Miscellaneous

Alaska levies neither, so military retired pay, VA compensation and SBP have no Alaska answer. What the state does have is local sales taxes and a Permanent Fund Dividend that pays residents rather than charging them.

No rating, no service test, nothing to claim. There is no individual income tax or statewide sales tax to be exempted from, so no eligibility condition attaches. This entry exists to answer the search rather than to gate anything.

Half off the passenger fare on the state ferry system for a disabled veteran with a service-connected disability, year round and between all Alaska ports. Vehicles, cabins and meals are not included.

A service-connected disability. The published eligibility turns on having a service-connected disability rather than on a particular percentage, which makes this reachable at a lower rating than most Alaska benefits.

A state pension of $100 a month for each month of satisfactory Alaska Guard or Naval Militia service, on top of any federal reserve retirement. Twenty years total service with at least five in Alaska.

Twenty years of combined service. Counting Alaska Guard service, Guard service in another state, active federal service and reserve service.

A service member keeps the dividend while stationed anywhere, and so do an accompanying spouse and dependents. The conditions are a 72-hour visit every two years and, past five years away, 30 cumulative days.

On active duty, or accompanying an eligible member as spouse or dependent. AS 43.23.008(a)(3). The accompanying spouse, minor dependent or disabled dependent qualifies only where the sponsor is themselves eligible for a current year dividend.

A free camping pass valid at every developed Alaska State Park campground for a veteran with a service-connected disability. It has to be applied for in person, at one of two offices.

A service-connected disability rating. The published eligibility does not state a percentage, so it reaches veterans rated below the fifty percent used elsewhere in the Alaska catalog.

A Second World War territorial militia, mostly Alaska Native, recognised as active federal service by Congress in 2000. Alaska writes it by name into the land discount, the employment preference, the death gratuity and the WWII diploma.

Service in the Alaska Territorial Guard, 1942 to 1947. Recognised by Congress in 2000 as active federal service, with discharges issued by the Secretary of Defense. Roughly 6,600 people served, most of them Alaska Native.

Albany County records discharge certificates (DD-214) at the County Clerk's office free of charge for honorably discharged veterans.

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

The Alcovy Circuit Veterans Treatment Court, begun in January 2017 and presided over by Judge Cheveda McCamy, diverts veterans charged with felonies who have a substance dependency or mental illness into a judicially supervised treatment plan, for Newton and Walton counties; coordinator Richard Kringer, 404-632-8017.

Veteran charged with a felony in Newton or Walton County. Substance dependency or mental illness, screened and assessed; the statute bars some violent and sexual offences. No rating is needed.

Alexandria exempts one passenger car, pickup, or panel truck from personal property tax for a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total, or paid at the 100% rate for individual unemployability.

100% permanent and total. One owned car, pickup, or panel truck used mainly by or for the veteran. Alexandria accepts individual unemployability when the disability is permanent and total. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.

Full personal property tax relief on one vehicle assessed under $30,000 for a permanently and totally disabled Alexandria resident under a $20,000 income cap and a $75,000 net-worth cap.

Permanent and total disability. The applicant has to be permanently and totally disabled, or age 65. A VA rating alone is not the test.

The Allegan County Clerk, 113 Chestnut Street, Allegan (269-673-0450), files a DD-214 free with one free certified copy and gives later certified copies free to the veteran or an heir, in person or by mail; it says the DD-214 "must state 'Honorable Discharge'", and it issues veterans' peddler licences.

Any veteran with a DD-214. Filing and copies are free; the Clerk asks for an honorable discharge to file.

Allegan County's Veterans Relief Fund helps a veteran with one day of wartime service and any discharge but dishonorable, whose household income is within 200 percent of poverty and no more than expenses, with rent or mortgage, utilities, food, car repairs and payments; the Relief Fund Board decides on the first Thursday of the month after an interview with a service officer (269-673-3333).

Low-income wartime veteran. One day of wartime service, a discharge that is not dishonorable, income within 200 percent of poverty and no more than expenses. No rating is needed.

