The Hopkins County Commissioners Court (County Judge Robert Newsom) posted no veteran item in its 79 meeting and work session notices of October 2025 to October 2026, and adopted an FY2027 budget of $8,500 for the Veteran Service department; its minutes could not be read.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Houston County Clerk (Terri Meadows, 401 East Houston Avenue, Suite D, Crockett, 936-544-3255) files a DD214 and issues certified copies at no charge, and its fee schedule says the clerk may waive assumed name filing fees for a veteran with proper 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 Houston County Commissioners Court (County Judge Jim Lovell) moved a November meeting for the Veterans Day holiday, received the Veterans Service Report (October 28, 2025) and adopted a FY2027 budget of about $36,000 for the office (September 22, 2026); no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.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.
Houston 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 Houston County Veterans Service Office.
Veteran with a criminal case in Houston County. Eligibility is set by the court and is not published. No rating is needed.
The Veterans Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund is funded by casino admission fees. It sits third in a waterfall out of the gaming commission fund and then takes one hundred percent of the residual, so capital funding for the homes and cemeteries tracks riverboat gambling receipts.
The fund consists of casino money, not general revenue. Section 42.300.1 says the Veterans Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund consists of money collected under section 313.835, the gaming commission fund.
Howard County lists county veterans aid for food, shelter, clothing, funeral and medical needs, applied for through the Hall County Veterans Service Office in Grand Island, but its budget carries no aid fund or aid line, only the $39,910 contract for the office; its page still asks for wartime service, a test the 2024 amendment removed.
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 Howard County, and need the committee assesses; the county page’s wartime test no longer applies. No rating is required.
The Howard County Clerk (Jury Padron, 300 S Main Street, Room 104, Big Spring, 432-264-2213) posts no military-discharge line among its fees; 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 Howard County Commissioners Court (County Judge Randy Johnson) took up no veterans item in the 36 minutes and 46 agendas of September 2025 to October 2026, and adopted a FY2026-2027 budget with no veterans line (September 14, 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.
A county office in the Department of Community Resources and Services that helps veterans and military families find local, state, and federal services, from housing and caregiving to child care for a relocating family.
The Howard County Recorder keeps veterans' recorded discharges closed to everyone but the veteran and next of kin and gives them copies free; its July 2025 DD214 sheet lists who may ask (the veteran, the county service office, State staff, a guardian, an attorney, a funeral director, the estate or next of kin) and sends anyone whose discharge is not on file to the Veterans Service Office.
Any veteran with a recorded discharge, or next of kin. Copies are free to the veteran or next of kin.
County Clerk E. Junior Maldonado’s office issues a free Veteran ID Card on an honorable or under-honorable discharge (DD-214, photo ID and residency proof) that carries a store-discount program and works for the NJ MVC veteran designation, and a Gold Star Family Member Identification Card under N.J.S.A. 40A:9-78.8.
Hudson County veterans and Gold Star families. The ID card and the Gold Star card are for veterans on a DD-214 and the families of the fallen. No rating is required.
The county’s Office of Veterans Affairs at 830 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, (201) 369-4313 ext. 4258, provides information, assistance and referral to Hudson County veterans, publishes the county’s 2026 Veterans Affairs Directory, assists with burials of indigent veterans and places flags on veterans’ graves, and the 2026 adopted budget carries the office at $39,391 in salaries and $64,800 in other expenses.
Any Hudson County veteran or family member. The office provides information, assistance and referral to veterans residing in the county; no rating is required.
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office runs a Veterans Diversion Program under N.J.S.A. 2C:43-23 to 2C:43-31 for veterans charged with non-violent third- or fourth-degree crimes connected to a mental condition; attorneys apply to Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Andrea Hellinghausen or Assistant Prosecutor Priya Ramrup, and completion ordinarily within two years ends in dismissal.
Justice-involved veteran. Eligibility requires a non-violent third- or fourth-degree charge with a causal relation to military service and a mental condition; the prosecutor has sole discretion and domestic-violence offenses are presumptively ineligible. A disability rating is not the test.
The county’s TRANSCEND system takes veterans to destinations primarily within Hudson County with limited Essex and Bergen service, is administered by the Department of Aging and Veteran Affairs at (201) 369-4320 ext. 4107, and the board authorized $15,000 DMAVA veterans-transportation grants for FY2026 and again for FY2027.
Hudson County veterans. Veterans are named among the eligible riders of the county transportation system; no rating is required.
