Miscellaneous

Fayette County's Veterans Treatment Court, one of its three specialty courts, takes Fayette County residents who served in the armed forces, face a non-violent charge with a plea offer of at least six months, and have a substance abuse or mental health diagnosis; Specialty Courts office, 61 East Main Street, 3rd floor, Uniontown, 724-430-4021.

Justice-involved veteran. The court is for a veteran with a pending eligible case who volunteers and is accepted. A disability rating is not the test.

VA disability compensation, pension, DIC, education and grant payments are not federal taxable income, and retired pay replaced by a retroactive VA rating can be refunded.

The 2026 Directory of South Carolina Diversion Programs and Treatment Courts lists a Veterans Court in the Fifteenth Circuit (Horry and Georgetown counties) under Solicitor Jimmy Richardson: a treatment court whose successful completion dismisses the charges, usually 12 to 18 months; the Solicitor's own pages publish no veterans court page, so ask the circuit's diversion contact, Tiffany Lee, 843-915-5365.

Justice-involved veteran charged in Horry or Georgetown County. The Veterans Court serves justice-involved veterans; entry is by solicitor referral and discretion, and a rating is not the stated test.

The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit's Veteran's Court, run by Circuit Judge Jerry Don Ramey's Division 1 alongside its drug court, takes qualified veterans charged in Conway, Logan, Scott and Yell Counties into court-supervised treatment, with Arkansas Community Correction teams in Booneville, Danville and Morrilton and VA support; entry is at the judge's discretion.

Veteran charged with a crime in the Fifteenth Circuit. Screening and acceptance by the presiding judge; no disability rating is needed.

South Carolina's first veterans treatment court, run by the Fifth Circuit Solicitor since 2011, takes veterans charged with non-violent misdemeanours or felonies in Richland or Kershaw County who are eligible for VA services and have a treatable behavioural, mental health or substance problem. It takes a guilty plea; completion dismisses the charges and opens expungement.

A veteran eligible for VA services, charged in Richland or Kershaw County. Non-violent charges and a treatable behavioural, mental health or substance problem. No rating is needed.

The Fifth Judicial District's multi-county Veterans Treatment Court, started in 2013 for Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Nicollet and Watonwan Counties, sits at the Blue Earth County Justice Center in Mankato: a voluntary 12 to 18 month programme for veterans charged with misdemeanours, gross misdemeanours or felonies and struggling with addiction or mental illness. Coordinator 507-469-5518.

Justice-involved veteran. For a veteran with a non-disciplinary discharge charged in a participating county, with a treatable problem related to the offence and the prosecutor's consent. A disability rating is not the test.

A one-time payment of $15,000 to U.S. citizens and $9,000 to others for Commonwealth Army, guerrilla and New Philippine Scout service. Claims had to be filed by February 16, 2010, and taking the payment released every other claim on that service.

Closed since February 16, 2010. Section 1002(c)(1) allowed payment only on a claim submitted within one year of February 17, 2009.

A USCIS program that lets a Filipino World War II veteran, or surviving spouse, living in the United States request parole for relatives with an approved family petition, so they can come before their immigrant visa is current.

No rating requirement. The program turns on the veteran's World War II service, the petitioner's U.S. status and an approved family petition, not on any disability.

Fillmore County lists county aid among its veterans benefits but keeps no section 80-102 aid fund and no aid line in its budget; its only aid money on record is a $2,000 petty cash fund held by the Soldiers and Sailors/Veterans Service office. Apply through the office in Geneva.

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 Fillmore County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.

Fillmore County drives its veterans to VA medical centre appointments with part-time drivers and a van paid from its own Veterans Service Office budget ($5,303.08 of driver pay and $923.78 of fuel in 2024-2025); book through the office in Geneva, 402-759-3219.

Fillmore County veteran with a VA medical appointment. The county page names no rating or income test; the rating filter never hides this entry.

The First Judicial Circuit's Veteran's Court, begun in November 2021 and held monthly in Phillips County by Circuit Judge Chalk Mitchell, takes eligible veterans who live anywhere in the circuit (Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, St. Francis and Woodruff Counties) into a voluntary 14-month treatment program for an untreated substance use disorder, with VA treatment and a veteran mentor.

Veteran charged with a crime who lives in the First Circuit. Recommendation and acceptance into the program; no disability rating is needed.

