The Emanuel County Tax Commissioner - Jessica Underwood Moran, 223 W. Moring St., Suite 136, Swainsboro, GA 30401 (P.O. Box 763, 478-237-3351, fax 478-289-8363, [email protected], Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., emanuelcountytax.com) - and the Tax Assessor's Office (101 South Main Street, 3rd Floor, 478-237-1222) take the exemption applications, and the county's own Exemptions page prints the veteran rows themselves: "The Disabled Veteran or Surviving Spouse Exemption provides at least $32,500 or a higher amount based on federal law off the assessed value of a home, not to exceed a $117,014 maximum as set in 2024. This exemption covers all state, county, municipal, and school property taxes" (O.C.G.A. 48-5-48), and "The Surviving Spouse of U.S. Service Member Exemption applies to $60,000 worth of all county, municipal, and school property taxes, plus an additional amount set by the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, capping at $117,014 as specified in state code in 2024" (48-5-52.1); "Generally, Emanuel County real estate and business personal property taxes are due by December 20"; the qPublic record-search site was not read (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md).
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’s own Exemptions page prints its Disabled Veteran and surviving-spouse rows and the application route. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Erath County Clerk (Gwinda Jones, Annex III, 222 E. College Street, Stephenville, 254-965-1482) prints "Military discharge records, filing or copies" at $0.00 on its land record fee sheet effective January 1, 2024.
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 Erath County Commissioners Court (County Judge Brandon Huckabee) assigned Veterans Services to the Precinct 4 commissioner among the department-head job descriptions (November 10, 2025), announced the courthouse Veterans Day event, moved a copier lease from the office, and proclaimed Operation Green Light for Veterans (October 26, 2026, No. 2026-295); no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.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 Erie County Clerk records a DD-214 free, gives certified copies free whenever needed, and issues an honorably discharged Erie resident a free Thank A Vet photo card honoured by more than 1,400 local businesses. The Clerk also issues the free veteran's peddler permit, a Gold Star family card and an Honorable Service certificate.
Honorable discharge; Erie residence for the card. Recording, copies, the card and the peddler permit are free. No rating is needed.
Erie County's Department of Veteran Services, in the Erie Intermodal Transportation Center on Bayfront Parkway since 2023, is the county director's office: VA compensation, pension and survivors' claims, the State real estate tax exemption, Veterans' Temporary Assistance, county burial benefits and the recording of discharges. Its FAQ still sends veterans to the Courthouse. Call 814-451-6270.
Veterans and surviving spouses. Any veteran or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
Erie County Parks charges veterans $15 for 18 holes on weekdays, holidays excepted, at its two golf courses: Grover Cleveland in Buffalo, where the regular weekday fee is $18, and Elma Meadows, where it is $20.
A veteran. No rating is needed.
Erie County's Recorder records Military Discharges (DD-214s) at no charge; unredacted copies go only to the veteran or a recorded power of attorney, a redacted copy is available to anyone, and a requester must come to the office with a photo ID - there is no charge for copies either.
Any veteran with a discharge. Filing and copies are free; unredacted copies go only to the people the page lists.
Erie County's Veterans Service Agency, the first county veterans office in New York, files and appeals VA claims at no cost through accredited American Legion service officers, reviews State and local benefits, and arranges the burial of indigent veterans and their next of kin at County expense. Call 716-858-6363.
Veterans, service members, dependents and survivors. Any veteran or family member can use the agency. No rating is needed.
The Erie County Court of Common Pleas' Veterans Treatment Court, under the President Judge, is open to any veteran with a substance use or mental health concern; violent charges or other risks to the community can disqualify. Apply through the District Attorney on the courts' September 2025 application; the county site's own link to the form is broken.
A veteran with a substance use or mental health concern and an Erie County case. No discharge test is published. No rating is needed.
Escambia County Area Transit carries members of the military in uniform free, and charges $1.00 instead of the $1.75 base fare to riders showing an active-duty or retired military ID, with free rides on the 64 Beach Jumper and 65 Big Lagoon routes. A veteran without a retired ID pays the ordinary fare unless he or she has a disability card.
In uniform, or holding an active or retired military ID. A member in uniform, or a rider with an active-duty or retired military ID. No rating is needed.
Escambia County's accredited Veteran Service Officers in Pensacola help residents claim VA compensation, pension, health care, education, home loans, vocational rehabilitation and burial benefits, appeal to the Board of Veterans' Appeals and seek discharge upgrades, free, by appointment. Bring a Florida ID showing an Escambia address. Call 850-595-2409.
Escambia residents who served, and families. Any veteran or dependent with a Florida ID showing an Escambia County address. No rating is needed.