The Hudspeth County Commissioners Court (County Judge Joanna Mackenzie) took up on April 14, 2026 an application for the Highly Rural Transportation Grant "for Veteran Medical Appointment Transportation", and on September 15, 2026 the adoption of an FY 2026-2027 budget with no veterans department. The county posts minutes for only two meetings of the year. 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 Hudspeth County and District Clerk (Brenda Sanchez, P.O. Box 58, Sierra Blanca, (915) 369-2301) lists "Military Discharge (DD214)" filing (Local Government Code 192.002) and certified copy (Government Code 603.003) at "No charge" on its fee schedule effective January 1, 2024; the confidentiality (Government Code 552.140) is 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.
A Humboldt County Parks annual pass, covering day-use fees and $5 off each night of camping, costs military veterans $35 instead of $45, the same rate as seniors 62 and over and people with disabilities. Buy it at Public Works, 1106 Second Street, Eureka, or by mail.
Military veterans. The reduced rate is for military veterans; no rating is needed.
The Humboldt County Recorder (Tia Lange, 775-623-6412) has a dedicated Military DD214 page: recording is free "as a courtesy", the page warns that records are public and cannot be unrecorded, and Social Security numbers are redacted before public release.
Certificate of honorable discharge. The Recorder records a DD-214 free as a courtesy, redacts SSNs before release, and warns the record is public and cannot be unrecorded. No rating is needed.
Humboldt County's Veterans Service Office, in the Department of Health and Human Services, helps veterans, dependants and survivors get VA disability compensation, pensions, health care, education and survivor benefits through in-person advocacy, at 1105 Sixth Street, Suite F, Eureka, weekdays 8:30 to noon and 1 to 4. Call 707-445-7611.
Veterans and families. Any veteran, dependant or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
The Hunt County Clerk records a DD-214 at no charge to the veteran, and the veteran, family, estate representative, attorney-in-fact, another government body or the funeral home handling the burial can get a free certified copy on the clerk's application with ID; the record is confidential for 75 years.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge and certified copies are free. Copies go only to the people section 552.140 lists.
Hunt County Veteran Services, 2824 Terrell Street, Suite 304, Greenville, (903) 454-2552, helps veterans and dependants with VA and Texas Veterans Commission benefits. Director and Veteran Services Officer Ted Oats.
Veterans and dependants. For veterans and their dependants. No rating is needed.
The County Clerk’s Office records Honorable Discharges and DD-214s free of charge (confidential, family access), issues a County Veteran Identification Card showing the book and page where the discharge is filed, and provides certified copies of recorded documents.
Hunterdon County veterans. Recording, the county veteran ID card and certified copies are for veterans on a DD-214. No rating is required.
The Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office publishes the state’s Veterans Diversion Program - codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:43-23 to 31, effective December 1, 2017 - for veterans and serving members charged with non-violent petty disorderly, disorderly-persons and third- or fourth-degree offenses who have a mental illness; after a minimum of six months the prosecutor may move for dismissal, with expungement possible.
Justice-involved veteran. Eligibility requires veteran or serving status, an eligible non-violent offense and a mental illness; the prosecutor has full discretion. A disability rating is not the test.
The county’s Veterans Recognition Medal, commissioned by the Board in 2002 and designed by Flemington’s John N Hatzikalfas - a Hunterdon resident and Vietnam veteran - is presented at an invitation-only ceremony each Veterans Day, November 11, at 1:00 pm, livestreamed from the Assembly Room at Building #1 at the Rt. 12 County Complex; questions go to VSO Rich Booth at 908-788-1361.
Hunterdon County veterans. The medal honors county veterans; application questions go to the VSO. No rating is required.
The county’s Veterans Services under the Division of Senior, Disabilities & Veterans’ Services, with Veterans Services Officer Richard Booth at 908-788-1361, assists veterans with VA claims for service-connected disability compensation, pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and burial, survivor benefits, VA health-care enrollment and community outreach.
Any Hunterdon County veteran or family member. The office assists with VA claims, survivor benefits and enrollment; no rating is required.
Every set of Huntingdon County Commissioners' minutes carries a standing "Veteran's Burial Allowances" report item - the board approves the counts each meeting (one on October 14, 2025, three on October 21, three on October 28, five on December 16, two on February 10, 2026, none on October 13, 2026) under the county's $250 veteran burial benefit; the 2026 agendas and minutes are otherwise not posted on the county site.