Carver County's Court Services points veterans to the First Judicial District Veterans Court, a problem-solving court for veterans with addiction, serious mental illness or both, run with the VA and volunteer veteran mentors; eligibility is decided case by case, and the coordinator is Robin Schultz, 952-496-8469. The Judicial Branch lists a Carver-Dakota veterans court (2014).

Justice-involved veteran. For a veteran with addiction, serious mental illness or both whose case is accepted by the team; a disability rating is not the test.

The First Judicial District, Jefferson and Gilpin Counties, runs a Veterans Treatment Court in Golden as an alternative to incarceration for veterans whose offences are tied to service-related trauma, with two years of probation and a treatment plan. It publishes no eligibility rules; ask the coordinator.

Veteran with a criminal case in Jefferson or Gilpin County. A veteran charged in the First Judicial District whom the court accepts. No rating is needed.

The Fisher County Clerk (Pat Thomson, 109 N. Angelo, Roby; P.O. Box 368; 325-776-2401) lists "Military Discharge Records 'NO CHARGE'" on its fee schedule beside recording at $25 for a first 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.

None of the 19 sets of minutes of the Fisher County Commissioners Court (County Judge Ken Holt) for September 8, 2025 through October 21, 2026 names veterans, a veterans officer or a veterans benefit; the Court approved a FY 2026-2027 budget with no veterans line on September 14, 2026, and the courthouse closes for 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.

Flagler County Veterans Services, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Building 2, Suite 108, Bunnell, (386) 313-4014, helps with VA compensation and pension, survivor and burial benefits, VA health enrollment, property tax exemption certification and State benefits, without charge and by appointment.

Veterans, members and families in Flagler County. Former, present and future members of the armed forces and their families. No rating is needed.

Every Florida county park or recreation department must give a partial or full discount on park entrance fees to current members, honorably discharged veterans, disabled veterans, and the surviving spouses and parents of members who died in the line of duty under combat-related conditions. Each county sets the size of the discount, and it need not cover camping, boat ramps or other amenities.

Current members, honorably discharged veterans, Gold Star families. Any current member or honorably discharged veteran, with or without a disability, or a listed survivor. No rating is needed.

One disabled veteran plate, without the registration license tax, for an honorably discharged veteran with a service-connected 100% rating for compensation, or a VA automobile grant. A service charge and 50 cents still apply. The DV plate exempts statewide parking fees.

Service-connected 100% rating for compensation. The rating path is a service-connected 100% disability rating for compensation, or a 100% rating plus disability retirement pay. A VA automobile grant is a separate path. The plate does not require a permanent-and-total finding. One plate. The section 320.04 service charge and 50 cents still apply.

No driver-license fee under section 322.21 for an honorably discharged veteran with a 100% total and permanent service-connected rating, or a department identification card issued for that status.

100% total and permanent. The fee waiver requires a 100% total and permanent service-connected rating, the department identification card issued for that status, or a 100% total and permanent rating plus disability retirement pay. Honorable discharge is also required.

Every Florida clerk of the circuit court records a veteran's discharge certificate without cost to the veteran, the county paying the fee, and may not show the image on its public website.

Any discharge certificate. The recording is free for any veteran, whatever the character of discharge. No rating is needed.

A five-year resident hunting and fishing license at no cost for an honorably discharged veteran with a service-connected rating of 50% or more, or for a resident VA certifies as totally and permanently disabled.

At least 50% service-connected. One path is an honorable discharge and a service-connected rating of 50% or more. The license runs five years. It does not require a permanent-and-total finding.

Florida does not levy a personal income tax on natural persons. Military retirement pay, VA compensation, and other personal income are not taxed by the state.

A free lifetime entrance pass, with the same use as a family annual pass, for an honorably discharged veteran with a service-connected disability. Other honorably discharged veterans get 25% off an annual entrance pass.

Service-connected disability, or veteran status for the 25% pass. The free lifetime pass is any service-connected disability plus an honorable discharge, including a 0% rating. The 25% annual-pass discount requires honorable service and no disability rating. The rating filter does not hide this benefit.

A county tax collector that issues driver licences and ID cards may not charge a veteran its $6.25 service fee on any licence or ID transaction. Show a DD-214, a VA health card or a Veteran ID Card. Any character of discharge and no rating.

Any veteran with a DD-214 or VA card. Any veteran showing a DD-214, a VA health card or a Veteran ID Card. No rating is needed.

State veterans service officers help Florida veterans file VA claims at no charge. The Benefits and Assistance Division in Bay Pines is the statewide contact.