The Allegany County Board of Legislators' 2026 record is the June 24, 2026 packet's $2,000 Jones Memorial Hospital and Legion Riders donation for the Dwyer Peer-to-Peer Program (the 13th Annual Field of Flags) and Resolution 331-26, adopted August 26, 2026, accepting a $3,000 Veterans One-Stop Center and NY Health Foundation micro-grant for the same programme (14 Ayes, 0 Noes, 1 Absent), with the courthouse lit green for Operation Green Light from November 1, 2026 and a Cornell Law veterans legal clinic set for November 19, 2026; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the Dwyer appropriations and the agency’s events; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Allegany County Clerk (Robert L. Christman, Courthouse, 7 Court Street, Room 18, Belmont, 585-268-9270) records discharge certificates (DD-214) free of charge and makes certified copies free for veterans or their immediate families whenever needed; the clerk's own Veterans page sends the recording veteran first to the county's Veterans' Agency.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and certified copies are free under Military Law 250 and the record is restricted. No rating is needed.

The season golf pass at the North Park and South Park courses is sold only to people 60 and over, except that a disabled veteran with a valid ID card may buy it at any age, in person. The pass is $80 for a county resident and $100 otherwise.

Disabled veteran with a valid ID card. The county opens the senior pass to a disabled veteran of any age and states no rating. The rating filter does not test this.

The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County runs a veterans treatment court with three ways in, one of which, combined with the District Attorney's ARD programme, ends in expungement. The county jail also keeps a Veterans Service Unit, a housing pod for veterans since 2018.

A veteran with a criminal case in Allegheny County. Eligibility is decided case by case by the court team. No rating is needed.

Allegheny County's Division of Veterans Services, in the Department of Human Services, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: it files VA claims, pays the county burial allowance, and takes applications for the State's real estate tax exemption and temporary assistance. Call 412-621-4357 for an appointment.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any veteran, family member or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.

Allegheny County Veterans Services takes applications for the State's Veterans' Temporary Assistance for food, shelter, utilities and other necessities. The county says it is for disabled veterans; the statute needs no disability, and opens to any veteran discharged other than dishonorably after active duty.

Other than dishonorable discharge, death in service, or a service-connected disability. Any one of the three makes a veteran eligible under 51 Pa.C.S. 8501; no rating is needed for the first. The household must also show an immediate need beyond its control.

The Allegheny County Division of Real Estate records a DD-214 free and keeps it private. The veteran, immediate family, a funeral home or VA gets one certified copy free, and further copies are $1 each.

Any discharge. Recording is free. No rating is needed.

Allen County's Joint Veterans Treatment Court is a judicially supervised docket for veterans facing incarceration on charges stemming from substance use or mental health problems, working with VA's Veterans Justice Outreach, the Vet Center, County Veteran Services and veteran mentors. It runs on an Indiana Office of Court Services grant.

Veteran facing charges tied to substance use or mental health. A veteran with a criminal case the court accepts. No rating is needed.

The Allen County Recorder records a military discharge free and, the first time a resident veteran records it, issues a Veteran's Discount Card on the spot; the Recorder's poster asks for an honorable discharge, a photo ID and proof of Allen County residence, and gives two free certified copies of a discharge recorded from another county.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording is free; the Recorder asks for an honorable discharge, a photo ID and Allen County residence for the card.

The Allen County Recorder keeps recorded DD-214s closed and gives copies only to the veteran and a listed circle of next of kin, representatives, funeral directors and service officers, in person or through the State's online request, never by phone or email. Recording is free, and IC 10-17-2 gives the veteran a free certified copy.

Veterans and authorised requesters. Recording and a certified copy are free. No rating is needed.

The Korean government's commemorative medal for U.S. veterans who served in the Korean War, or in UN peacekeeping in Korea through 1955. Family may apply for a veteran who has died.

Korean War service or peacekeeping in Korea through 1955. Service from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, or in UN peacekeeping operations in Korea until the end of 1955.

A free lifetime pass to national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests and other federal lands for every U.S. military veteran and Gold Star family, and a free annual pass for current members and dependents.

Veteran or Gold Star family. Any veteran, including Guard and Reserve; current members and dependents for the annual pass.

The territory’s veterans office, created by a governor’s mandate in 1999 rather than by statute. It is the on-island help desk for claims, funerals, and the suicide prevention coordination the territory leads.

