Miscellaneous

Franklin County budgets a Thank A Veteran Program in its Register of Deeds office - $21,000 in the FY 2026-2027 proposed budget - and the Register's site links the program's discount-card portal; the portal did not answer on 2026-10-25, so what the card discounts rests with the Register.

Veterans with proof of service. A county discount-card programme; its rules are published nowhere read.

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners - Chair Courtney Long (at large), District 1 Wanda R. Thompson, District 2 Cory Pulliam, District 3 Elizabeth Busby and District 4 Josh Smith, with County Manager Terry Harris and County Clerk Kandy Bond at P.O. Box 159, Carnesville (706-384-2483, fax 706-384-7089), meeting at the Franklin County Justice Center - whose 2026 record (36 posted agenda and minutes documents on the county's own Agenda Center, all scanned images converted and read by OCR) carries the Veterans Memorial Wall repair trail - the wall in front of the Board of Commissioners' office struck by a vehicle, the July 28, 2026 work session's roughly $120,000 reconstruction estimate, the September 29, 2026 insurance check held while a lower-cost repair was sought, and the October 27, 2026 work session's $9,420 quote from Crawl Space and More with the County Manager's recommendation - beside the February 2, 2026 5-0 House Bill 581 opt-in, the February 2, 2026 5-0 denial of the Samuel Richard and Rue Beau Rivage LLC conditional use whose applicant described the proposed Banks Academy Road group housing as "for disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities", and the February 24, 2026 citizen's thanks for the HB581 vote; American Legion Post 92 sits in Lavonia.

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

The Franklin County Board of Legislators (Chairman Gregory Janisewski; first and third Thursdays at 11:30 a.m., Legislative Chambers, Franklin County Court House) carried the window's veteran items: Resolution 338's 2026 contract-agencies funding with Honor Flight at $10,000.00 (December 4, 2025), Resolution 45's one-time $25,000.00 St. Joseph's Veterans Community Residence budget-and-contract increase on opioid stewardship funds (March 5, 2026), Clint Soulia's twenty-year Veterans years-of-service recognition (February 19, 2026), Resolution 215's Chateaugay Citizens of the Year citation with Mr. Ryan's Army, Vietnam and Army Reserves service (August 20, 2026), and the American Legion Post 219 and Elks Flag Day correspondence (May 21, 2026).

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the Legislature’s funding and citations; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Franklin County Clerk of Superior Court - Heather Vaughn Hill, in office since her 2021 election, with Chief Deputy Clerk Betty Baskins (9592 Lavonia Rd., P.O. Box 70, Carnesville, GA 30521, 706-384-2514, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the state Clerks Authority's directory lists the office's services as Notary and 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 Franklin County Clerk (Brook Noble, 200 North Kaufman Street, Mount Vernon, 903-537-8357) lists "MILITARY DISCHARGE (DD214)" filing and certified copies at "NO CHARGE" on its fee schedule, citing Local Government Code 192.002 and Government Code 603.003, and posts a public index of discharges recorded from 1875 to 2015.

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 Franklin County Clerk (Kip Cassavaw, the county's 29th clerk, with Deputy Lynn Humphries; P.O. Box 70, 355 West Main Street, Suite 248, Malone; 518-481-1681/1682) lists military discharges among the filings the office administers - "The County Clerk's Office issues peddler permits to veterans, administers & files oaths of offices and military discharges" - and issues peddler permits to veterans; the office's fee schedule (effective July 15, 2022) prices recordings at $40.00 per document with no military-discharge line, so the free recording and certified copies are Military Law 250's.

Any veteran with a discharge. The recording and certified copies are free under Military Law 250 and the record is restricted; the peddler-permit line is General Business Law 32. No rating is needed.

The Franklin County Commissioners Court (County Judge Scott Lee) took up a Resolution Honoring Veterans Day on November 10, 2025 and on September 14, 2026 adopted a 2027 budget that keeps the part-time veterans service officer at $7,200; none of its 46 agendas of the year names another veterans item, 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 Franklin County Commissioners' 2025-2026 agenda record carries the Veterans Assistance Fund policy adoption (May 21, 2025), the 2026 Veterans' Assistance Levy budget discussion (December 1, 2025), the WDVA memorandum of understanding (June 10, 2026), the therapeutic court case manager's veteran-emphasis salary (June-July 2026), the Columbia Basin Veterans Center office-space memorandum (July 1, 2026), the VSO reclassification (July 29, 2026) and the Center's transitional-home kitchen partnership (September 16, 2026).

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

Franklin County's Hall of Honor honours the county's veterans with a museum open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, closed holidays (tour information from Terry O Wilson), and posts research data - CSV and PDF lists of Franklin County people who served in the Armed Forces from the Revolutionary War through the War on Terrorism - while noting the county did not generate the data and cannot verify its authenticity.