Any Florida court with criminal jurisdiction may run a veterans treatment court for misdemeanors and felonies, open to anyone who has served in the military and to current members, the Florida National Guard, Defense contractors and allied veterans, with a service-related condition or military sexual trauma. Whether a dishonorably discharged veteran may take part is left to the chief judge and state attorney.

Anyone who served, or a current member, with a service-related condition. No rating or discharge test is set by statute; the circuit decides on dishonorable discharges.

The Floyd County Recorder signs veterans up for a free Honor Rewards card, run with Fidlar Technologies, that gets discounts at participating local businesses; apply online at honorrewards.com or at the Recorder's office, 311 Hauss Square, Room 115, New Albany (812-948-5430), and the card arrives in one to two weeks.

Veterans. Any veteran can sign up; no rating is needed.

The Floyd County Clerk of Superior Court's fee schedule prices a Veteran Discharge DD-214 at no fee for filing, with general recordings at $5.00 for the first page and $2.00 for each additional page.

Any veteran with a discharge. Filing a DD-214 is free; copies follow the State rules.

The Floyd County Clerk (KeeLee Rawls, courthouse, 105 South Main Street, Floydada) lists "Military Discharge Copy - FREE" on its fee sheet beside recording at $25 for a first 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 Floyd County Commissioners Court (County Judge Marty Lucke) adopted on September 1, 2026 a 2026-2027 budget that keeps a part-time Veteran Service Officer in the County Judge's department ($16,965, with $5,500 of supplies and mileage); of its 24 posted agendas of September 8, 2025 through October 13, 2026 only one names veterans, noting the courthouse's Veterans Day closing. The county posts no minutes. 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.

Fluvanna County exempts one automobile or pickup owned and used mainly by or for a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total, from the $4.10 vehicle rate, on the same application as the real estate exemption. Surviving spouses of disabled veterans do not qualify for the vehicle exemption.

100% permanent and total. One owned automobile or pickup used mainly by or for the veteran. A surviving spouse does not qualify for the vehicle exemption. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.

Fluvanna County charges a $33 annual vehicle license fee ($18 motorcycle, $18 trailer), due June 5, and exempts vehicles of active volunteer rescue squad and fire company members. Section 46.2-755(B) bars the fee on the one vehicle of a veteran with Disabled Veteran plates and on the qualifying vehicles of decorated veterans.

Disabled veteran, no rating named. Section 15-2-5 requires no fee of anyone exempted under a state statute, and section 46.2-755(B) bars the fee on one vehicle of a veteran with Disabled Veteran plates. The county sets no rating of its own.

Fond du Lac County’s three-line CVSO office on South Macy Street - led by a twenty-two-year Marine with a therapy dog on staff - runs free county vans to six VA facilities and a levy-funded Veterans Commission Assistance Fund needing an honorable discharge and ninety days of residency.

Any veteran or family member. The office assists Fond du Lac County veterans and their families with claims, county aid and VA transportation. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

Forrest County's Board of Supervisors carried the Veterans Service Office's monthly reports through the year, recorded the death of Veterans Service Officer Gerald Britt (May 8, 2026) and the succession of Russ Williams, and allowed the Tax Assessor's DAV exemption correction on a veteran's second parcel (April 6, 2026).

The county veterans offices and the exempted parcel. The monthly reports and the exemption correction are the Board’s veteran business; no eligibility test is published.

The Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court's Real Estate Division records a veteran's DD-214, NPRC raised-seal copy or NA Form 13038 free at the courthouse, Suite 1007, Cumming, and gives free copies, certified or not, only to those Code section 15-6-72 lists, on the clerk's affidavit.

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

The Forsyth County Register of Deeds records a veteran's DD-214 free, in person only, and issues a free Thank A Veteran discount card, honoured by participating local businesses, to a veteran who shows the discharge and photo ID.

Veteran with a discharge document. No rating or fee. Copies of a recorded discharge go only to the people G.S. 47-113.2 authorises; the card goes only to the veteran.

Forsyth County (District 31) has an operating veterans treatment court, a supervised treatment programme for veterans in the criminal courts with a substance use, mental health or co-occurring disorder. Neither the court system nor the county publishes its entry rules.

Veteran with a criminal case and a treatment need. No published discharge or rating test. The court decides who enters.

The Fort Bend County Clerk records a DD-214 free, issues a free Thank A Veteran discount card, partly waives assumed name fees for veterans, and waives certain fees for a member deploying to a hostile fire zone. It says recorded DD-214s are viewable only by the veteran and immediate family, a shorter list than Government Code 552.140's.

