Miscellaneous

La Crosse County’s CVSO office in the HHS building publishes its commission’s actual aid process - three grants a person a year, applications due the Wednesday before the third Monday, $100 grants the VSO may sign alone.

Any needy veteran or family of a deceased veteran. Commission aid requires six months of county residency and a DD214, and reaches three grants per person per year; the office assists any veteran with claims. No rating is required.

The La Crosse Area Veterans Court, stood up on Veterans Day 2010 under Judge Todd W. Bjerke, takes veterans from La Crosse, Vernon, Monroe, Jackson and Trempealeau Counties first, and others as appropriate, from the La Crosse courthouse, with trained mentors; the veterans justice program manager is the contact.

Veteran defendant, court-decided admission. The La Crosse Area Veterans Court admits veteran defendants the court finds suitable from its five served counties, and others as appropriate; there is no right to participation.

La Plata County's BOCC (Matt Salka chair, Marsha Porter-Norton vice-chair, Elizabeth Philbrick) carries its veteran items in the weekly schedule press releases Resolution 2026-01 makes the published record: the October 19, 2026 2027-budget review of the Department of Human Services/Veteran Services' Office, the October 24 Mission Ready: Southwest Veterans' Resource Fair at the Fairgrounds, and the October 27 Proclamation of November 4-11 2026 as Operation Green Light for Veterans; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.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 La Plata County Clerk and Recorder (Tiffany Lee, 679 Turner Drive, Suite C, Durango, 970-382-6281) records in the iDoc Market digital archive, which states 'Military discharges, marriage licenses, and civil union licenses are not available online'; its recording pages name no DD-214 line and post no fee schedule, and Colorado has no statute making discharge recording free.

Any veteran with a discharge. Discharges are recorded but are not online; the fee is the office’s own. No rating is needed.

The La Salle County Commissioners Court (County Judge Leodoro Martinez III) took up waiving Veterans Park fees for a Children's Miracle Network fundraiser (September 15, 2025) and donating the metal chairs of the old Encinal Veterans Hall to a church (September 22, 2025), and on December 8, 2025 adopted a 2026 budget that raised the Veterans Service department to $14,424; no other of its 53 posted agendas of September 8, 2025 through October 26, 2026 names veterans. The county posts no minutes. 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 La Salle District and County Clerk (Sonia Maldonado, 101 Courthouse Square #107, Cotulla, 830-483-5120) posts recording at $25 for a first page but no military-discharge line or form; 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.

LaPorte Superior Court 3's Veterans Treatment Court, presided over by Judge Jeffrey L. Thorne, pairs a veteran in the criminal justice system with a veteran mentor for 12 to 18 months of treatment and supervision; it takes defendants whose offence can be linked to military service and who had no similar record before enlisting.

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 LaSalle County State's Attorney runs a Veteran's Deferred Prosecution Program, listed as the county's Veteran Court: 24 months of reporting, sobriety, treatment and counselling, community service and restitution, after which the pending charge is not pursued; ask the State's Attorney's office or defence counsel.

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

Lackawanna County's Veterans Affairs office, 123 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: VA compensation, pension and survivor claims, the State tax exemption and temporary assistance, government headstones and medallions, the county burial allowance and Memorial Day flags; by appointment, 570-963-6778.

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

Lackawanna County's Veterans Treatment Court in the Forty-Fifth Judicial District, Pennsylvania's first, opened in November 2009 under Judge Michael J. Barrasse, takes veterans whose substance use or mental illness led them into the criminal justice system; apply through the county's treatment court office with the veterans court questionnaire.

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 Laclede County Recorder, Jennifer Raef, 200 North Adams Avenue, Lebanon (417-532-4011), records military discharges free for anyone who has served and gives free certified copies to the veteran or an authorized person on the notarized Missouri request form, which the office posts.

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 Lafayette County Recorder of Deeds, JoAnn Swartz, Courthouse Room 207, 1001 Main Street, Lexington (660-259-6178), records military discharges and gives copies only on the notarized request form the office provides under RSMo 59.480; recording and copies are free under the statute, and military separation papers are exempt from the document formatting rules.

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.

Lafayette Consolidated Government’s Veterans Affairs Commission advises local government and expands access to resources for veterans and military families; it meets at City Hall, 705 W University Avenue.

Advisory body, no eligibility. The commission advises local government; no benefit is attached.

The Lake County Clerk's Recording Division, which keeps discharges recorded in Lake County back to 1919, records a DD-214 free and releases copies only to the veteran, a dependent, the county service officer, VA, or someone with the veteran's notarized authorization, on its request form with photo ID.