The First Judicial Circuit's Escambia County Veterans' Treatment Court Program takes veterans with a service-related addiction or treatable mental health condition charged with a qualifying misdemeanor or felony, for a voluntary programme of 12 to 18 months in Pensacola. The circuit publishes no eligibility list or fees.
Veteran with a service-related condition and a qualifying charge. A veteran with a service-related addiction or treatable mental health condition charged with a qualifying offense. No rating is needed.
The Esmeralda County Recorder/Auditor (Vera Boyer, 775-485-6337, Goldfield) records at the $37 standard fee with an online Document Inquiry, and its 2020 fee schedule lists no military-discharge line, so free recording rests on NRS 419.020.
Certificate of honorable discharge. NRS 419.020 makes recording an honorable discharge free. No rating is needed.
The County Clerk issues a special Veterans Peddlers License free of charge to resident veterans on a DD-214 ($10 for the required photos, by appointment) and a Gold Star Parent Photo ID Card to the parents of service members who died on active duty; it publishes no DD-214 recording service.
Essex County veterans and Gold Star parents. The peddler licence needs a DD-214 and county address; the Gold Star card is for the parent, guardian or custodian of a service member who died on active duty. No rating is required.
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office runs a Veterans Diversion Program established by N.J.S.A. 2C:43-26b, folded into its Mental Health Diversion Program, for service members charged with non-violent third- or fourth-degree crimes; applications go to named prosecutor email addresses.
Justice-involved veteran. Eligibility is a non-violent third- or fourth-degree charge (second degree reviewed case by case) plus a mental illness; the prosecutor decides admission. A disability rating is not the test.
The county’s veterans service operation sits in the Division of Community Action at 50 South Clinton Street, 3rd Floor, East Orange - Director Terrence McCoy, (973) 395-8350, with Consumer Advocate Melvin Williams - and Luis Salgado was nominated to the county’s Veteran’s Advisory Board by Advice and Consent in November 2025.
Any Essex County veteran. The division assists county veterans; the directory publishes no eligibility test and no rating is required.
Etowah 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 Etowah County Veterans Service Office.
Veteran with a criminal case in Etowah County. Eligibility is set by the court and is not published. No rating is needed.
Comal County's Veterans Treatment Court, started in County Court at Law No. 2 in 2015, takes eligible misdemeanor defendants who served, through four phases of treatment, testing and court reviews with veteran mentors. Its handbook sets a $750 programme fee, payable over the phases or deferred by the judge.
Served, with an eligible misdemeanor charge. Armed forces service and a misdemeanor the team accepts. No rating or discharge test.
The Eureka County Clerk-Recorder (Katherine J Bowling) records at the $37 standard fee under NRS 247.305, and its 2024 recording-fee schedule lists no military-discharge line, so free recording rests on NRS 419.020.
Certificate of honorable discharge. NRS 419.020 makes recording an honorable discharge free. No rating is needed.
Eureka County's Board donated $5,000 to VFW Post 8194 for the September 25, 2026 Eureka Car Show, let the post use the county airport for it, and took up waiving the Opera House rental for the post's Veterans Day Dinner of November 7, 2026 - the county's standing veteran support in its smallest town.
Board support, asked per event. The VFW donation, airport use and Opera House waiver are Board decisions taken per event; there is no standing veteran entitlement. No rating is needed.
A military retiree ordinarily resident in Greece may shop at U.S. installations such as Souda Bay. A retiree visiting from the United States may not.
Military retirees ordinarily resident in Greece. Only retirees and dependents ordinarily resident in Greece are authorized; visitors from the United States are not.
A military retiree living in or visiting Italy may shop at U.S. installations, but only for non-rationed items.
Military retirees and dependents. The Exchange lists retired U.S. military members and dependents as authorized in Italy. Veterans who did not retire are not listed.
A military retiree living in or visiting Japan, including Okinawa, may shop at U.S. installations, but family members may enter only with the retiree and only the retiree may buy.
Military retirees. The Exchange lists retired U.S. military as authorized in Japan. Veterans who did not retire are not listed.
A military retiree living in or visiting Korea may shop at U.S. installations only if drawing full retired pay and benefits, or rated 100% disabled. Family members may shop only with the sponsor.
Full retired pay, or rated 100% disabled. The Korea rule requires a retiree to be receiving full retirement pay and benefits, or to be 100% disabled.
A military retiree ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom may shop at U.S. installations for non-rationed items, after prepaying a fixed-rate tax to British customs. A retiree visiting from the United States may not.
