year award for a student whose veteran parent died, is missing, was a prisoner of war, or carries a service-connected disability rated 40% or more. It is small, it is not income tested, and it is paid on top of every other award.
Parent rated 40% or more service-connected. On the disability path the veteran parent has to carry a service-connected disability rated 40% or greater as a result of service during a designated period of war or conflict. A lower rating does not qualify on this path.
Norfolk takes applications for the surviving spouse exemption under both the old killed-in-action rule and the current line-of-duty rule, and asks line-of-duty applicants for a DD Form 1300 and a Dominion Energy bill.
Died in the line of duty. The Department of Defense found the member died in the line of duty. The spouse has not remarried and owns and occupies the home. No disability rating is involved.
Eight academic semesters for the child of a wartime veteran who died of wartime service, is or was rated at least 20% for a wartime disability, received a Purple Heart, was a prisoner of war or is missing in action. The child has to be under 25 at application; awards are rationed to funds through 2027-2028, and new 2026-27 and 2027-28 awards go to in-state undergraduates.
Parent rated at least 20% for a wartime service-connected disability. Class II covers a veteran parent with a wartime service-connected disability of at least 20 percent but less than 100, living or at death; Class I-B covers 100 percent. That floor is low by the standards of survivor scholarships, and a family that assumed a higher threshold should look again.
Four state veterans cemeteries, at Black Mountain, Jacksonville, Spring Lake and Goldsboro. Burial is free for a veteran discharged under honorable conditions, and since July 8, 2024 no North Carolina residency is required; a fee applies for a spouse or dependant.
Service ended under honorable conditions, or reserve retirement eligibility. G.S. 65-43: active service ended under honorable conditions (or death in service), with national cemetery eligibility or entitlement to reserve retired pay. The North Carolina residency test was repealed from July 8, 2024. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Free tuition and fees at a North Dakota state institution for the spouse or child of a veteran killed, totally disabled, unemployable, a prisoner of war or missing. The benefit is not lost if the veteran comes home or later dies.
Killed, totally disabled, unemployable, a prisoner of war, or missing. The veteran must have been killed in action, died from wounds or other service-connected causes, died from service-connected disabilities, been declared a prisoner of war or missing in action, hold a one hundred percent service-connected disability, or hold an extra-schedular rating to include individual unemployability resulting in payment at the one hundred percent rate.
A commemorative coin presented to the family during military funeral honors, a $50 stipend to the veterans organization that provides them, and a burial medallion for a Guard member who qualifies for no other one.
The coin reaches anyone who lived in North Dakota at any time. A North Dakota veteran for the memorial coin is one who meets the service requirements and was a resident of North Dakota during any period of their life. Eligibility covers active duty, national guard and selected reserve service, and the Public Health Service and NOAA officer corps and Public Law 95-202 civilian groups.
The ceiling on the state death benefit for a Guard member who dies on state active duty rose from $15,000 to $100,000 in 2025. It is discretionary and subject to available funds.
State active duty, not federal orders. The benefit reaches a Guard member who died while serving in a state active duty status under chapter 37-01. A death on federal Title 10 orders is covered by the federal death gratuity and SGLI instead.
A surviving spouse receiving DIC gets the full 100 percent credit on the first $9,000 of taxable valuation. A rating decided after the veteran died is treated as if it had come first.
DIC converts the credit to the full 100 percent. A surviving spouse receiving Dependency and Indemnity Compensation receives a one hundred percent credit on the first $9,000 of taxable valuation regardless of the rating the veteran held. A surviving spouse not receiving DIC claims at the veteran’s certified percentage.
One state cemetery, at Mandan beside Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park. Burial of the veteran is free, and the statute names Guard and reserve members without requiring federal service.
Guard and reserve members are named in the statute. Section 37-03-14 provides lots for deceased members of the national guard, other reserve components and veterans, without the federal requirement of a qualifying period of active duty or a reserve retirement.
Northampton County pays $100 toward the burial of an honorably discharged wartime veteran and of a veteran's widow, and up to $100 to set a federal headstone or letter an existing one, and supplies Memorial Day flags and bronze markers. Section 15513 makes the headstone base or lettering an actual-cost duty with no $100 cap. Apply within one year of the death.
A wartime veteran with an honorable discharge, or a surviving spouse, living in the county. Apply within one year of the death. No rating is needed.
Before Okaloosa County cremates an unclaimed or indigent person at public expense, its policy has staff check with Social Security, the county Veteran Services department and the VA Gulf Coast system whether the person was a veteran, a spouse or a dependent child entitled to burial in a national cemetery, and arrange that burial instead.
Unclaimed or indigent deceased veterans and families. For a deceased veteran, spouse or dependent child eligible for a national cemetery. No rating is needed.
From November 1, 2026, the spouse and children of a service member killed in the line of duty pay no tuition at Oklahoma public colleges and technology centers, and no fees or room and board for five years, if the service member was an Oklahoma resident or the survivor lives here. Oklahoma has no tuition waiver for children of living 100 percent disabled veterans, whatever some guides say.
Service member killed in the line of duty. 70 O.S. § 3218.7-2 (2026 Okla. Sess. Laws c. 293, § 2).
Resident tuition for up to five years at an Oklahoma public college, or part of tuition at a private college, for the child of a service member killed or fatally injured in the line of duty after January 1, 2000, if the parent filed an Oklahoma tax return the year before and the child enrols before 21.
Parent killed or fatally injured in the line of duty after January 1, 2000. 70 O.S. § 2603(B)(1)(a).
The unremarried surviving spouse of a service member whom the Department of Defense determines died in the line of duty owes no property tax on the whole fair cash value of the home, whatever the service member's disability rating. It ends on remarriage.
Death in the line of duty, as the Department of Defense determines. Okla. Const. art. X, § 8F(A).
The Department of Veterans Affairs reimburses up to $1,000 of unpaid burial or cremation costs for a veteran whose remains were unclaimed or who could not afford a dignified burial. From November 1, 2026 the veteran must have been an Oklahoma resident rather than have died in Oklahoma.
A veteran under 72 O.S. § 2, not in Corrections custody at death. 72 O.S. §§ 34(B), 36(C).
Onondaga County buries a veteran with five years of residence in the county, and the veteran's spouse and dependent children, free in its 52-acre Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Howlett Hill Road, since Local Law 1 of 2019 ended the $500 fee. The pages say honorably discharged; the agency's own definition is broader.
Five years of Onondaga County residence. The veteran, spouse or dependent child of an eligible veteran. No rating is needed.
Orange County buries eligible veterans, their spouses and dependent children, and Gold Star parents of veterans lost in combat, in its Veterans Memorial Cemetery at 111 Craigville Road, Goshen: a $500 full-size gravesite with first opening and closing, marker setting and perpetual care, $250 for cremains, and a 96-niche columbarium at $400 a niche.
Active duty service with an other than dishonorable discharge, and county residency. The veteran, the spouse or dependent child of an eligible veteran, or the parents of a veteran lost in combat. No rating is needed.