Johnson County’s court offers veterans two alternatives to jail, a probation track through the District Court and a diversion track through the District Attorney, a twelve-to-eighteen-month programme with testing at least twice weekly and a veteran mentor, based in Olathe.
Veteran eligible for the probation or diversion track. The court serves veterans in the criminal justice system who are eligible; the diversion track is the District Attorney’s, the probation track the District Court’s, both voluntary and twelve to eighteen months.
The Johnston County Register of Deeds records discharges and gives copies to authorised people free, in person and on the State forms, and gives veterans who record their discharge a Thank A Vet photo ID card for discounts at participating county businesses.
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.
Johnston County's veterans office in Smithfield: three accredited service officers who help veterans, families, survivors and serving members with VA and State claims, an online intake and online State forms, rides to VA appointments through the county's transit system, and a monthly Veterans Rally Point breakfast.
Veteran, family member, survivor or service member. No rating or fee. Rides go only to VA facilities or authorised community care.
The Jones County Chancery Clerk, Concetta Brooks, records and preserves military discharges, free for a county resident under Section 35-3-13, and serves as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, whose minutes her office keeps; offices in Ellisville (601-477-3307) and Laurel (601-428-0527).
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed.
The Jones County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Chris Weidner, District I Commissioner and Vice-Chairman Sam Kitchens, District II Commissioner John Wood, District III Commissioner Wendy Vaughn and District IV Commissioner Daylon Martin, with County Attorney Ashley Brodie, County Administrator Jason Rizner and County Clerk/HR Director Shannon Wagner, at 166 Industrial Boulevard, Gray (478-986-6405) - posts its official agendas and minutes on the county's own Agendas and Minutes library; the 2025-2026 record - 79 files read whole - carries no veteran item at all: the word veteran does not appear in any of them. American Legion Post 142 meets at 314 Old Clinton Road, Gray.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s posted 2025-2026 files and the county’s veterans organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Jones County Clerk of Superior Court - Pamela D. Dixon, P.O. Box 39, 110 S. Jefferson St, Gray, GA 31032 (478-986-6671, fax 478-986-2030, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - keeps a full Military Records page on the clerk's own site: "O.C.G.A 15-6-72 requires the Superior Court of each county to record and index, for free, any discharge certificate(s) of any former member of the armed services brought to their office", with a Request for Military Discharge Record and Affidavit of Requesting Party form, a government-issued picture ID at submission, and the standard copy and certification fees.
Any veteran with a discharge. The recording is free under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78 and the record is closed for fifty years; copies go to the authorized list on the affidavit form. No rating is needed.
The Jones County Clerk (LeeAnn Jennings, 100 Courthouse Square, Anson, 325-823-3762) lists the military discharge (DD214) as no charge on its fee schedule; 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 Jones County Commissioners Court (County Judge Dale Spurgin) took up no item naming veterans in its 28 minutes of September 2025 to October 2026; its 2027 budget, adopted unanimously on September 14, 2026, funds no veterans service office, and no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Jones County Tax Commissioner - Brian Jackson, 166 Industrial Blvd., P.O. Box 417, Gray, GA 31032 (478-986-6538, fax 478-986-4206, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., jonescountytaxes.com, [email protected]) - and the Board of Tax Assessors take the homestead applications, the disabled-veteran exemptions included; the commissioner's own site publishes the due dates and no exemption text, so the O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1 amounts ride on the State entries.
Qualifying disabled veteran or surviving spouse who owns and occupies the home. The exemption follows O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1; the county offices take the application and post no amounts of their own. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Oregon's first county veteran service office, established in 1944 to help returning Second World War veterans with their GI benefits. Veteran Service Officers counsel, advise and assist veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits under county, state and federal law: (541) 474-5221, Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Veterans and dependents of Josephine County. The office counsels and assists any veteran or dependent; no rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit's veterans treatment court in West Palm Beach takes veterans with an open criminal case, combat or not, felony or misdemeanor, with treatment through the VA. Its 2023 manual says the judge admits with the State Attorney's approval and that the receiving VA programme must accept the veteran, so a veteran VA will not treat may be shut out. Fees must be paid before graduation.
Veteran with an open criminal case, accepted by the VA programme. A veteran with an open case whom the team and the receiving VA programme accept. No rating is needed.
Jump Around Carson, the City's bus, charges a reduced $0.75 fare, and $20 for a monthly pass, to "Senior/Youth/Disabled/Military" riders, against $1.50 and $40. The fare page does not say whether "Military" covers veterans or only serving members; ask JAC at 775-841-7433 before relying on it.
