Miscellaneous

The Archer County Clerk (Karren Winter, 112 E. Walnut, Archer City, 940-574-4302) keeps the official public records but posts no discharge form or fee schedule; a veteran records a DD-214 free under Local Government Code 192.002 and gets certified copies free under Government Code 603.003.

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 Archer County Commissioners Court (County Judge Randall C. Jackson) discussed the Veterans Office among the budget items on July 27, 2026 and adopted on September 14, 2026 a FY2027 budget with $12,091.40 for Veterans’ Affairs; no other minutes of the year name the office, and no benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.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.

A free combination hunting and fishing license for a veteran rated 100% permanent and total. A Purple Heart recipient with a year of Arizona residency pays a discounted fee instead.

100% permanent and total for the free license. The free combination license requires a VA letter stating 100 percent disabled, permanent and total. A bare 100 percent rating that is not designated permanent and total may not satisfy the department, so check the wording of the letter.

Every county recorder must record a veteran's discharge papers without a fee and keep the DD-214 out of public view. Certified copies of public records for a VA or other federal benefit claim are free.

Discharge papers. Any veteran with discharge papers can record them. The free certified copies under ARS 39-122 are for a federal benefit claim.

One-time grants of up to $3,000, with a $20,000 lifetime limit, for an Arizona service member or veteran family facing financial hardship connected to military service. Funded by a tax-credit donation rather than an appropriation.

Arizona residency and a hardship connected to military service. The gates are Arizona residency and documentation that the financial hardship arises from military service. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

Arizona exempts the full amount of military retired pay from state income tax, with no cap, for tax years from 2021 onward. Active duty pay, National Guard and Reserve pay, and Survivor Benefit Plan annuities are exempt too.

Receipt of uniformed services retired or retainer pay. The exemption turns on the payment being retired or retainer pay of the uniformed services. There is no rating, age, income, or service-length test, so the rating filter never hides this entry.

Half off the day-use entrance fee for an active duty member or a retired veteran, and free day use for a veteran with a 100% disability rating.

100% rating for free day use. A veteran with a 100 percent disability rating enters without paying the day-use fee. A retired veteran or active duty member below that receives 50 percent off, and a veteran who is neither retired nor rated 100 percent receives no discount.

One vehicle exempt from the vehicle license tax and registration fee for a 100% disabled veteran, and for a vehicle VA helped buy. Deployed service members get a one-year exemption on up to two vehicles.

100% service-connected for the one-vehicle exemption. The disability path requires a 100 percent service-connected disability and covers one vehicle. A veteran below 100 percent does not qualify on the rating.

A VETERAN designation available on a driver license, identification card, or commercial license. A license held by a service member stays valid for six months after discharge, and commercial skills tests can be waived.

Proof of service. The designation requires a discharge document or other proof of service. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

Twenty-six military and veteran plate designs, most carrying an initial and an annual fee. The plate is separate from the vehicle license tax exemption, which is where the real money is.

Proof of service, an award, or a VA rating depending on the design. Each plate design has its own documentation requirement: a discharge document for a branch plate, proof of the award for a decoration plate, and VA documentation for a disability plate. The rating filter does not gate the plates generally.

The cabinet-level Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs runs the homes, cemeteries and a network of state, district and county veterans service officers who help with VA claims at no charge. Since 2025 jails and prisons must check every new inmate's veteran status and tell the department, and employers with 50 or more employees must post a veterans benefits notice.

A free disabled veteran plate, with disabled parking privileges, for an Arkansas resident VA rates at least 30 percent service-connected or permanent and total. The Finance department's own page still describes it by acts of 1949 and 1979, calls it a plate for non-service-connected disability, and charges $4 for a second plate that the statute caps at $1.

At least 30 percent service-connected. Ark. Code Ann. § 27-24-203(2)(B)(ii): "at least thirty percent (30%) disabled", owning a vehicle used by or for the veteran.

Lifetime hunting and fishing licences from the Game and Fish Commission for resident disabled veterans: $1.50 for hunting or fishing and $3 for both at 100 percent permanent and total, or $52.50 for a combination with trout and state duck stamps at 70 percent, or at 50 percent with a Purple Heart. One year of Arkansas residence is required.

At least 50 percent, which needs a Purple Heart below 70. AGFC VLL2: 70 percent or higher, or 50 percent or higher with a Purple Heart. The $1.50 and $3 licences need 100 percent permanent and total.

Active duty pay is fully exempt from Arkansas income tax, including annual training and other full-time duty. Guard and reserve drill pay is exempt only up to $9,000 a year, and a dual-status technician's civilian pay is not military pay at all. A nonresident spouse who shares the member's home state pays no Arkansas tax on wages earned here.