Veterans, dependents and authorised requesters. Recording a DD-214 is free. No rating is needed.

Lake County Environmental Health waives the public health permit fee for a food business owned by a veteran with an honorable discharge or a release from active duty under honorable conditions who sells goods the veteran owns and no alcohol (Business and Professions Code 16102); file the affidavit with the permit application at 922 Bevins Court, Lakeport (707-263-1164).

Veteran discharged under honorable conditions who owns the food business. An honorable discharge or a release from active duty under honorable conditions, goods the veteran owns, and no alcohol. No rating is needed.

The Lake County Recorder records a DD-214 free, gives free certified copies, and issues a veteran ID card on a photo ID and an Honor Rewards discount card, but describes the card as for an "Honorable discharge", where the statute bars only a dishonorable one.

Any discharge but dishonorable, under the statute. Recording is free for any discharge. The statute gives the card to a veteran whose recorded discharge is not dishonorable; the Recorder says honorable. No rating is needed.

The Lake County Superior Court holds a Veteran's Court in Lakeport on the first and third Wednesdays of the month, one of the collaborative courts the Public Defender lists; the court publishes no eligibility rules, team or referral form, so ask defence counsel or the Public Defender, and tell the court of military service on form MIL-100.

Veteran with a criminal case in Lake County. The court publishes no eligibility rules; the statutes need current or former service and a qualifying condition. No rating is needed.

Temporary help with rent, mortgage, utilities, food and other needs for a Lake County veteran, survivor or dependent child after three months in the county, decided by the five commissioners under formal rules that allow one grant in 30 days and three in 12 months, absent an emergency.

Discharge under honorable conditions, three months in the county. A veteran discharged under honorable conditions with active duty other than training (recruit training counts), or a survivor or dependent child, resident three months. No rating is needed.

Lake County's Veterans Service Office in Crown Point helps veterans, dependents and survivors claim VA compensation, pension and burial benefits and State benefits, by appointment, and records original DD-214s with the County Recorder, which keeps them out of the public record. Call 219-755-3285.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Open to any veteran, dependent or survivor. No rating is needed.

Lake County's Veterans Service Office in Tavares helps veterans and dependents claim VA disability, burial and death benefits, VA health care, home loans, education and vocational training, and replacement awards and medals, and requests DD-214s. It is free. Call 352-742-6580.

Veterans and dependents. Any veteran or dependent. No rating is needed.

The Fifth Judicial Circuit's Lake County Veterans Treatment Court takes people arrested in Lake County with a military-related substance use disorder, mental illness, PTSD, military sexual trauma or brain injury, in felony, diversion and sentenced cases. Veterans discharged under any condition, Defense contractors and allied veterans are eligible; the defendant must prove the status.

Served, any discharge, with a military-related condition. A veteran discharged under any condition, a service member, a Defense contractor or an allied veteran with a military-related condition. No rating is needed.

Lake County's Veterans Treatment Court, run with Community Corrections, offers alternative sentencing over 18 to 24 months for veterans with an honorable, general or less than honorable discharge charged with a Level 2 to 6 felony, with misdemeanors considered case by case. It targets substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders and pairs participants with veteran mentors.

Veteran charged with a Level 2 to 6 felony. An honorable, general or less than honorable discharge and a substance use diagnosis. No rating is needed.

The 19th Judicial Circuit's Veterans Treatment and Assistance Court, running since 2011 and certified by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2020, supervises treatment for justice-involved veterans with veteran mentors. The only published criteria, in a 2018 County brochure, ask for an honorable or general discharge, which the State act does not.

Veteran or service member charged with a crime. The 2018 criteria ask for an honorable or general discharge and a probation-eligible charge; the State act has no discharge test. No rating is needed.

Lake Erie Transit, the public transportation authority serving Monroe County, charges veterans half fare - 50 cents a fixed route or Dial-A-Ride ride and $1 on ADA and ETS service - on a valid ID or Medicare card.

Veteran with a valid ID. Veterans pay half fare with a valid ID or Medicare card. No rating is needed.

Lake County's LakeXpress buses carry veterans at half fare, 50 cents instead of $1 a ride, and sell them every pass at half price, on showing a DD-214.

Veterans with a DD-214. Any veteran who shows a DD-214. No rating is needed.