Military riders. The fare page gives the reduced fare to "Military" without defining it; ask JAC whether it covers veterans. No rating is needed.
The Clerk records a DD-214 free and, since January 1, 2025, gives certified copies free to the veteran and an heir, matching MCL 35.32's list of who may receive them. Filing a DD-214 enrols a veteran in the Honor Rewards discount card, and the Clerk issues the free veteran's peddler's licence.
The veteran, a permitted person, an heir or a service officer. Free recording and, since 2025, free certified copies for the veteran and an heir; the statute also reaches a person with written permission and a service officer. The Honor Rewards card and the peddler's licence need the DD-214 on file. No rating is needed.
Kalamazoo County's Veterans Service Office administers Soldiers and Sailors Relief from the veterans millage under committee policy, with annual maximums, food vouchers of $200 for a veteran and $100 per dependent, gas vouchers, Farmers Market vouchers and utilities, housing and transportation help. The policy itself is not published.
Within the SSR annual maximums. Annual maximums per category, amended by the committee; food vouchers $200 for the veteran and $100 per dependent. No rating is needed.
Kalamazoo County's Veterans Service Office in the Health and Community Services building files VA claims free and runs the county's relief, vouchers, dental help and burial benefit, paid for chiefly by a 0.1 mill veterans service millage approved on November 7, 2023 for 2024 through 2032.
Any veteran, survivor or dependent. Claims help is free to any veteran or family member; relief, vouchers and burial have their own tests. No rating is needed.
The 8th District Court established Kalamazoo County's veterans treatment court by Local Administrative Order 2025-08, effective October 17, 2025, taking the statute's own eligibility, and the State's certified list gives its contact as (269) 384-8171. The court was recruiting volunteer veteran mentors through 2026.
Veteran with 180 days of active duty and a pending case. The statute takes a veteran under MCL 35.61 with 180 days of active duty whose offense is generally related to service, and bars violent offenders. No rating is needed.
The Kanawha County Adult Drug Court, established 2009, carries a veterans treatment court track under Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey, with probation officer Tonya Swayne as the contact.
Veteran defendant, court-decided admission. The veterans track of the Kanawha County Adult Drug Court admits veteran defendants the court finds suitable; the county publishes no separate criteria and there is no right to participation.
Kanawha County has no county veterans office; the state benefit office in South Charleston carries the claims work with four named officers, and the county clerk records service discharges at no charge by statute.
Any veteran or family member. The Charleston benefit office advises Kanawha County veterans and their families on VA and state benefits and files claims, free of charge. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
The Kane County Recorder records a DD-214 free, with four certified copies, when the veteran, family or a VA representative brings it in, and keeps recorded military discharges out of public inspection.
Veterans, family and VA representatives. Recording and four certified copies are free. No rating is needed.
The 16th Judicial Circuit's Kane County Veterans Treatment Court in St. Charles, running since 2018, admits Kane County residents who are veterans or service members, non-violent, willing to plead guilty and with a mental illness or substance use disorder. It requires a discharge other than dishonorable, which the State act does not.
Veteran or service member resident in Kane County, charged with a non-violent offence. A discharge other than dishonorable, a guilty plea, and a mental health or substance use diagnosis. No rating is needed.
An extra $2,320 Kansas exemption from tax year 2025 for a veteran receiving compensation at the 100 percent rate for a permanent disability. It was $2,250 before, and the revisor still prints that figure under 79-32,121.
In receipt of compensation at the 100 percent rate. Certified by VA to be in receipt of disability compensation at the 100% rate. The phrase describes the rate paid rather than the schedular rating assigned.
A free permanent licence to hunt and fish for a Kansas resident rated 30 percent or more. Bought once, never renewed, and the lowest disability threshold in the Kansas code.
Service-connected evaluation of 30% or more. Section 32-934(b) sets the lowest disability threshold in the Kansas code for this catalog. The percentage is a service-connected evaluation under 38 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. or 10 U.S.C. 1201 et seq., which means a chapter 61 disability retirement rating counts as well as a VA rating.
A free plate and free registration at 50 percent, and with it free metered parking with no time limit anywhere in Kansas, whether or not the veteran qualifies for the wheelchair symbol.
Service-connected evaluation of 50% or more. Section 8-160 sets the threshold for the plate. The percentage is a service-connected evaluation under 38 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. or 10 U.S.C. 1201 et seq., which means a chapter 61 disability retirement rating counts as well as a VA rating.