Drill pay is exempt only up to $9,000 a year. Ark. Code Ann. § 26-51-306(a)(1)(C). Active duty pay, including annual training, is fully exempt under (a)(1)(D) and (c)(1).

A resident military retiree aged 60 or older can buy a lifetime fishing licence for $10.50, hunting for $25 or both for $35.50 from the Game and Fish Commission, after one year of Arkansas residence.

Military retiree aged 60 or older. AGFC military retiree lifetime licence requirements.

All military retired pay, including Guard and reserve retirement, and Survivor Benefit Plan annuities are exempt from Arkansas income tax. The catch is that a retiree whose exempt military pension is $6,000 or more loses the separate $6,000 exemption for any other pension or IRA.

A military pension of $6,000 or more cancels the $6,000 exemption for other retirement income. Ark. Code Ann. § 26-51-307(f), as amended by Act 358 of 2023; DFA AR1000F instructions.

Arkansas issues its military and veteran plates, including Armed Forces Veteran, Purple Heart, Medal of Honor, ex-POW and retiree plates, free of charge apart from a renewal fee of no more than $1. The Gold Star Family plate is free to a spouse, parent, sibling or child. A Women Veterans plate was added in October 2025 and the Pearl Harbor Survivor plate was retired.

An honorable record of service or honorable discharge. Ark. Code Ann. § 27-24-204(d)(2).

A disabled veteran pays no Arkansas sales tax on a vehicle or adaptive equipment bought with VA's automobile allowance. There is no general sales tax exemption for disabled veterans: bills to create one died in 2023 and twice in 2025.

Only a purchase made with VA automobile or adaptive equipment assistance. Ark. Code Ann. § 26-52-401(6).

Half-price standard campsites at Arkansas State Parks for a U.S. citizen with a 100 percent or permanent and total disability, including veterans, shown by a VA award letter from the last two years. The rule also accepts a DV or DAV licence plate as proof, although that plate is issued from 30 percent.

100 percent disabled. 22 CAR § 50-103(a)(1) and (c)(1)(A)(ii): a document stating "100% disabled" or "permanent and total disability".

The word "Veteran" on an Arkansas driver licence or ID for anyone whose discharge document shows honorable or general under honorable conditions. It costs nothing extra at a new licence or renewal. A member serving out of state can have an Arkansas licence extended until 60 days after separation.

Honorable or general under honorable conditions. Ark. Code Ann. § 27-16-812(a)(1)(A).

Circuit courts may run veterans treatment courts, with a VA veterans justice outreach specialist on the team, for a veteran or service member aged 18 or older with a substance use or mental health disorder. No discharge characterisation is required. Since 2025 a single record-sealing law covers every specialty court.

A veteran or service member with a substance use or mental health disorder. Ark. Code Ann. § 16-101-103.

Arlington exempts one automobile or one pickup from personal property tax for a veteran with a 100% service-connected, permanent, and total disability, including individual unemployability.

100% permanent and total. One owned automobile or pickup used mainly by or for the veteran. Arlington accepts a 100% permanent and total rating and individual unemployability on this form. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.

The Armstrong County Commissioners' Court (County Judge Adam Ensey) approved its 2027 budget on August 25, 2026 by a 5-0 record vote, with no veterans department, and closes the courthouse on Veteran's Day; none of the 16 agendas of August 2025 to October 2026 names a veterans item. The OCA registry lists Armstrong in the Potter, Randall and Armstrong Counties Adult Drug Court but no veterans treatment court. 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.

Armstrong County's Veterans Treatment Court, the twenty-first in Pennsylvania, takes veterans facing criminal charges, post-plea and before sentencing, into an intensive two-year programme with VA treatment, veteran mentors and a specialised probation officer; refer through the Probation Department, 500 East Market Street, Room 303, Kittanning (724-548-3491).

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

The Armstrong County and District Clerk (Tawnee Blodgett, 100 Trice Street, Claude; P.O. Box 309; (806) 553-2861) posts recording at $25 for a first page and $4 for each further page but no discharge line; 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.

Arthur County’s section 80-102 Veterans Aid Fund has held $564.35 since at least July 2023 with no levy, no receipts and no payments, all of it budgeted for health related costs; Arthur County veterans apply through Keith County’s officer, Dan Nichols, in Ogallala.