The Lamar County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Ryran Traylor, District 1 Jarrod Fletcher, District 2 Jason Lovett, District 3 Ashley Gilles and District 4 Truman Boyle, with County Administrator Sean Townsend and Planning/Community Development Director and County Clerk Anita Buice at the Administration Building, 790 Veterans Parkway, Barnesville (770-358-5146) - carries in its 2025-2026 meeting record the Vice-Chair's announcement of the May 15, 2024 Department of Veterans Affairs event Vice-Chair Gilles brought to the county - "This will be held at the Civic Center starting at 9:45 a.m. This is open to all Veterans. There will be vendors and classes offered", organized by "Mr. Eddie Felton, who does a lot for veterans in the Community" - the administrator's report that "All County Departments are taking Juneteenth and Veterans Day as their Floating Holiday", and VFW Post 6542's license renewals; American Legion Post 25 sits in Barnesville.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s 2024-2026 veteran items and the county’s organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Lamar County Clerk of Superior Court - Caleb Tyson, in office since January 1, 2015, with Chief Deputy Debra Holmes and deputies Kristen Kilchriss, Tammy Bell, Kellie Turner, Paula Reeves and Christy Truluck (770-358-5145, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the county's own Superior Court page prints the office's staff and hours 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 Lamar County Clerk (Ruth Sisson, 119 N. Main St., Paris, 903-737-2420) posts a DD-214 copy request with a notarized affidavit and a photocopy of the applicant's ID; the 2024 fee schedule names no discharge charge, and the free filing and certified copy 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 Lamar County Commissioners Court (County Judge Brandon Bell) let the Veteran Services Officer fill a vacant full-time position (October 13, 2025), leased the office a copier and a handicap ramp (November 24), and at seven meetings certified jurors' donations to Veterans Services - $1,120 from November 2025 to September 2026 - and budgeted them back to 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.

The Lamar County Tax Commissioner - Lesley Kilchriss, P.O. Box 850, 790 Veterans Parkway, Barnesville, GA 30204 (770-358-5162, fax 770-358-5217, lobby 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Friday, drive-thru to 4:15) - and the Board of Tax Assessors (770-358-5161, [email protected]) take the exemption applications, and the county's own General Information page prints the veteran rows themselves: "S5 - Disabled Veteran $101,754 off the total assessed value", requiring documentation "as being Service-connected totally disabled by the Veterans Administration and as receiving 100% disability benefits", and "SS - Surviving Spouse of a Veteran $101,754 off the total assessed value" for "the unmarried spouse of a Veteran deceased as a result of war or armed conflict and is receiving survivor benefits"; the Tax Assessor's 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’s own page prints its S5 and SS rows at $101,754 and the application route. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Lamar County's Veterans Affairs office prepares, submits and follows up VA disability and pension claims free from three sites: the main office at VFW Post 3955, 12 Veterans Drive, Purvis (601-794-4218, weekdays 9 to 3), the Oak Grove Senior Citizens and Veteran's Center in Hattiesburg (601-336-5019, weekdays 8 to 2) and the Sumrall county complex (601-758-0015, Mondays).

Any veteran or dependent. The office assists veterans and their dependents with VA claims. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

The Lamb County Clerk (Rene Trevino, Courthouse, 100 6th Drive, Room 103, Littlefield, 806-485-0053) 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.

None of the 24 posted minutes of the Lamb County Commissioners Court (County Judge James M. DeLoach) for January 12 through September 15, 2026 names veterans, a veterans officer or a veterans benefit; the FY 2027 proposed budget keeps the "Vet & Welfare" department at $100,906, 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 Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds records a DD-214 free and, through its Thank A Vet programme, gives a county veteran with an honorable discharge on record a free photo ID card that participating merchants honour for a discount. Reservists need 180 consecutive days of service for the card. The posted merchant list dates from May 2021.

A Lancaster County veteran; an honorable discharge for the card. Recording is free for any final discharge; the card needs an honorable discharge, and 180 consecutive days for a reservist. No rating is needed.

Lancaster County Veterans Affairs, in the Government Center at 150 N. Queen Street, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: its service officers file VA claims and take the State applications, and it pays the county burial and headstone allowance, places grave flags and drives veterans to the Lebanon VA Medical Center. Casework is by phone or email; the office takes document drop-offs.

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

The Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas' Veterans Court takes any current or former service member not dishonorably discharged, Guard and Reserves included, charged with any felony or misdemeanour except homicide and registrable sex offences. On its diversion track, charges may be reduced, dismissed or expunged on completion.

A current or former service member not dishonorably discharged. Any discharge but dishonorable is considered, with VA eligibility or other insurance and a qualifying diagnosis. No rating is needed.

Lancaster County’s Veterans Service Office, on the Victory Park Campus in Lincoln under county veterans service officer Mark Lakamp, files state and federal claims, pays emergency financial assistance from the county’s aid fund, and shares a campus with the VA’s outpatient clinic.