No statute behind it. The American Samoa Code Annotated contains no veterans title or chapter. The office rests on a 1999 governor’s mandate and on general memoranda, not on legislation, so its authority and leadership can change without a bill.

Code 11.1003-1 exempts a specially equipped motor vehicle imported by and for the personal use of a severely disabled individual from the import excise tax. On an island where every vehicle is imported, that is the vehicle tax.

The test is severe disability, not a VA percentage. Code 11.1003-1 applies to a severely disabled individual and sets no rating threshold. The term is undefined in the section, so what proof the ASG Tax Office and Customs will accept is an administrative question to settle in writing before shipping the vehicle.

American Samoa taxes income under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code as it stood on December 31, 2000. VA compensation is not taxed. Military retired pay is, and every federal military tax break enacted after 2000 has to be checked rather than assumed.

VA compensation and DIC are not taxed. Internal Revenue Code section 104(a)(4), which was in force on December 31, 2000 and so is part of the adopted Samoan income tax, excludes amounts received as a pension, annuity, or similar allowance for personal injuries or sickness resulting from active service in the armed forces. VA disability compensation, DIC, and VA pension are not taxable in American Samoa.

Amherst grants the one-vehicle exemption through the Commissioner of the Revenue under the constitutional provision; its code carries no separate vehicle section, and the 2026 personal property rate is $3.45.

100% permanent and total. One owned motor vehicle used mainly by or for the veteran. Amherst accepts the 100% service-connected, permanent and total test; no county vehicle section narrows or widens it. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.

Amherst charges $25.00 a year for a motor vehicle and $11.00 for a motorcycle, capped at the state fee, and exempts one vehicle of a veteran holding DMV disabled veteran plates or of the un-remarried surviving spouse of such a veteran.

A specialized court of the Alaska Court System for veterans charged with criminal offenses, serving veterans who reside in the Municipality of Anchorage, with judicial monitoring and alternative-sentencing plea agreements built around VA treatment. Felony charges are considered case by case.

Veterans charged with criminal offenses who reside in the Municipality. Eligibility runs on veteran status, residence in the Municipality of Anchorage, VA eligibility and a criminal charge; a felony charge is considered case by case. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

The Anderson County Clerk records a veteran's DD-214 at no cost under Local Government Code 192.002, returns the original after recording, and keeps the record confidential since September 1, 2003 - copies go to the qualified applicant the county's Military Discharge Application names, with proper identification.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a DD-214 is free and no rating is needed. Copies go to the qualified applicant the statute names. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Andrew County Recorder of Deeds, Chanler M. Williams, on the courthouse's main level at 411 Court Street, Savannah (816-324-4221, ext. 6), files and maintains military discharge documents, and its fee schedule lists "Military Discharge - No Charge".

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 Andrews County Clerk (Vicki Scott, 215 NW 1st Street, Suite 121-A, Andrews, 432-524-1426) keeps military discharges (DD-214) among its records; recording one is free under Local Government Code 192.002, a certified copy is free under Government Code 603.003, and Government Code 552.140 keeps it confidential.

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 Andrews County Commissioners’ Court (County Judge Sam Jones) advertised for and on February 24, 2026 appointed a new veterans service officer, adopted on September 8, 2026 a FY2027 budget that raises the office to $71,497, and from its Legacy Fund paid $5,000 for Christmas wreaths on veterans’ graves and $5,000 for a high school Veterans Day assembly; 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 Angelina County Clerk records a veteran's military discharge at no cost and returns the original; certified copies are free and go only to the veteran and the relatives, representatives and officials Government Code 552.140 allows, on the Clerk's application, in person at 215 East Lufkin Avenue or by mail with a copy of ID (936-634-8339).

Any veteran; copies to the people 552.140 lists. Recording and copies are free; no rating is needed.

A voluntary treatment court in the District Court for Anne Arundel County for a veteran charged with a crime, pairing the case with VA and treatment services. It is not a disability benefit.

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

Free one-on-one help from the county Department of Aging and Disabilities for a veteran, spouse, or dependent with benefits, housing, food, mental health, transportation to appointments, jobs, burial, and legal referrals.