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

The Ashland County Board of Commissioners (Michael Welch president, Denny Bittle vice president, James justice commissioner; 9:00 a.m. each Thursday and the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, second floor of the County Office Building, clerk Nikki Hiller) carried the window's veteran items: the August 20, 2026 agenda's transfer of $700.00 from the Dog Shelter to Fund #105, the Veterans Dog Donations Project Fund, "for current training expenses", the routine warrant certifications paying "for ... veterans" among the funds (January 8, 2026 and through the year), and the holiday schedule's Veterans' Day row; the Supreme Court of Ohio's live list gives the county no specialized docket.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the commissioners’ fund transfer and the veterans-day calendar; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Ashland County Recorder (Erin Beebe; Courthouse, 142 W 2nd Street, Ashland; 419-282-4238, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., no recording after 3:45 p.m.) answers its own FAQ - "Does your office record Soldiers Discharge Records (DD214)? Yes" - while the fee schedule effective March 1, 2025 prices pages from $39.00 with no military-discharge line, so the free recording and the Ohio veterans ID card are Revised Code 317.24 and 317.241's (the State entry); the office also posts the WPA Veterans Graves Registration scans and the GovOS FraudSleuth alert service.

Any veteran with a discharge. The recording is free under Revised Code 317.24 and the veterans ID card under 317.241. No rating is needed.

The Ashley County Circuit Clerk, as ex officio Recorder, files a veteran's DD-214 free at the courthouse in Hamburg: "There is no charge to have a DD-214 filed with the Ashley County Circuit Clerk's Office."

Veteran or family member with a discharge to record. Recording the discharge is free; no rating or service test applies.

The Ashtabula County Court's Eastern Division in Jefferson runs a Veterans Court under Judge Harold E. Specht Jr., a docket the Supreme Court of Ohio certifies as "Substance Use - Veterans Treatment": honorably discharged, non-violent veterans charged in the court are supervised on court-ordered probation, linked to treatment and services and matched with a veteran mentor through the Veterans Service Commission (court 440-576-3617).

Honorably discharged veteran charged in the Eastern Division. For a veteran with an honorable discharge charged with a non-violent offence in the Eastern Division; a DD-214 goes with the application. A disability rating is not the test.

The Atascosa County Clerk, Theresa Carrasco, 1 Courthouse Circle Drive Suite 102, Jourdanton (830-767-2511, fax 830-769-1021, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), keeps the county’s Military Discharge Certificate form among its helpful forms; the filing itself is the State’s no-charge route under Local Government Code 192.002.

Veteran with a discharge to record. The statute takes the filing free and sets who may get copies. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Atchison County Recorder of Deeds, Eliza Beasing, Atchison County Courthouse, 400 S. Washington, Rock Port (660-744-6214, ext. 1700), lists "Military Discharge" at "No Charge" in her fee schedule; RSMo 59.480 limits copies to the veteran or an authorized party.

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.

Judge George P. McCarthy's Athens County Veterans Treatment Court - created 2013-2015, certified by the Supreme Court of Ohio since 2015 and again through 2027, motto "Reclaiming Your Life" - meets Tuesdays (staffing 2:00 p.m., court with participants 2:30 p.m.), takes applications at any stage of proceedings, even pre-charging, and has graduated 14 veterans since its first in February 2017.

Justice-involved veteran. The docket serves veterans with pending charges who volunteer and are accepted; a disability rating is not the test.

The Athens County Recorder (Jessica Markins, 15 S. Court Street, Room 236, Athens, 740-592-3219) records Veterans Discharge (DD-214) among its documents; recording a discharge is free under Revised Code 317.20 and the record is restricted, both carried by the State entry.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a DD-214 is free under Revised Code 317.20 and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Clerk of Superior & State Courts keeps Clarke County's Military Discharge Records behind an O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 affidavit: copies go to the veteran, the spouse or next of kin, a power-of-attorney holder, a legal representative or their lawyer, with commercial use barred and misuse a misdemeanour fineable to $5,000; recording itself is free under 15-6-78.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording is free under the State statute; copies go only to the veteran and the parties the affidavit lists. No rating is needed.

The Atlantic Circuit Veterans Treatment Court - Program Judge Charles B. Dixon, Program Coordinator Patricia Waye, (912) 492-1669 - serves "Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Tattnall" per the Council of Accountability Court Judges' own directory and contact page, "Program Implemented: July 2016"; a Tattnall veteran whose case qualifies enters the court through the circuit's Superior Court, and the same council directory gives the Atlantic Circuit a Drug Court (Judge Mark Hendrix, coordinator Glenda Harriman, since February 2009) serving the same six counties.

Veterans treatment court eligibility. Entry follows the court’s own criteria; the program serves Tattnall County per the Council of Accountability Court Judges’ directory. The rating filter never hides this entry.

County Clerk Joe Giralo’s office prints Veteran’s ID cards on a DD-214 Certificate of Honorable Military Discharge and processes the NJ Application for Veterans Vendor’s License, which goes to the State for approval.

Atlantic County veterans. The ID card and the vendor’s licence application are for veterans on a DD-214; no rating is required.

The county’s Veterans Services Officer, Robert L. Frolow, works from the Vet Center at 201 S. Shore Road, Ground Floor, Northfield, (609) 677-5700, as the county’s primary contact point for veteran issues - assistance, referrals and case management on legal rights, eligibility and service-related benefits.