Any veteran, spouse, surviving spouse or minor child. The office assists veterans and their families with state and federal claims and the county aid fund reaches a veteran’s spouse, surviving spouse and minor children under eighteen. No rating is required.

Lancaster County’s veterans treatment court runs on the Nebraska Supreme Court’s problem-solving court model with veteran mentors; the state lists coordinator Jordan Boies.

Veteran with a criminal case in Lancaster County. The county’s court takes veterans through the problem-solving court team; the coordinator is the state’s listed contact.

The Lander County Recorder (Alexis Reiva, 775-635-5173) records under NRS 247 with an online document index and posts no fee schedule or discharge line, so free recording rests on NRS 419.020.

Certificate of honorable discharge. NRS 419.020 makes recording an honorable discharge free. No rating is needed.

Lane County Veteran Service Officers are accredited VA representatives who help county veterans, dependents and survivors file disability and pension claims, obtain military records, and apply for VA health care, education and survivor benefits. 151 W. 7th Ave, Suite 460, Eugene; 541-682-4191, with monthly outreach in Florence and Cottage Grove.

Veterans, dependents and survivors of Lane County. The office serves veterans and their families for claims, records and applications; no rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

The Oregon Judicial Department lists a veterans treatment court in Lane County, beside its adult drug, juvenile and mental health courts, but Lane County Circuit Court's Specialty Courts page does not describe it; ask a defence lawyer or the court in Eugene.

Veteran with a criminal case in Lane County. The court sets eligibility; no rating is needed.

The Lanier County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Alex Lee, District 1 Benny Ryan, District 2 Hank Smith, District 3 Susan Bowling and District 4 Dennis Fender, with County Administrator Richard Hardy at 229-482-2088 (the Annex Building at 162 West Thigpen Ave for the 2026 schedule's meetings) - whose 2025-2026 approved minutes (28 documents on the county's Minutes tree, all scanned images converted and read by OCR) carry no veteran item at all; the board's year carries the February 10, 2025 5-0 House Bill 581 opt-out and the 2026 millage hearings; American Legion Post 336 sits in Lakeland and no VFW post is listed in the county.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s 2025-2026 minutes and the county’s organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Lanier County Clerk of Superior Court - Patricia L. Bass, elected 2025, Superior and Juvenile Courts, 56 W. Main St., Ste 5, Lakeland, GA 31635 (229-482-3594, fax 229-482-8333, hours 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.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; no discharge line is published on any Lanier County page read, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries and the Clerks Authority's own directory.

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 Lanier County Tax Commissioner - Rebecca S. Rampey, 56 W Main St Suite 1, Lakeland, GA 31635 (229-482-3795, office hours M-F 8:00-12:00 and 1:00-5:00) - and the Tax Assessor's Office (Chief Appraiser Jason Webrand, 56 W Main Street, Suite 2, 229-482-2090, fax 229-482-2105, open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday) take the exemption applications; the county's own pages print no veteran exemption amounts of their own, so the amounts rest on the State entries; the board's February 10, 2025 minutes record the 5-0 opt-out - "Commissioner Hank Smith made a motion to OPT out of HB 581, Susan Bowling seconded; all were in favor" - after the January 13, 2025 motion to postpone; 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. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Lapeer County's Soldiers and Sailors Relief Fund, overseen by Veteran Services and a six-member Veteran Services Committee, gives emergency grants to a veteran or dependant with an emergent need who has lived in the county and Michigan 90 days, where the veteran was discharged under honorable conditions after six months' active service or for a service disability; apply through the office (810-667-0256).

Veteran or dependant with an emergent need. 90 days in Lapeer County and Michigan; discharge under honorable conditions after six months of active service, or a service-connected separation. No rating is needed.

The Larimer County Clerk and Recorder records a DD-214 for $0 on its published fee schedule, and the recording office answers at 200 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins, at (970) 498-7860.

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

Larimer County parks sell an annual vehicle entrance permit to veterans and active duty members for $70, a discount off the regular vehicle permit, on proof of active duty or veteran military status, with the permit holder present at use.

Veterans and active duty members. Proof of active duty or veteran military status. No rating is needed.

Lauderdale County's Board of Supervisors granted VFW Post 12124 an ad valorem tax exemption on its 1531 8th Avenue post home (February 2, 2026, effective January 1, 2025, as a patriotic association), and declared the former Veterans Service Building (PPIN 015300) surplus for sale on July 21, 2025.

The tax-exempt post and the county veterans offices. The exemption runs on the board’s order under the patriotic-association statute; the service office helps veterans directly.