Miscellaneous

The Dawson County Clerk of the Court - Justin Power, Clerk of Superior and Juvenile Courts, elected 2010, 25 Justice Way, Suite 1302, Dawsonville, GA 30534 (706-344-3510, fax 706-344-3511, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the county's own clerk page lists the records the office is custodian of but no discharge line, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries.

Any veteran with a discharge. The recording is free under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and the record is closed for fifty years under 15-6-72. No rating is needed.

The Dawson County Clerk (Clare Christy, 400 South 1st Street, Lamesa, 806-329-3311) posts a "Request for Copy of Military Discharge Form" but no discharge fee line; the free DD-214 filing (Local Government Code 192.002), the free certified copy (Government Code 603.003) and the confidentiality (552.140) are the State's.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.

The Dawson County Commissioners' Court (County Judge Foy O'Brien) posts no agendas or minutes on the county's site; its FY 2027 approved budget keeps a $40,000 veterans service officer's salary, and its FY 2026-2027 holiday list, approved May 12, 2026, has no Veterans Day. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Dawson County Tax Commissioner - Nicole Stewart Brooksher, 25 Justice Way, Suite 1222, Dawsonville, GA 30534 (706-344-3520, [email protected], weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., dawsoncountytax.com) - points the homestead detail at the Tax Assessor's Office: the Catalis site's FAQ reads "bring a copy of your warranty deed to the Tax Assessor's office between January 2 and April 1" and "Contact the Dawson County Tax Assessor's Office for details of the available exemptions"; the assessors' own site (dawsonassessors.com, Chief Appraiser Elaine Garrett, 25 Justice Way, Suite 1201, 706-344-3590) answers a Cloudflare challenge and its qPublic record-search site was not read, so the veteran amounts remain the State's.

Qualifying disabled veteran or surviving spouse who owns and occupies the home. The exemption follows O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1; the county offices take the application and publish no veteran amounts of their own. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Dawson County levies a small tax for a Veterans Emergency Aid fund under section 80-102 - $4,776.38 for 2026-2027 - and budgets $8,500 a year for emergency relief, but paid no relief from it in 2024-2025 or 2025-2026; the fund’s only spending was on grave markers.

Veteran, spouse, surviving spouse or minor child in need. Section 80-102 as amended in 2024: honorable or general service, a year in Nebraska and six months in Dawson County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.

Dawson County’s Veterans Service Office on the lower level of the Lexington courthouse, under Veterans Service Officer Steve Zerr, files claims, meets immediate emergency financial needs and sells the State’s $5 hunting and fishing permit to veterans 64 and older; under an agreement both counties’ budgets list it also serves Frontier County, which pays $5,000 a year.

Any veteran or dependent in Dawson or Frontier County. Claims help needs no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.

The DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder, 110 East Sycamore Street, Sycamore (Recorder 815-895-7156), records a veteran's DD-214 and gives certified copies with no charge; recorded discharges are closed to the public.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and certified copies are free in DeKalb County; copies go only to the people the statute lists. No rating is needed.

The DeKalb Clerk of Superior Court records DD-214s for DeKalb residents on the spot and gives certified copies, all at no charge, and warns veterans not to pay companies to file them. Its page says only the veteran or next of kin may get a copy; State law also lets a spouse, an agent under a power of attorney, a legal representative or a lawyer.

The DeKalb County Recorder of Deeds, Ashley D. Johnson, 109 W. Main Street, Maysville (816-449-5010, option 6), files and keeps military discharge documents and lists "Military Discharges - No Charge" in her fee schedule; RSMo 59.480 makes the recording and copies free and limits copies to the veteran or an authorized party.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and copies are free under the State statute; copies go only to the veteran or the people 59.480 names. No rating is needed.

The DeKalb County Tax Commissioner's tag office issues the State's free disabled veteran plates but says only the first is free and a second costs $45. The Department of Revenue and the Department of Veterans Service both say a qualifying veteran gets free plates for up to two cars or motorcycles. The office also names only the 100% and unemployability routes.