Any Atlantic County veteran or family member. The office assists veterans and their family members with benefits and referrals; no rating is required.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office runs a Veterans Diversion Program under P.L. 2017, c. 42 (C.2C:43-27) for eligible veterans and service members whose charges connect to their service; attorneys submit an application, referral, medical-release and VA Form 10-5345 set to Chief Assistant Prosecutor John Flammer, and the prosecutor’s Directive, FAQ and application are published in full.

Justice-involved veteran. Eligibility requires a charge with a direct connection to military service; the prosecutor has sole discretion and serious or violent charges are ineligible. A disability rating is not the test.

The Atlantic County Transportation Unit carries veterans traveling to and from qualified medical centers (609-645-5910), and the county’s veterans page advertises the O.C.E.A.N. Inc. EZ Ride program, which credits veterans’ accounts for Uber and Lyft rides to medical appointments at no cost to the veteran.

Atlantic County veterans traveling to medical centers. A.C.T.U. carries veterans to and from qualified medical centers; EZ Ride credits veterans’ ride-hailing accounts on a DD-214 and income guidelines. No rating is required.

The Atlantic Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court, run from Liberty County's accountability courts office in Hinesville since July 2016, is a 24-month, four-phase programme for veterans of any discharge charged with a felony or a misdemeanour carrying 24 months' probation whose PTSD, TBI, mental illness or substance use led to the offence; fees total $2,000. Coordinator Patricia Waye, 912-368-5897 ext. 1651.

Justice-involved veteran. For a veteran with a qualifying charge who is referred and accepted. A disability rating is not the test, and the court takes any discharge.

Long County's veterans docket is the Atlantic Judicial Circuit Veterans Treatment Court - the Council of Accountability Court Judges' directory lists it under Judge Charles B. Dixon with coordinator Patricia Waye, serving "Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, and Tattnall" since July 2016 - the 24-month, four-phase programme run from the circuit's accountability courts office in Hinesville whose fees total $2,000; the statute is O.C.G.A. 15-1-17.

Justice-involved veteran. For a veteran with a qualifying charge who is referred and accepted. A disability rating is not the test, and the court takes any discharge.

The Unified Court System's veterans treatment court list carries an Auburn City veterans treatment court track in the Seventh Judicial District, at 157 Genesee Street, Auburn (315-237-6430) - the veterans treatment court that serves Cayuga County.

A veteran charged in Auburn City Court. Entry is by the court; no rating or discharge condition is published.

The Audrain County Recorder of Deeds, Teresa Allen, Courthouse Room 105, 101 N. Jefferson, Mexico (573-473-5830), records service discharges free and gives free copies and certified copies on a notarized request, and its page says neither the request nor the notary may be charged for.

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 Augusta Judicial Circuit's Adult Felony Veterans' Treatment Program is a five-phase, 24-month programme for veterans facing felony charges in Richmond or Burke County, funded by a state accountability court grant the Augusta Commission accepted at $494,773 for 2026-2027. Its rules add citizenship, circuit-county residence and a substance-abuse screen to what section 15-1-17 requires.

Veteran with a pending felony charge in the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Age 18, U.S. citizenship, Richmond or Burke County residence, pending felony charges and an active-substance-abuse screen, per the circuit page. No rating or discharge test is published. The offences 15-1-17 bars are excluded, and the circuit adds trafficking.

The Augusta Judicial Circuit's Adult Felony Veterans' Treatment Program serves Burke and Richmond Counties - Superior Court Judges Jesse Stone and Ashley Wright presiding, Programme Director Amber Brewer (735 James Brown Blvd., Suite 2101, Augusta, 706-261-0432) - a five-phase, 24-month programme for veterans facing felony charges in either county, whose circuit eligibility page takes "a resident of Burke or Richmond County" among its requirements; the Council of Accountability Court Judges' directory rows it as implemented September 2014, and the Richmond County entry carries the circuit's fuller record.

Veteran with a pending felony charge in the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Age 18, U.S. citizenship, Richmond or Burke County residence, pending felony charges and an active-substance-abuse screen, per the circuit page. No rating or discharge test is published. The offences 15-1-17 bars are excluded, and the circuit adds trafficking.

The Austin County Clerk (Diane Day, 265 N. Chesley Street, Suite 7, Bellville, 979-227-3144) files military discharges and issues certified copies at no charge, indexes them with the vital records, and prints the assumed name fee waiver a county clerk may give a veteran.

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 Austin County Commissioners Court (County Judge Tim Lapham) met in executive session on the veterans officer post on March 23, 2026, introduced Steve Lackey as the new Veteran Service Officer on May 11, 2026, and on September 14, 2026 adopted an FY2027 budget with $43,819 for the office; 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.