Live since July 1, 2026. A veteran rated 100 percent permanent, or permanently unemployable, carries a card and buys up to $24,000 a year of ordinary goods and services free of Kansas sales tax.
Certified at 100 percent, and permanent. VA must certify a 100 percent disability, and the disability must be permanent and have been sustained through military action or accident or resulted from disease contracted in active service.
Kansas taxes income but not military retired pay. Retired pay, Survivor Benefit Plan annuities and social security in federal adjusted gross income are all subtracted out, with no cap and no age test.
No rating and no minimum service. The subtraction for federal retirement benefits reaches military retired pay without reference to a disability rating, an age or a length of service.
A Kansas register of deeds records an honorably discharged veteran’s discharge free and gives the first five certified copies free; the recorded DD-214 is closed to the public and released only to the veteran, close family, heirs and agents, a funeral director or a government agency that needs it.
An honorably discharged veteran. Free recording and five free certified copies under 73-210a are for a person honorably discharged; no rating, wartime or length-of-service test.
No motor vehicle property tax on up to two vehicles for a Kansas resident who is on full-time active duty, mobilised, stationed in Kansas, or a current member in good standing of the Kansas National Guard or a reserve unit.
Full-time active duty absent from Kansas on orders. Section 79-5107(e)(1)(A), where the vehicles are maintained outside the state.
Any veteran may have VETERAN printed on a Kansas driver license or identification card. An NGB Form 22 is accepted and a general discharge under honorable conditions qualifies.
Honorable or general discharge under honorable conditions. Section 8-243(e)(2) uses the standard Kansas definition, including the groups and individuals listed under 38 C.F.R. 3.7, with no disability element.
A medallion, medal and certificate for any veteran who served honorably between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975, anywhere in the world. Service in Vietnam is not required and a survivor may apply.
Active duty at any time between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975. Service anywhere in the world during the era qualifies. Service in Vietnam or Southeast Asia is not required.
The Karnes County Clerk (Jamie Leal, 210 W. Calvert, Suite 100, Karnes City, (830) 780-3938) posts an "Application for Copy of Military Discharge Record" that limits copies to the people Government Code 552.140 lists and asks for a notarized proof of identity and a photo ID; recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under State law.
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 Karnes County Commissioners Court (County Judge Wade J. Hedtke) acknowledged on December 9, 2025 an anonymous $2,500 donation to the Veteran Services office "to assist in reaching and helping the Veterans of Karnes County", receives the office’s reports among its departmental reports, and filed a FY2027 budget that keeps the office at $59,210.43; 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 Kaufman County Clerk keeps recorded military discharges at the Justice Center, 1902 E. US Highway 175, Kaufman; recording is free under Local Government Code 192.002, and a copy needs the veteran's name as on the record, the approximate discharge date, the requester's relationship and photo ID, because records filed since September 1, 2003 are confidential.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge is free. Copies go only to the people section 552.140 lists.
Kaufman County's Veterans Service Officer, Robert Hunter, at 3001 S. Washington Street, Kaufman (469-376-4644), helps veterans, widows, widowers and children with VA and State benefits, military records, Veterans Land Board loans and State Veterans Home applications, and reported 314, 314, 269 and 269 veteran service actions by quarter of fiscal 2025 - the report slide's own 1,247 headline does not match its quarterly bars.
Veterans and families. For veterans, widows, widowers and children. No rating is needed.
The Kay County Board of County Commissioners (Shane Jones, Jason Shanks and Jeff Kreger; Mondays and other weekdays 9:30 a.m. at the Newkirk courthouse) carried one veteran line in the window: the January 12, 2026 minutes' Board of Tax Roll Corrections item correcting values for '#8607 Galindo, Pablo, this account has Veterans Exemption'; the County Assessor's Exemptions & Valuation Freeze FAQ carries the '100% Disabled Veteran's Exemption' filing route 'at any point throughout the year'; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s exemption machinery and the assessor’s filing route; the entitlements themselves are the State entry’s.
The Kay County Clerk (Tammy Reese, 219 S. Main St., Newkirk, 580-362-2537, fax 580-362-3300, weekdays 8 to 4:30 through the lunch hour) lists 'Military discharge records' among the records the office 'receives, records, and preserves ... indefinitely, both in the office and electronically'; the free recording is 72 O.S. 22 and the confidentiality 19 O.S. 270 - carried by the State entry.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a DD-214 is free under 72 O.S. 22 and the record is confidential under 19 O.S. 270. No rating is needed.