100% service-connected. One path is a 100% rating. Statutory awards for loss of limbs or sight are another path the filter does not test.

DeKalb County has an active veterans court on the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts' 2026 map. Neither the court system nor the county publishes its eligibility rules online; ask a defence lawyer or the DeKalb County Veterans Service Office.

Veteran with a criminal case in DeKalb County. Eligibility is set by the court and is not published. No rating is needed.

A two-year felony programme in DeKalb Superior Court for veterans with substance use or mental health disorders, open to every discharge status, with treatment given in-house by the court rather than only through VA, a VA Veterans Justice Outreach officer, and peer mentors.

Veteran facing a felony charge, any discharge. No rating or discharge test. The offences 15-1-17 bars are excluded and the court sets the rest of its criteria.

DeSoto County charges non-campers a $2 daily user fee at Brownville Park on the Peace River, its one county park with an entrance fee; the county publishes no discount for service members or veterans, though section 125.029 requires a county park department to give one, so a veteran should ask for it at the gate.

Current members, honorably discharged veterans, listed survivors. Section 125.029 reaches current service members, honorably discharged veterans and listed survivors; the county publishes no rate. No rating is needed.

The DeSoto County Clerk of the Circuit Court lists "DD214 - Military Discharges" among the documents it records - free to the veteran under section 28.222(3)(d), though its fee pages print only the ordinary $10 first page - and takes notarized requests to remove a discharge image from its public website. 115 East Oak Street, Room 101, Arcadia, (863) 993-4876.

Any veteran. Recording and removing a discharge are free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Each November the Board of Supervisors lights county buildings green for veterans and invites businesses, HOAs, residents and other governments to join, part of the National Association of Counties program.

Awareness observance, no eligibility. Operation Green Light is an observance with no benefit attached; it is recorded for its directory value to the county veteran services office.

DeSoto County keeps two veteran services offices, in Hernando and Olive Branch, staffed by county veterans benefits specialists who help veterans, service members, surviving spouses and families claim federal and state benefits by appointment.

Veterans, service members, surviving spouses and families. The office assists veterans, service members, surviving spouses, and veterans’ families with federal and state benefit claims. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

DeSoto County's Veterans Service Office, 201 E. Oak Street, Suite 202, Arcadia, 863-993-4860, helps veterans and eligible family members with VA compensation, pension, vocational rehabilitation and burial claims; Veterans Service Officer Steve Rickard keeps short hours, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday.

Veterans and eligible family members. For veterans and eligible family members. No rating is needed.

The DeWitt County Clerk (Natalie Carson, 102 N Clinton St., Suite 120, Cuero, 361-275-0864) files a DD-214 and issues copies at no charge under its vital statistics fee schedule, and takes copy requests on its Request for Copy of Military Discharge with the requester’s ID.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.

The DeWitt County Commissioners Court (County Judge Daryl L. Fowler) approved on March 9, 2026 an agreement giving the Texas Veterans Commission office space with the county’s veterans office, adopted on June 22, 2026 a resolution supporting renaming the Victoria VA clinic for Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez, and adopted an FY2027 budget on August 24, 2026 that raises the office to $80,409; no benefit was narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Deaf Smith County Clerk (Rachel Garman, 235 East 3rd Street, Room 203, Hereford, 806-363-7077) lists "Military Discharge (DD214)" filing and certified copies at "No Charge" on its fee schedule ("Thank you for your service!"), and notes that it may waive assumed-name filing fees for a veteran who shows proof of veteran status.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.