Military retirees ordinarily resident in the UK. Only retirees and dependents ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom are authorized; visitors are not.
A borough park under renovation through the Fairbanks North Star Borough Capital Improvement Program: the gazebo is being replaced, a new plaza installed, aging trees removed and replaced, landscaping refreshed and accessible paths added, supplemented by tree and commemorative-brick sponsorships; the construction area closed to public use on May 27, 2025, with a reopening expected in 2026.
Open to the public; sponsorships open to all. The park and its sponsorship program are not gated by service or rating; the entry is recorded so the rating filter never hides it.
A specialized court of the Alaska Court System for veterans charged with criminal offenses in the Fairbanks area, built around VA treatment: participants must be VA-eligible, referred from a felony, misdemeanor, pretrial or felony-probation posture, 18 or older, and maintain housing within the borough during the program.
VA-eligible veterans referred from criminal matters. Eligibility runs on veteran status, VA eligibility, a referral from a felony, misdemeanor or probation posture and a VA-treatable treatment need. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
A county rate of $0.01 per $100 of assessed value on one vehicle, for a veteran in the statutory class of limb loss, blindness, or permanent and total disability who is not eligible for the statewide vehicle exemption. Fairfax asks for a 100% permanent and total rating as well, which the statute does not.
County documentation: 100% permanent and total. Fairfax asks for a 100% service-connected, permanent, and total rating and loss or loss of use of a leg, arm, or hand, or blindness. Section 58.1-3506(A)(19) makes limb loss, blindness and a permanent and total certification separate alternatives with no rating floor, so this is recorded rather than enforced.
A court supervision and treatment docket for a justice-involved veteran in Fairfax with a mental health or substance use disorder. It is not a general disability benefit.
Justice-involved veteran. The docket is for a veteran with a pending Fairfax case who meets the clinical, risk, and service rules on the county eligibility sheet. A dishonorable discharge is an exclusion. A disability rating is not the test.
The Municipal Court's Patriot (Veterans') Court, certified by the Supreme Court of Ohio as a Substance Use - Veterans Treatment docket, is one of four specialty dockets presided over by Judge James A. Fields; the court publishes no eligibility rules, so referral runs through the court at 740-687-6621.
Veteran with a pending charge and a treatment need. A veteran with an eligible pending charge in the Fairfield County Municipal Court is referred through the judge, counsel or the court. No rating is needed.
The Recorder records military discharges and offers veteran ID cards, but its pages publish neither eligibility nor a fee - just 'Please call the Recorder's Office for information' - so a veteran asks; the statute records a discharge free and would let the card cost up to $2.
Any discharge but dishonorable, under the statute. Recording is free for any discharge; the statute gives the card to a veteran whose recorded discharge is not dishonorable, for up to $2. No rating is needed.
The county's Veterans Hall of Fame inducted its first class of 29 - among them Medal of Honor recipient Army Private Jacob Parrott - on November 13, 2025, and takes nominations each year to September 1 on its own rules, which require an honorable discharge for every period of service and bar a general-under-honorable discharge; a Veterans Monument is planned for the Administrative Courthouse's first floor.
A nominated county veteran, honorably discharged from every period. The nominee must be a Fairfield County resident (or resident at death), of good moral character, and honorably discharged for all periods; a general-under-honorable discharge is not eligible. No rating is needed.
Temporary emergency help for a Fairfield County veteran or family with 90 days in the county, paid toward bills in the veteran's or spouse's name under the commission's own lifetime caps: $15,000 for housing and utilities, $7,500 for food and $2,500 for fuel, three applications in a year, and a year's ineligibility after two continuous calendar years of applying.
Discharge under honorable conditions, 90 days in the county. A veteran discharged under honorable conditions with active duty other than training, an active-duty member, or a family member 5901.08 lists, resident of Fairfield County for 90 days. No rating is needed.
The Falls County Clerk (Elizabeth Coker-Perez, Falls County Courthouse, Room 202, Marlin, 254-883-1408) files a DD214 and issues certified copies at no charge under its fee schedule, and takes copy requests on its 'Request for Copy of Military Discharge Form'.