No eligibility - a record note. The standing report documents the burial allowances the board approves; it sets no application route (the office’s application is the route). The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Huron County Board of Commissioners (Harry Brady, Tom Dunlap and James R. Morgan; 2025's third seat Bradley R. Mesenburg; Administrator/Clerk Ziemba, minutes clerk Gina Hartman) met Tuesdays at 9 and carried the 2025-2026 veteran items: the Veterans Monument Park flag discussion, the Veterans budget 'No other requests', the Willard Veterans Memorial Park support letter, Resolution 25-324 on the Veterans Services account #033, Director Hamilton's fair-day presentation, the Memorial Day flag ceremony and the Pavilion meetings; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration and grounds; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Huron County Recorder's Office records an original or certified copy of a veteran's military discharge free - 'The Huron County Recorder's Office will record an original or certified copy of a Veteran's military discharge as a free service for our Veterans' - with the recorded documents searchable through the recorder's PAX document search.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording an original or certified copy of a military discharge is free at the Recorder. No rating is needed.
The Hutchinson County Clerk (Kelly Ratliff, 515 S. Main Street, Suite 211, Stinnett, 806-878-4002) posts no military-discharge line among its fees or forms; 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 Hutchinson County Commissioners Court (County Judge Cindy Irwin) posts its agendas only on an events calendar that refused automated reading and posts no minutes, so its year could not be read; its FY2027 budget, adopted unanimously on September 14, 2026, funds no veterans service office, 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.
No Idaho public officer may charge a veteran for recording or indexing discharge papers or for certified copies of them; a recorded DD-214 is not a public record without the written consent of the veteran or a surviving spouse or representative, may be recorded with the date of birth and Social Security number blacked out, and must be taken out of the record free on request.
Any veteran with discharge papers. Recording, indexing and certified copies are free and no rating is needed; copies go to the veteran, or to a surviving spouse or representative with the veteran's or their written consent.
A $5 resident license at a 40% rating, with deeply reduced tag fees. Separately, a resident disabled veteran can draw up to five free big game tags a year, which is the most valuable hunting benefit in this catalog.
40% service-connected. The reduced fee license and the sponsored free big game tags require a service-connected disability rating of 40 percent or more. A veteran below 40 percent pays ordinary license and tag fees.
A lifetime pass waiving the vehicle entrance fee for one vehicle and the campsite fee for one site at Idaho state parks, for an Idaho resident rated 100% permanent and total service-connected (compensation at 100% for unemployability does not qualify); cabins, yurts and lodges are excluded, reservation fees still apply, and camping is capped at 14 nights in 30 days.
100% total and permanent. The pass requires a 100 percent total and permanent service-connected disability rating. That is a stricter bar than most state park passes in this catalog, and a veteran below it pays the ordinary day use and camping fees.
A deduction for military retired pay, available to a retired service member who is disabled or 62 or older, which is a lower age bar than Idaho applies to other pensions. The maximum is recalculated every year.
Disabled, or age 62 or older. A retired service member qualifies if classified as disabled, or aged 62 or older, or under 62 but employed with enough income to require a federal return. That is a lower age bar than Idaho applies to other pensions. No specific rating percentage is named, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
A VETERAN designation on an Idaho driver's licence or ID card, free on a new or renewed card and for the $15 duplicate fee at any other time, on proof of an honorable discharge, active-duty ID or a veterans plate; a service member's Idaho licence stays valid through active duty, is extended four years at a time and runs 60 days past release.
An honorable discharge, active-duty ID or a veterans plate. The designation needs proof of an honorable discharge, a valid active-duty identification or a veterans licence plate. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Idaho registers one vehicle free with Disabled Veteran (D.V.) plates and a parking placard for a veteran paid for a 100% service-connected disability, the loss or loss of use of a hand or foot, or blindness, or who has the VA auto grant; Medal of Honor plates are free on up to two vehicles, and Purple Heart and former POW plates pay registration, with surviving spouses keeping all three; Gold Star plates carry no program fee for a spouse or parent.
100% service-connected compensation for the free plate. The no-fee Disabled Veteran registration needs compensation for a 100 percent service-connected disability, or for the loss or loss of use of a hand or foot or blindness, or the VA auto grant, on one vehicle. A veteran outside those may display the Veterans plate for its fees.
Emergency grants of up to $1,500 from the Idaho Division of Veterans Services for an honorably discharged veteran now living in Idaho who entered service from Idaho or has lived in the state five years, where the emergency happened within 90 days of the request; the Office of Veterans Advocacy takes requests (208-780-1380).