Visitors and researchers. The museum is open to the public on the county hours; the data carries the county's own disclaimer.

The Municipal Court's MAVS docket, certified by the Supreme Court of Ohio, takes a veteran with a pending eligible misdemeanor or felony charge and a mental health or substance use problem. Combat service and an honorable discharge are not required, and charges may be dismissed on completion.

Veteran with a pending charge and a treatment need. Any veteran with an eligible pending charge and a mental health or substance use problem; no combat service or honorable discharge is required. No rating is needed.

The Recorder records a DD-214 free, returns the original with an extra certified copy, keeps it out of the online search, and issues a free Ohio veterans ID card to any veteran whose discharge is not dishonorable. State law would let the county charge $2 for the card.

Any discharge but dishonorable. Recording is free for any discharge; the ID card needs a recorded discharge that is not dishonorable. No rating is needed.

Franklin County's Register of Deeds has kept military discharges since 1921; a discharge on file less than eighty years is released only to the veteran, an authorized representative, government agents representing veterans, court officials and the State Archives, and recording and certified copies for the veteran are free under State law (919-496-3500).

A veteran with a DD-214, or an authorized representative. Recording and certified copies for the veteran are free under State law; no rating is needed.

The Franklin County Tax Commissioner - Bobby Martin, 1221 Hull Avenue (the Courthouse Annex), Carnesville, GA 30521 (706-384-3455, fax 706-384-2245, [email protected], Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., taxes.franklincountyga.com) - and the Board of Tax Assessors (Chief Appraiser Craig Goss, 1199 Hull Ave., P.O. Box 10, 706-384-4896, fax 706-384-4333, [email protected]) take the exemption applications; the county's own General Information page fixes the deadline: "The deadline for filing an application for a homestead exemption in Franklin County is March 1", prints the tax-bill date "due by November 15", and names the Tax Commissioner "ex-officio sheriff" for tax sales; the county's pages print no veteran exemption amounts of their own, so the amounts rest on the State entries; 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 offices take the application before the county’s own March 1 deadline. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Franklin County Therapeutic Court, a District Court docket at the courthouse in Pasco, 'includes a Veterans track to serve the unique needs of Veterans who are involved in the justice system', with a felony track of about 16.5 to 24 months and a misdemeanor track of about 12 to 24; the coordinator is [email protected], 509-542-5929, and the 2026 budgets funded a therapeutic court case manager with veteran emphasis.

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

No Franklin County $25 vehicle license tax for disabled veterans, former prisoners of war, or Medal of Honor recipients, and half for National Guard members. The code sets no rating for “disabled veterans”.

Disabled veteran, no rating named. Section 11-29 waives the tax for disabled veterans, former prisoners of war, and Medal of Honor recipients, and halves it for Guard members. It sets no rating.

Franklin County's Office of Veterans Affairs, in the Human Services Building at 425 Franklin Farm Lane, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: VA claims, the State real estate tax exemption and Veterans' Temporary Assistance, the county burial allowance and grave markers, and a donation-funded outreach programme. Call 717-263-4326 for an appointment.

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

Franklin County runs its Veterans Assistance Fund (Fund 187) under RCW 73.08, paid by the county's veterans' assistance levy; the policy the Board adopted May 21, 2025 serves an indigent veteran - income at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level or food-stamp eligible, a 90-day resident - with up to $2,000 in a twelve-month period plus $200 per dependent, a $2,500 burial benefit, motel vouchers of one week renewable to six, and a once-in-a-lifetime $2,000 dental benefit.

Indigent Franklin County veterans and their families. Eligibility per the county policy: a veteran under RCW 73.08.005(5), a 90-day county resident, income at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level or food-stamp eligible. No rating is needed.

Franklin County's Veterans Outreach Fund, financed by donations and grants rather than the county budget, runs Operation Rucks to Reins equine therapy with Penn State Extension, the Focus Photography programme, MilitaryShare food distributions with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, Save-A-Vet/Save-A-Pet and the $1,000 We Support You scholarships for veterans' dependents.

A Franklin County veteran or a veteran’s dependent. Programmes are county-run and donation-funded. No rating is needed.

Short-term help with rent and deposits, mortgage, utilities, car repairs and payments, moving and storage for a Franklin County veteran or family after 90 days in the county, within the commission's own caps: four months of rent or mortgage and one car repair in any 12 months. There is no income limit; need is proved by interview and documents.

Honorable or general discharge, 90 days in the county. A veteran discharged under honorable conditions, a service member on federal active duty, or their dependents, resident 90 days. No rating is needed under the statute.

Frederick County exempts one motor vehicle from personal property tax for a veteran of the Armed Forces or Virginia National Guard rated 100% permanent and total, or total because of individual unemployability.