Kearney County funds section 80-102 veterans aid with a $500 line in the Veterans Service Office budget, moved each June to a separate Kearney County Vets Aid Fund account ($500 in June 2025 and June 2026); apply through the office in Minden.
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 Kearney County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.
Kearney County’s Veterans Service Office at 528 North Minden Avenue in Minden, under Veterans Service Officer Philip Heun, files and tracks VA claims by appointment; its five-member Veterans Service Board is appointed by the County Board, which joined Operation Green Light in 2025 and 2026 and opposed LB1072.
Any Kearney County veteran or dependent. Claims help needs no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.
Keith County’s section 80-102 Veterans Aid Fund holds about $67,600 on interest alone - it paid $800 in 2024-2025 and nothing the year before - and budgets $30,476.14 of assistance for 2025-2026 with a $4,200 petty cash account so the office can pay small emergencies quickly.
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 Keith County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.
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Keith County’s Veterans Service Office in Room 205 of the Ogallala courthouse, under Veterans Service Officer Dan Nichols, completes federal, state and county benefit applications and handles emergency financial assistance; under standing agreements the same officer serves Arthur County and keeps office hours in Oshkosh for Garden County.
Any veteran or dependent in Keith, Arthur or Garden County. Claims help needs no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.
The Kendall County Clerk's Fee Schedule (effective January 1, 2024) prices 'Military Discharge Recording & Copies' at No Charge, N/C, beside the $25/$4 official-records fees; the recording is the State's free route under Local Government Code 191.0017 and 192.002.
Any veteran. Recording a discharge and its copies are free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Kendall County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution proclaiming June 12, 2026 as Women Veterans Recognition Day in Kendall County, carried a standing item for meeting with Veterans Services (which reports directly to the Court), honoured Veteran Service Officer Ronald Cortez's ten years, and bought the Veterans Office a network switch - the year's whole veteran record.
No eligibility - a proclamation and record. The resolution adopts the State recognition day; it grants no individual entitlement.
Kendall County's certified problem-solving court is the Mental Health Court with a Veterans Court Track, listed by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts since 2022; the judiciary's own page for the track publishes no eligibility text, and the drug court and mental health court pages are the county's own record.
Justice-involved veteran. For a veteran with a pending case in Kendall County who is screened and accepted. A disability rating is not the test stated.
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office screens veterans at intake to the Kennebec County Correctional Facility, maintains a veterans-designated housing unit there, and works with the district attorney, clinicians, Maine Pretrial Services, NAMI and VA on a treatment plan, with a veterans track of the county’s Co-occurring Disorders Court.
Veterans screened at jail intake, any discharge. The initiative identifies veterans entering the Kennebec County Correctional Facility and builds a treatment plan with county and federal stakeholders. No rating test is published, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Kenosha County’s four-person veterans division on Sheridan Road runs a monthly Twin Lakes satellite and online booking, with a five-member commission furnishing 45.86 aid, and maintains the 335-acre Veterans Memorial Park.
Any veteran or family member. The division assists Kenosha County veterans and their families with claims and county aid. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Kenosha County veterans facing charges are served by the Second Judicial District veterans treatment court, running since 2012, whose hearings sit at the Racine County Courthouse and whose judicial contact here is Judge Angelina Gabriele.
Veteran defendant, post-adjudication admission. The Second Judicial District veterans treatment court admits veteran defendants the court finds suitable from Kenosha, Racine and Walworth Counties; there is no right to participation.
The County Clerk gives free certified copies of a recorded DD-214 to the veteran, anyone with the veteran's written permission, the heirs and a service officer, and charges others $1 for records 70 years old. Its form says the veteran must have been honorably discharged, a condition MCL 35.32 does not set.
The veteran, a permitted person, heirs or a service officer. Free copies for the veteran, a person with written permission, heirs and a service officer. No rating is needed.
Kent County's relief fund pays one-off grants toward rent, deposits, utilities, food, home repairs and car repairs after a recent unforeseen hardship. The county's pages disagree on the discharge it needs, and its eligibility page says no wartime service is required, wider than the State statute.
A recent unforeseen hardship. Proof of income, expenses and assets and a recent unforeseen hardship. No rating is needed.
Kent County Veterans Services files VA, State and county claims free, runs the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Fund and the county burial allowance, and issues a county veteran ID card. A voted veterans millage of about 0.05 mill pays for it through 2029, raising about $1.6 million in 2025.
Any Kent County veteran or family member. Claims help is free; the department asks for 90 days of wartime active duty and an honorable or general discharge for most county help, but not for service-connected claims or relief grants. No rating is needed.