The Deaf Smith County Commissioners Court (County Judge D. J. Wagner) put an Operation Green Light for Veterans 2026 proclamation on its October 27, 2026 agenda, keeps Veteran’s Day among the county holidays for 2026 and 2027, and adopted a 2027 budget that pays the part-time veterans service officer $25,278.42; the county posts no minutes, and no benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Dearborn County Board of Commissioners (Jim Thatcher president, Duane Bischoff, Kevin Turner; Administrator Sue Hayden) approved the Veterans Office's part-time assistant on December 2, 2025 (Dave Currence's workload; he serves veterans in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana), heard the IDVA's Cambria Sparks on the new VSO accreditation requirement and the Knights of Columbus' prayer at the Veterans Memorial on January 20, 2026, and listed IDVA Southeast District DSO Ron Higgins as new business on October 6, 2026; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Dearborn County Veterans Treatment Court, certified by the Indiana Judicial Center under Superior Court 1's Judge Jonathan N. Cleary at 215 W. High Street, 2nd Floor, Lawrenceburg (812-537-8874, fax 812-532-2032), is the regional Southeastern Indiana Veterans Treatment Court: a minimum 52 weeks in three phases followed by at least a year of probation, for veterans charged with non-violent felonies or misdemeanours, run with the Prosecutor, Court Services, the Public Defender, law enforcement and the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, and taking referrals from surrounding counties.

Justice-involved veteran. The docket serves veterans with pending non-violent felony or misdemeanor charges who volunteer and are accepted; a disability rating is not the test.

The Decatur County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Pete Stephens (District 6), Vice Chairman Dennis Brinson (District 3), George Anderson (District 1), Steve Brock (District 2), Rusty Davis (District 4) and Bobby Barber Jr. (District 5), with County Administrator Randy Williams and County Clerk Michelle B. West at P.O. Box 726, Bainbridge (229-248-3030), meeting the second Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. and the fourth Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at 203 W Broughton Street - whose 2025-2026 minutes (116 PDFs from the county's own minutes library, 114 scanned images converted and read by OCR) carry the October 28, 2025 vote cancelling the November 11, 2025 meeting for Veteran's Day, the monthly Disabled Veteran's homestead approvals, and the FAA grant's veteran employment-preference clause; District 1's George Anderson is himself a retired Army veteran of the Gulf War; American Legion Posts 340 and 502 and VFW Post 4904 sit in Bainbridge.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s 2025-2026 minutes and the county’s organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Decatur County Clerk of Superior Court - Cecilia Willis, P.O. Box 336, Bainbridge, GA 39818 (229-248-3025) - keeps the county's own Military Discharge Records page on the clerk's site, decaturclerk.com: "We will gladly record your DD214 and/or Discharge Papers at no charge to you. Veterans will always be provided certified copies at no expense and, if necessary, the same service will be afforded to their next of kin"; the page lists the eligible records, reprints the O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 fifty-year closure and its authorized-viewer list, and cites 15-6-78(a) for the free recording.

Any veteran with a discharge. The recording and the copies are free per the clerk’s own page, and the record is closed for fifty years under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72. No rating is needed.

The Decatur County Tax Commissioner - Mark Harrell, 112 W. Water St., first floor of the County Courthouse, Bainbridge, GA 39817 (229-248-3021, fax 229-248-2110, departments open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays, decaturcountytax.com) - and the Board of Tax Assessors (Chief Tax Appraiser Amy Rathel, 229-248-3008, across the first-floor hallway) take the exemption applications, and the board's monthly Errors and Releases carry the county's own veteran record - "Disabled Veteran's homestead added" rows for named parcels, one 84C row corrected to "The exemption amount should be $102,744", and the retroactive refunds the board approves; property taxes are due December 20 and mobile home taxes April 1.

Qualifying disabled veteran or surviving spouse who owns and occupies the home. The exemption follows O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1; the county offices take the application and the board approves the veteran homesteads monthly. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Delaware County Board of Commissioners (David Poindexter chair, Jake Callihan, David Beck; Mondays 9:00 a.m., Commissioners' Public Meeting Room, 327 S. 5th St., Jay; County Clerk Barbara Barnes as secretary) carried one veteran item in the window - HR Director Vicki Cossairt's thanks to all veterans at the November 10, 2025 meeting - while the window's Form 969 claim is the manufacturing exemption's reimbursement, not the Veterans Exemption; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans recognition; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Delaware County Clerk (Barbara Barnes, 327 S. 5th St., Jay, 918-253-4520 ext. 5, Monday to Friday 7:30 to 4:30) serves as registrar of deeds and custodian of records; the county's fee schedule names no military-discharge line, so the free DD-214 recording and certified copies are 72 O.S. 22 and the confidentiality 19 O.S. 270 - carried by the State entry; records are searchable on OKCountyRecords.com.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and certified copies are free under 72 O.S. 22 and the record is confidential under 19 O.S. 270. No rating is needed.