100% permanent and total. One vehicle owned and used mainly by or for the veteran. Frederick County accepts a 100% permanent and total rating or individual unemployability. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.

A voluntary District Court treatment program for a veteran charged with a crime in Frederick or Washington County, Maryland, 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.

Fredericksburg's Parks, Recreation & Events department runs an annual Veterans Day Procession down Washington Avenue on November 11, followed by a commemoration at the Fredericksburg Area War Memorial. Veterans and veteran groups register to walk; the public watches for free.

Veterans, veteran groups and the public. Veterans and veteran groups register to participate; the public attends free. No rating is needed.

An honorably discharged veteran who lives in Oklahoma gets free admission to every state-owned or state-operated park and museum, on showing an Oklahoma licence or ID and the DD-214, or just a licence with the veteran emblem.

Honorable discharge and current Oklahoma residence. 72 O.S. § 7(A).

Government certificates issued free to veterans and family, an express queue at public and private offices that serve the public, mandatory recognition of the VA identification card, and reserved parking on a published scale.

No rating requirement anywhere in this entry. Free certificates, the express queue, VA identification card recognition and reserved parking all turn on veteran status, not on a disability percentage.

When the VA, the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs or the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development needs a copy of a public record to decide a benefit claim, the State, borough or city office that keeps it must give a certified copy free (AS 40.25.121).

A benefit claim before the VA or a State veterans’ program. The copy must be required by the VA, the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs or the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development to decide eligibility. There is no rating, service period or discharge test in the statute.

The Recorder of Deeds records a discharge certificate free. District courts must waive all fees for a litigant receiving VA pension or several VA homeless programmes. And the District may never sell an unclaimed military medal.

VA pension or a listed VA homeless programme for the automatic court fee waiver. D.C. Code 15-712(a)(1)(B).

A veteran paid by VA at the 100 percent rate for a permanent disability pays nothing to get, renew or replace an Oklahoma driver licence or state ID. A "veteran 100%" emblem was due on licences by March 1, 2026, but Service Oklahoma's own pages do not yet offer it.

Paid at the 100 percent rate on a schedular rating. 47 O.S. § 6-101(P): "in receipt of compensation at the one-hundred-percent rate" for a disability that "shall be permanent".

The Freestone County Clerk (Renee Gregory, 103 E Main, Fairfield, 903-389-2635) files a DD214 and issues certified copies at no charge, returns the original after recording, and lists the ten kinds of qualified applicant who may have a copy; a request needs the Clerk’s form and a copy of the applicant’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 Freestone County Commissioners Court (County Judge Lloyd L. Lane) took up no veterans item in its agendas of September 2025 to November 2026 beyond the standing receipt of the Veterans Service Officer’s reports and an FY2027 budget, adopted August 19, 2026, that keeps the part-time officer at $18,379; 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 Fremont County Clerk and Recorder, 615 Macon Avenue, Cañon City (719-276-7332), records a veteran's DD-214 free, keeps it confidential, and gives copies only to the veteran or next of kin on a written request form with photo ID.

Any veteran. Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed; copies go to the veteran or next of kin.

Fremont County's veterans memorial park at the Fremont County Airport carries a brick wall of veterans' names; a $75 engraved brick is ordered through the Veterans Service Office, and new names are engraved and dedicated in batches of 50.

Memorial, no eligibility. A sponsor buys a $75 brick naming a veteran; no rating or residence test is stated.

Under the U.S.-France tax treaty as amended in 2004 and 2009, U.S. Social Security and pensions from a U.S. retirement arrangement, which include military retired pay, paid to a resident of France are taxable only in the United States. Unlike the other treaties in this catalog, nationality and immigration status do not change that on the French side.

No rating requirement. The treaty turns on the kind of payment and residence, not on any disability percentage.

Since December 18, 2025 every veteran and active-duty member pays no vehicle entrance fee at any Fresno County park, and no campground fee, with proof of status and ID. Others pay $5 a vehicle or $40 a year.

Veteran or active-duty member. Any veteran or active-duty member with proof of status and ID. No rating is needed.

Fresno County's veterans service office, in the Department of Social Services, books appointments with VA claims representatives, takes documents in person or by secure upload, and completes DMV paperwork for veterans, at 1320 East Shaw Avenue, Fresno. Call 559-600-5436.

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

Fresno County Superior Court's Veterans Treatment Court in Department 97B takes felony cases only, after conviction and on probation, and only veterans eligible for VA health care; misdemeanors go to military misdemeanor diversion. Penal Code 1001.80 also reaches most felonies before trial and asks no VA eligibility.

Veteran with a service-related condition. The court requires VA health care eligibility and a felony; the statutes need neither. No rating is needed.