An honorable discharge, Idaho residence and an emergency within 90 days. The gates are an honorable discharge, current Idaho residence with entry into service from Idaho or five years of Idaho residence, and an emergency within 90 days of the request. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Idaho has seven veterans treatment courts, run by the district courts as Idaho Supreme Court treatment courts: Kootenai (Coeur d'Alene), Nez Perce (Lewiston), Canyon (Caldwell), Ada (Boise), the Fifth District's in Twin Falls, Bannock (Pocatello) and the Seventh District's in Idaho Falls. No statute names them or says who may enter; each court sets its own admission rules, and they differ on discharge.
Justice-involved veteran accepted by the court. Each court sets its own admission rules; some exclude bad conduct or dishonourable discharges and one does not look at the discharge. No rating is needed.
In a county with two or more veterans organizations, those posts can form a Veterans Assistance Commission that the county must house and fund, which pays "just and necessary" assistance to veterans with an honorable or general discharge and their families, and to families of deceased veterans, from a county levy, the general fund or State money.
Honorable or general discharge, or the family of a deceased veteran. The Act serves veterans whose last discharge was honorable or general under honorable conditions, their families, and families of deceased veterans, who need assistance. No rating is needed.
Free hunting and fishing licenses, and exemption from the habitat stamp, for a veteran receiving compensation at 10% or more or a total disability pension. Residency does not matter, which is rare.
Compensation at 10% or more. The exemption requires receipt of service-connected compensation at 10 percent or greater, or a total disability pension. That is the lowest rating floor for a hunting and fishing benefit in this catalog, and state residency is not required.
Grants to the families of Illinois National Guard members and Illinois residents in the Reserve called to federal active duty. Separate grant types cover status, need, casualty, and state active duty.
Mobilization of an Illinois Guard or Reserve member. The gate is the service member being an Illinois National Guard member or an Illinois resident in a Reserve component called to federal active duty during a declared emergency. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Illinois taxes neither military pay nor military retired pay. Active duty pay is subtracted on Schedule M; retired pay and Survivor Benefit Plan annuities come off as retirement income on the return itself.
No eligibility test. Neither the military pay subtraction nor the retirement income treatment depends on a disability rating, an age, or an income level. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The word "Veteran" is added free to an Illinois driver license or ID card at an original or renewal for a veteran discharged under honorable conditions; adding it between renewals costs the corrected-card fee, $5 for a licence and $10 for an ID card (free for an ID card at 65). Gold Star families can have their own designation.
A discharge under honorable conditions, with no rating. The designation requires proof of service and a discharge under honorable conditions, and no disability rating. The Chicago Transit Authority Military Service Pass asks for a qualifying service-connected disability, but it is a separate program run by the transit agency.
The Service-Connected Disabled Veteran plate waives the registration fee on one vehicle at a 50% rating. Medal of Honor and Purple Heart plates are free, and 44 military designs are available in all.
50% or more for the fee-free ISERVE plate. The Service-Connected Disabled Veteran plate requires proof of a 50 percent or greater service-connected disability and waives the registration fee on one qualifying vehicle. A veteran below 50 percent does not qualify for that plate.
Each judicial circuit's chief judge may run a veterans and servicemembers court for anyone who served or is serving, Guard and reserves included, with no discharge test. The statute bars crimes of violence and a violent conviction within five years, and needs the prosecutor's agreement only for certain Class 2 or higher drug felonies; each court sets the rest of its criteria.
Veteran or current servicemember. Anyone who served or is serving, Guard and reserves included. No rating or discharge test applies.
The Imperial County Clerk-Recorder, 940 West Main Street, Suite 202, El Centro (442-265-1075), issues certified copies of DD-214s recorded in Imperial County to the people Government Code 6107 allows, in person with photo identification or by mail with a notarized statement; an unredacted copy is available to an authorized person who needs the full Social Security number for benefits.
A veteran or other person Government Code 6107(b) authorizes. Copies go only to the people the statute lists, with photo ID or a notarized statement. No rating is needed.
Imperial County's Veterans Advisory Council, created by the Board of Supervisors on May 5, 1992, is five honorably discharged veterans, one named by each Supervisor, who advise the Board, hear the veteran community's complaints and problems and report their findings; since November 2025 it also runs a Veteran Monument Fund, kept by the Veterans Service Office, for restoring the county's veterans' memorials.
Imperial County veterans and their dependents. Anyone in the veteran community can bring a complaint or problem; members must be honorably discharged county residents.
Indian River County runs a Veterans Services division with State-certified service officers in Vero Beach (2525 St. Lucie Avenue, 772-226-1395) and Sebastian (1235 Main Street, 772-226-1145), by appointment, with short walk-ins on Wednesdays in Vero Beach and Thursdays in Sebastian.
Veterans and families in Indian River County. Veterans, their dependents and survivors. No rating is needed.