Delaware County's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, at 4990 State Road in Drexel Hill, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: it files federal, State and county benefit claims and gives out grave markers and flag holders for every war back to the Civil War. Its page lists only VA burial benefits; the county's own burial allowance must be asked for.

Veterans, service members and families. Any veteran, service member or family member can use the office. No rating is needed.

The Recorder records a DD-214 free, redacts Social Security numbers at recording, returns the original with an extra certified copy, and issues a $1 veteran ID card to any veteran discharged with any distinction except dishonorable, on two forms of identification.

Any discharge but dishonorable. Recording is free for any discharge; the card costs $1 and needs a recorded discharge that is not dishonorable plus two forms of current identification. No rating is needed.

Delaware County's Recorder of Deeds records a veteran's DD-214 and issues a free photo Veterans ID Card, in about five minutes, to a veteran discharged under honorable conditions; participating businesses give a discount on the card. The county relaunched the discount programme in 2026.

A Delaware County veteran; honorable conditions for the card. Recording is free for any final discharge; the card needs a discharge under honorable conditions. No rating is needed.

Help with monthly bills, rent, mortgage and emergency home and car repairs for a Delaware County veteran or family after 90 days in the county, in three programmes keyed to the federal poverty level, with a $12,000 limit a veteran the commission can waive, and an appeal to the board itself, which meets the second and fourth Monday evenings.

Discharge under honorable conditions, 90 days in the county. A veteran discharged under honorable conditions with active duty other than training, a Guard or reserve member with 90 days of federal active duty, or a family member 5901.08 lists, resident 90 days. No rating is needed.

The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas runs a Veterans Treatment Court with a "no veteran left behind" policy: non-VA treatment for veterans whatever their discharge. The plea is held in abeyance, and on completion, usually 12 to 24 months, the case is nolle prossed and may be expunged.

Anyone who has served, with a qualifying treatment need. Honorable, general and medical discharges qualify, other than honorable case by case. No rating is needed.

From March 8, 2027, a Delaware court must presume that a defendant who receives a VA pension or any VA service-connected disability compensation cannot pay court fines and fees, and may impose them only if it finds that doing so is in the interest of justice.

Any compensable service-connected rating, or a VA pension. 11 Del. C. § 4107(c)(2)a.6. [effective March 8, 2027]. Recorded rather than enforced because the VA pension route needs no rating.

Delaware created a cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs in August 2025, but by law it stays a division of the Department of State until the General Assembly approves a transition plan aimed at 2030. Its service officers help with VA claims at no charge, it holds a repository of discharge papers, and the Public Guardian is the VA fiduciary of last resort.

A DAV plate for $10 once for any veteran VA has service-connected, which can also carry the wheelchair symbol and work as a disability parking plate. A veteran who was ever eligible for VA’s automobile grant pays no registration fee on one car at all.

DAV plate: any VA service-connected disability. 21 Del. C. § 2138(c)(1)b. and (2)b. No minimum percentage.

A veteran designation on a Delaware driver licence or ID card for anyone who served in any of the eight uniformed services, reserves or Guard and was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. Free when added at issue or renewal, $10 in between.

Other than dishonorable, any of the eight uniformed services. 21 Del. C. § 2718(g)(1).

One free certified copy of a veteran’s death certificate for a relative settling a claim, free notarizing of VA claim papers, free marriage certificates for active duty members and spouses, and free access to a DD-214 once recorded with a county, now held by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A free licence exemption for an honorably discharged veteran rated 60 percent or more, a free licence for twelve months after discharge for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with 90 days of service there, free fishing for VA patients, and resident prices for service members stationed in Delaware and all Delaware Guard members.