The Frio County Clerk (Anna L. Hernandez, 500 East San Antonio Street, Box 6, Pearsall, 830-505-2987) tells veterans "Filing your DD-214 is FREE!": it records a discharge for safekeeping and issues certified copies at no charge, and warns against private companies that offer to file discharge papers for a fee.

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 Frio County Commissioners Court (County Judge Rochelle Lozano Camacho) adopted on September 29, 2026 a FY2027 budget that keeps the Veterans Service department at $83,712 and $1,000 for Veterans Wall repairs, and on August 11, 2026 took up a 2027 holiday list that closes the county on Veteran’s Day; none of its 40 agendas of the year names another veterans item, 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.

Frontier County’s section 80-102 Veteran’s Aid fund held $3,714.49 in July 2025 after paying only for grave markers, and the county moved $6,285.51 from its general fund to budget $9,000 of veterans’ aid for 2025-2026; Frontier County veterans apply through Dawson County’s officer in Lexington.

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

A felony accountability court for veterans with substance use or mental health problems: six phases over 18 to 24 months, $750 in programme fees, and a peer mentor programme of fellow veterans since April 2026. Referrals go to the Accountability Court intake coordinator.

Veteran facing a felony charge with substance use or mental health needs. No rating or discharge test in the statute. Some violent and sexual offences are excluded by 15-1-17.

Fulton County funds nonprofits to deliver health, wellness, housing and homelessness services to the county's veterans, $1,000,000 in 2024, on the advice of its Veterans Empowerment Commission. A veteran gets help through those nonprofits rather than from a county office, and the county has added a veterans arts funding category for 2026.

Furnas County’s section 80-102 Veterans Aid Fund holds $11,542.03 with no levy and paid nothing in 2023-2024 or 2024-2025; its page, served by the Red Willow County office in McCook, still asks for wartime service and an honorable discharge, tests the 2024 amendment changed.

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 Furnas County, and need the committee assesses; the county page’s wartime test no longer applies. No rating is required.

The Gadsden County Tax Collector issues Florida's free disability hunting and fishing licence, but its page says the disabled person "must present an awards letter from the Social Security Administration", where section 379.353 also takes a VA total and permanent rating or a 50% service-connected rating; bring the VA letter. 16 S. Calhoun Street, Quincy, 850-875-6798.

50% service-connected, or rated total and permanent. Free for an honorably discharged veteran rated 50% or more service-connected, or any resident rated totally and permanently disabled by VA or the armed forces.

Gadsden County's Veteran Services Office files VA claims for veterans and their families - compensation, pension, death pension, burial, insurance, education, vocational rehabilitation and health care - and drives veterans to and from medical appointments at the Tallahassee VA outpatient clinic Monday to Friday; (850) 875-8661, [email protected].

Veterans and their families. For veterans and their family members. No rating is needed.

Anyone can nominate a Gage County veteran for the county’s Veteran Honors Recognition: the Veterans Service Office picks from the applications, and the veteran is honoured at a Board of Supervisors meeting with time to speak and a certificate of appreciation, a mug and a pen; the Board honoured Vietnam veteran Danny DeLong on August 5, 2026.

Any Gage County veteran, nominated by anyone. Recognition only; no rating or discharge test is stated.

Gage County’s Veterans Service Office at 619 N. 7th Street in Beatrice, under Veterans Service Officer Keil Mick, builds and appeals VA disability claims, helps families with burial benefits, DIC and headstones, certifies veterans for the non-service-connected homestead exemption and pays county veterans aid through its Soldiers & Sailors account.

Any Gage County veteran, dependent or survivor. Claims and appeals help, survivor and burial help and the homestead certification need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.

The Gaines County Clerk (Terri Berry, 101 S. Main, Room 206, Seminole, 432-758-4003) lists "MILITARY DISCHARGE (DD214)" filing (Local Government Code 192.002(b)) and certified copies (Government Code 603.003(a)) at "No Charge" on its fee schedule 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 Gaines County Commissioners Court (County Judge Cindy Therwhanger) appointed a committee to interview veterans service officer applicants on November 5, 2025, heard that interviews were under way on January 14, 2026, added three names to the Veterans Memorial wall in May and June 2026, and on September 9, 2026 adopted an FY 2027 budget that carries the officer as an open part-time post; 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.

Gaines County keeps a Veterans Memorial Park at the South Cemetery on County Road 301, Seminole, whose wall carries the names of honourably discharged veterans with ties to the county; a family applies with a DD-214 or equivalent, and the Commissioners Court approves each name (at $65 a name in May 2026).

Honourably discharged veterans with ties to Gaines County. A DD-214 or equivalent showing honourable service in the Armed Forces, and ties to Gaines County; the Commissioners Court approves each name. No rating is needed.