Veterans, and members deploying to a hostile fire zone. Any veteran with a DD-214 can record it and get the card; the fee waivers need a deployment to a hostile fire zone. No rating is needed.

The Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority charges no tolls on parts of the Westpark Tollway, Fort Bend Parkway and Grand Parkway to registered vehicles with Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart or Legion of Valor plates and a toll tag the system reads. Register up to two vehicles online.

Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart or Legion of Valor plate, registered. The test is the plate and registration with the authority. A Disabled Veteran plate needs a 50% rating, or 40% from a lower extremity amputation; Purple Heart and Legion of Valor plates need no rating.

A felony and misdemeanor veterans court in County Court at Law No. 2, 6 to 24 months, with no programme fee. It states both of Government Code 124.002's routes but adds an honorable or general discharge, VA eligibility, residence in or near Fort Bend, and a bar on anyone who has been through a veterans court before; its exclusions still cite a repealed article of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Honorable or general discharge, or serving; VA-eligible; Fort Bend or nearby resident. A serving member, or a veteran with an honorable or general discharge, eligible for VA services and living in Fort Bend or a surrounding county, with a pending eligible case. No rating is needed.

Fort Bend County's veterans county service office in Rosenberg informs veterans, dependents and survivors about VA benefits, completes VA forms from education to burial, and makes home visits to elderly and disabled veterans, free. Call 281-341-4550.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any Fort Bend County veteran, dependent or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.

The 2026 Directory of South Carolina Diversion Programs and Treatment Courts lists a Veterans Court for the Fourteenth Circuit - Beaufort County’s circuit - under the Circuit Solicitor: a treatment court whose successful completion dismisses the charges, with an average duration of 12 to 18 months; questions go to the circuit’s director of diversion programs, Shannon Horton, 843-779-8477.

Justice-involved veteran. The Veterans Court serves justice-involved veterans; entry is by solicitor discretion and a rating is not the stated test.

The Fourteenth Judicial Circuit's Veterans Treatment Court serves veterans charged with misdemeanors or felonies who live in Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson or Washington County, in an outpatient four-to-five phase programme of roughly twelve to twenty-four months. Its eligibility list requires an honorable or under-honorable-conditions discharge and stable housing, and it excludes anyone incarcerated in state prison more than once - tests the statute does not set.

Circuit-resident veteran with honorable or under-honorable discharge. A veteran living in the circuit with a substance abuse or mental health issue and qualifying charges, honorably discharged or discharged under honorable conditions, with stable housing; exclusions may be waived by the State Attorney and the court. No rating is needed.

The Utah Judiciary's problem-solving court table lists a Veteran's Drug Court for the Fourth District Court in Provo - the state's dedicated veteran docket for Utah County - described as giving United States veterans 'an opportunity to improve their lives through a dedicated team of experts'.

Justice-involved veteran. The court is for a veteran with a pending criminal case who volunteers and is accepted. A disability rating is not the test.

Iowa’s Fourth Judicial District veterans treatment court, started in 2023, serves nine western Iowa counties from Pottawattamie; applications go to the VTC prosecutor at the County Attorney’s Office in Council Bluffs, and the district’s brochure sets bi-weekly court appearances with mandatory treatment and testing.

Veteran with a criminal case in the Fourth Judicial District. The court takes veterans charged in the nine counties of the Fourth Judicial District; a veteran in any of them can apply through the county attorney’s office or defense counsel.

Franklin County’s section 80-102 Veterans Aid Fund held $131,896.05 on July 1, 2025, grown on interest with no levy; it paid $1,477.75 in 2023-2024, nothing in 2024-2025 and $4,757.05 from July to December 2025, and budgets $99,897.05 of aid for 2025-2026.

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 Franklin County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.

Franklin County’s one-day-a-week Veterans Service Office in the town of Franklin, open Wednesdays under Veterans Service Officer Pat George (also Harlan County’s officer, on Tuesdays in Alma), helps veterans and dependents with VA benefits and VA health care; Franklin County keeps and pays the office itself.

Any Franklin County veteran or dependent. Claims help and homestead help need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.

The Franklin County Register of Deeds records military discharges at no charge, as its Standard Fees page prints under TCA 8-21-1001, and keeps them off the public index under Tennessee Code 10-7-513; certified copies of other documents are $1.00 a page.

Any veteran with a discharge to record. Free recording of a military discharge; the statute takes any qualifying discharge and the fee schedule names no restriction.