Free exemption at 60 percent with an honorable discharge. 7 Del. C. § 502(h). Recorded rather than enforced because the Iraq and Afghanistan window, the VA patient exemption and the age 65 exemption need no rating.

Up to $12,500 of military retired pay is excluded from Delaware income tax at any age through 2026, rising to $15,000 in 2027, $20,000 in 2028 and $25,000 from 2029. Each spouse on a joint return gets their own limit. From 2027 a retiree aged 60 or older must also meet a domicile test that a younger retiree does not.

$12,500 through 2026, then $15,000, $20,000 and $25,000. 30 Del. C. § 1106(b)(3)b. to e., as amended by 85 Del. Laws c. 426 (SB 219 with SA 1, signed August 17, 2026).

An honorably discharged veteran plate for a one-time $15 fee, and prisoner of war, Purple Heart and valor plates for $10. A surviving spouse may keep most of them, and the Purple Heart plate must be returned within 90 days if the spouse remarries.

Military veteran plate: honorable discharge. 21 Del. C. § 2139BB(a)(1) and (b).

The Delaware Municipal Court's veterans treatment docket - known as MissionCourt - is certified by the Supreme Court of Ohio under Judge Kyle Rohrer as a substance use veterans treatment docket, while the Common Pleas Court's certified dockets, a recovery docket and a mental health docket, take no veterans docket of their own.

A veteran with a pending charge and a treatment need. A veteran with an eligible pending charge in the Delaware Municipal Court asks the judge, lawyer or public defender for referral to the certified veterans treatment docket. No rating is needed.

From March 6, 2027, the state must reserve at least one parking space for veterans at each of the four DMV offices and nineteen state service centers and offices it owns, and is encouraged to do the same at leased ones.

In force from March 6, 2027. 85 Del. Laws c. 476 (HB 295 with HA 1) takes effect six months after enactment on September 6, 2026. The Code prints March 5, 2027.

Delaware’s own version of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act adds members of the Delaware National Guard called to state duty for more than 30 days, and service members stationed in Delaware, to protections against default judgments, interest over 6 percent and similar harms. A tenant who enters active duty can end a lease on 30 days’ notice.

Delaware Guard on state duty for more than 30 consecutive days is covered. 6 Del. C. § 2502D(3)d.

A half-price $25 annual pass for any Delaware resident who served honorably, a free pass for twelve months after discharge for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, half price for service members stationed here with out-of-state plates, and free entry for a Delaware resident holding the federal Access Pass.

Half price: honorable service and a Delaware-registered vehicle. 7 Del. C. § 4701(a)(5)e.

Emergency grants paid straight to the landlord, utility or provider for a veteran with an honorable or general discharge who has a documented financial emergency. It runs on donations, including a check-off on the Delaware income tax return, so money is limited and approval is not guaranteed.

Honorable or general under honorable conditions. 29 Del. C. § 8804(a)(4): "a minimum discharge status of general discharge under honorable conditions".

The Delta County Board of Commissioners (John Malnar chair, Patrick Johnson, Christine Williams, Kelli vanGinhoven, Matthew Jensen; Clerk Nancy J. Przewrocki) carried the veterans year: the October 7, 2025 VSO refill after Dziewior's move to Director, the Operation Green Light proclamation adopted October 14, 2025, the November 4, 2025 VSO salary re-range to 43,000-53,000, the second VSO hired (February 17, 2026), the 2026 Veterans Affairs Committee by-laws, and the June 2, 2026 marker-maintenance question; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.

Delta County's voters approved a 0.10-mill, five-year Veterans Service Office millage on November 5, 2024 with about 74 percent of the vote - about 150,000 dollars a year to fund and staff a county Department of Veterans Affairs - and the Board created a Veteran Affairs Committee of five veterans, one per district, with a commissioner liaison, bylaws amended in 2026.

No eligibility - a county funding record. The millage funds the county’s veterans services administration; it grants no individual entitlement. The rating filter never hides this entry.