The Anoka County Veterans Treatment Court runs 18 to 24 months of regular appearances for a veteran who pleads guilty to an eligible offence, is VA health care benefits-eligible, and is processed through the court; coordinator Jessica Stein, 763-760-6573.

Justice-involved veteran. The court is for a veteran with an eligible offence who pleads guilty and volunteers; VA health care benefits eligibility is required. A disability rating is not the test.

Antelope County’s section 80-102 Veterans Aid fund paid $10,485 in 2024-2025 and levies $10,907.75 for 2025-2026, and the Board’s claims show it paying veterans’ hospital bills and grave marking through the office ($1,776.60 in January 2026, $525 in August 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 Antelope County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.

Antelope County’s Veterans’ Service Office in the Old Courthouse at Neligh, open Monday to Wednesday under Veterans’ Service Officer Tom Nelson, handles claims, burial benefits, plates, Veterans’ Home and aid applications, places flag holders in the county’s cemeteries and keeps a public calendar of veterans events; the Board resolved against LB1072 in March 2026.

Any Antelope County veteran or dependent. Claims help, burial help and grave flag holders need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.

The Apache County Board of Supervisors' year carried no veteran benefit: the window's veteran items are the November 4, 2025 call to the public, where the Houck Veteran's Organization asked the Board for help with the Houck cemetery's parking lot, handicap ramp and outdoor bathroom facilities, and the March 3, 2026 presentation of chapters' resolutions opposing a liquor license, by the Fort Defiance and Houck veterans' organizations.

No eligibility - a record note. The items above are requests and presentations; no application route attaches. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Apache County Recorder (Larry Noble, (928) 337-7515) records a military DD-214 for nothing - the Recorder's own page lists the $30.00 recording fee and then the exception: 'Military DD214 Papers (Free)'; the office keeps 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. hours, Monday to Thursday.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a DD-214 is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Appalachian Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court - "Leave No Veteran Behind" - serves Fannin, Gilmer and Pickens counties under Superior Court Chief Judge Brenda S. Weaver (P.O. Box 545, Jasper, GA 30143) with coordinator Chris Holt ([email protected], 706-301-8483): a voluntary, plea-in, court-supervised programme of five phases with a 24-month minimum, drug and alcohol treatment, mental-health treatment, random screening and a veteran mentor programme, whose successful completion can dismiss the charges.

Justice-involved veteran. The docket takes veterans charged with an offense who volunteer and plea in; a disability rating is not the test.

Fannin County's veterans docket is the Appalachian Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court - "Leave No Veteran Behind" - Superior Court Chief Judge Brenda S. Weaver (P.O. Box 545, Jasper, GA 30143) with coordinator Chris Holt ([email protected], 706-301-8483), serving "Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens" since October 2013: a voluntary, plea-in, five-phase programme of at least 24 months with a veteran mentor programme; the statute is O.C.G.A. 15-1-17.

Justice-involved veteran. The docket takes veterans charged with an offense who volunteer and plea in; a disability rating is not the test.

Pickens County's veterans docket is the Appalachian Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court - "Leave No Veteran Behind" - Superior Court Chief Judge Brenda S. Weaver (P.O. Box 545, Jasper, GA 30143) with coordinator Chris Holt ([email protected], 706-301-8483), serving "Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens" since October 2013: a voluntary, plea-in, five-phase programme of at least 24 months with a veteran mentor programme, established 2013 on the Buffalo model; the statute is O.C.G.A. 15-1-17.

Justice-involved veteran. The docket takes veterans charged with an offense who volunteer and plea in; a disability rating is not the test.

The Aransas County Clerk tells veterans that filing a DD-214 and certified copies are free and warns against private companies that offer to file one; its mail request form needs a notarized affidavit and leaves out the spouse, children and parents Government Code 552.140 lets have a copy.

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 Aransas County Commissioners Court (County Judge Ray A. Garza) posts its agendas and minutes on a site that answers automated requests with a bot check; the Internet Archive's copies of two 2025 minutes and a November 2025 agenda carry no veteran item, and the year since could not be read.

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

The Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder's Recording Division records a DD-214 with two certified copies at no charge, by mail, drop box or appointment at the Littleton office. Ordinary copies of other records are 25 cents a page.

Any discharge. Recording a DD-214 with two certified copies is free. No rating is needed.