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 Falls County Commissioners Court (County Judge Jay T. Elliott) took up no item naming veterans in its 33 minutes of September 2025 to September 2026 or its agendas through October 26, 2026; its FY2026-2027 budget, adopted unanimously on September 14, 2026, funds no veterans office, and 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 Fannin County Board of Commissioners - Chairman James V. Hensley, II, Post One Commissioner Johnny Scearce and Post Two Commissioner Glenn Patterson, with County Clerk & Finance Director Sherri Walker and County Attorney Lynn Doss - meets in regular scheduled sessions at the courthouse, 400 West Main Street, Blue Ridge, and posts its minutes and agendas on the county's own meeting pages; the 2024-2026 record - 46 files read whole - carries no veteran item at all: the word veteran does not appear in any of them. American Legion Post 248 (4584 Old Highway 76, the Veterans Memorial Highway) shares the county's Veterans Conference Center with the VFW and the DAV and maintains the Fannin County Veterans Memorial Park.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s posted 2024-2026 files and the county’s veterans organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Fannin County Clerk of Superior Court - Dana Chastain, with Deputy Allison Payne, in the courthouse at 400 West Main Street, Blue Ridge (P.O. Box 1300, Blue Ridge, GA 30513; 706-632-2039, fax 706-258-5250, jury line 706-258-5200) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the clerk's own page lists the Judicial, Real Estate and Business/Administrative divisions 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 Fannin County Clerk (Jenny L. Garner, Fannin County Justice Center, 2225 N. Center Street, Suite 200, Bonham, 903-583-7486) records military discharges, and its fee sheet of September 25, 2026 prints the DD-214 as "No Charge *** Thank you for your service!" under Local Government Code 192.002 and Government Code 603.003.
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 Fannin County Commissioners Court (County Judge Newt Cunningham) heard Veterans County Service Officer Paul Chandler's 2025 End-of-Year Summary and put it in the record (January 6, 2026), heard the TAPS transit service describe its free rides for veterans (February 3), and adopted a 2026-2027 budget carrying the office at $79,792 and a Veterans Court Program fund; 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 Fannin County Tax Commissioner - Julie Walker, 400 West Main Street, Suite 103, Blue Ridge, GA 30513 (706-632-2645, fax 706-258-4598, Monday to Thursday 8:30 to 5:00 and Friday 8:30 to 4:30, fannincountytax.com) - points the homestead route at the Tax Assessor's office: "To apply for homestead exemption bring a copy of your warranty deed to the Tax Assessor’s office between January 2 and April 1"; the site publishes no exemption amounts of its own, so the O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1 amounts ride on the State entries.
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 post no amounts of their own. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Fauquier County’s code puts one vehicle of a veteran with limb loss, blindness, or a permanent and total service-connected disability in a separate personal property class, at any rating. The county’s rate for the class could not be read.
Permanent and total, as certified by DVS. One route in County Code § 8-29.2(5) and Code of Virginia § 58.1-3506(A)(19). No percentage is named.
The Fayette County Clerk of Superior Court records military discharges and publishes a fillable Affidavit to View or Copy Military Discharge Records for anyone asking to see or copy one; recording is free under the State statute.
Any veteran. Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Fayette County Clerk (Brenda Fietsam, 246 W. Colorado Street, La Grange, 979-968-3251) posts no military-discharge line in its fee schedule or page; 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 Fayette County Clerk records a veteran's DD-214 free and gives copies free; the records are not public, and copies go only to the veteran, a spouse or surviving spouse, an adult child, a parent, grandparent or adult sibling, a funeral director, an attorney in fact or a guardian, with picture ID. 162 E. Main Street, Lexington, (859) 253-3344.
Any veteran. Recording a discharge and copies are free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Fayette County Commissioners Court (County Judge Dan Mueller) contracted to clean the Veterans Memorial with the courthouse (September 25, 2025), heard the Veterans Service Officer on its semiquincentennial commission (November 24, 2025) and adopted its 2027 budget (September 10, 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.
Fayette County's Veterans Treatment Court, created by State Court Judge Jason B. Thompson and run by the Fayette County Accountability Court, takes veterans of any branch, Guard or Reserve charged with drug possession, prescription offences or crimes where drugs, trauma or mental illness played a part; court meets twice a month. Coordinator Jourdan Crawford, 770-716-4328.
Justice-involved veteran. For a veteran, Guard or Reserve member with a qualifying charge who is referred and accepted. A disability rating is not the test.
Fayette County's Veterans Affairs Office, 2 West Main Street, Uniontown, is the county director of veterans affairs' office and helps every veteran and family apply for local, state and federal benefits; Director Tommy Boyd, 724-430-1241, 8 to 4:30.
Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any veteran of any era, family member or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
The Fayette County Veterans Treatment Court, overseen by Circuit Judge Tom Travis since a 2013 pilot, is a voluntary programme of at least 18 months - court appearances, counselling, testing, treatment and a veteran mentor - open only to veterans in the criminal legal system, including some who do not qualify for full VA benefits.
Justice-involved veteran. The court is for a veteran with an open criminal case who volunteers and is accepted. A disability rating is not the test.