Miscellaneous

Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County Veterans Service Office.

Veteran with a criminal case in Lauderdale County. Eligibility is set by the court and is not published. No rating is needed.

The Laurel County Clerk (Tony Brown, 101 S. Main St., Room 203, London; 606-864-5158, fax 606-864-7369, [email protected]; Monday and Thursday 8:00 to 6:00, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8:00 to 4:30) records military discharges under KRS 422.090 - the county clerk records a resident's discharge without charge, keeps the recorded papers out of public disclosure (the index of names stays public), lists who may get a copy, and lets the veteran have every copy destroyed; the clerk's own land-records database indexes military discharges among the records it carries.

Any veteran with a discharge to record. Recording is free and the record is confidential under KRS 422.090; the veteran may later have every copy destroyed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Laurel County Fiscal Court - Judge/Executive David Westerfield (since 2011) with magistrates Jon Swindler, Karen Waller, Joey Riddle, Bill Hedges, Gene Witt, Brock Lisby and Danny Eades, meeting the second Monday at 8:45 a.m. and the fourth Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at 101 S. Main Street - stands behind the county's annual London-Laurel County Veterans Celebration (11:45 a.m. in front of the Laurel County Courthouse, with special singing, a proclamation honoring veterans and a 21-gun salute from the London DAV) and its Veterans Remembered Series, which ran through Women Veterans Day, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans celebration and remembered series; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Laurel County Health Department and its Health in Motion Coalition keep the county's Veteran Specific Services guide: American Legion Post 16 (1785 Barbourville St., London, 606-864-2627, with a public lounge), American Legion Auxiliary Post 88 (84 E. Wentworth St., Corbin, 606-528-1088), AMVETS Post #116 (4647 Forbes Blvd., Corbin, 606-523-9027), DAV Chapter 66 (300 Dav Lane, London, 606-877-1308, meeting the third Thursday at 6:00 p.m.), VFW Post 3302 (meeting the second Thursday of each month at the London DAV Post 66 at 6:00 p.m.), and the Veterans Crisis Line.

The county’s veterans and their families. A directory of the county’s service organizations and the crisis line; no eligibility test of its own. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Laurens County Board of Commissioners - Brenda Chain (District 1), Trae Kemp (District 2), Gerad Mathis (District 3), Jimmy Rogers (District 4) and Kevin Tanner (District 5), meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. and the third Tuesday at 12:00 p.m., with the Commissioners' Office at 117 East Jackson Street, Dublin (contact Jenna Meyers, 478-272-4755, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - published 79 agenda and minutes PDFs for 2025 and 2026 on its Agenda Center; every one was downloaded and read on 2026-11-03 and the word veteran does not appear in any of them, so the board's record is the absence itself and no board entry was written.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s 2025-2026 window and its absence of veteran items; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Laurens County Clerk of Superior Court - Tanya Rogers, clerk since January 1, 2025, 101 N Jefferson Street, Dublin, GA 31040 (P.O. Box 2028 CSS, Dublin, GA 31040; 478-272-3210, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - provides "veterans with the recordation and permanent preservation of military discharge records" per the clerk's own Military Discharge Information page, which names the DD-214 copies and National Archives Form 13038, states "There is no filing fee for this service, nor is there a fee for obtaining copies, certified or otherwise", and offers an Affidavit to View or Copy Military Discharge Records.

Any veteran with a discharge. The recording and the copies are free per the clerk’s own page; the record’s confidentiality follows O.C.G.A. 15-6-72. No rating is needed.

The Laurens County Tax Commissioner - Darla Williams Brown, Main Office 121 E Jackson Street, Suite B, Dublin, GA 31021 (P.O. Box 2099, Dublin, GA 31040; 478-272-6994, fax 478-277-2916, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., tax.laurenscountygapay.com) - processes the homestead exemption applications, the disabled-veteran exemptions included, before the April 1 deadline; the office's own site publishes 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.

The Hall of Heroes, begun in 2004 inside the county's Veterans Affairs Office, honours Laurens County veterans each September or October on a nomination of an honorable discharge, a DD-214, a 4x6 photo and a shadowbox, and its Lights of Honor tree takes a $5 minimum donation per veteran honoured, checks payable to the program at PO Box 193, Laurens.

Laurens County veterans, past and present. Nomination to the Hall of Heroes asks for an honorable discharge shown on a DD-214; the Lights of Honor tree is open to any donor.

Laurens County's Register of Deeds, within the Clerk of Court at 100 Hillcrest Square, Laurens (864-984-3538), records DD-214 military discharges among its public records; the recording is free and the certified copy no more than fifty cents under the State chapter, and the recorded discharge is not a public record.

A veteran with a DD-214 to record. Bring the discharge to the Register of Deeds; recording is free under the State chapter.

The Lavaca County Clerk (Barbara K. Steffek, 412 N. Texana, Hallettsville, 361-798-3612) records a DD-214 at no charge and issues copies free to the persons Government Code 552.140 lists, on the Clerk’s application with proof of identification sent by fax, mail or e-mail.

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 Lavaca County Commissioners Court (County Judge Keith Mudd) voted on October 14, 2025 to advertise for a part-time Veterans Service Officer and on September 28, 2026 adopted an FY2027 budget that carries $29,680 for the office; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed in the year.

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

The Lawrence County Recorder of Deeds records a veteran's discharge and issues the free 'Thank a Vet' photo ID card, honoured for discounts by participating local businesses, to any veteran whose discharge is recorded there; bring the original DD 214 and a driver's licence to the Government Center, 430 Court Street, New Castle (724-656-2128).

Any veteran with a recorded discharge. Recording is free under the State statute; the card is free to any veteran who records a discharge with the Recorder.

The Lawrence County Recorder of Deeds, Denise Massie, at the Historic Courthouse in Mt. Vernon (417-466-2670), tells veterans there is no charge to record a DD-214, warns them off companies that charge $79 to $119 to do it, and posts the Recorders Association of Missouri's notarized request form for copies under RSMo 59.480.

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 Lawrence County Recorder, Jessica Allen, at 916 15th Street, Room 21, Bedford (812-275-4139), keeps military discharge records - 'All records, with one exception - military discharges - may be viewed and printed from our files' - recording a veteran's DD-214 free under IC 10-17-2, with the record closed to the public.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a DD-214 is free under IC 10-17-2 and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas (53rd Judicial District) runs a Veterans Track inside its Treatment Court, added in January 2022: a post-plea, pre-sentence programme for county residents with a substance use or mental health need and a non-violent record, with VA treatment through the Veterans Justice Outreach coordinator and a trained veteran mentor; finishing on new charges can end in the charges being withdrawn and expunged. Apply through counsel to the Treatment Court Coordinator, Marc Zingaro, 724-614-1113.

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 Le Flore County Clerk (Kelli Ford) serves as register of deeds; her records are searchable on OKCountyRecords.com, whose Cloudflare answers no automated fetch, and no fee schedule or discharge line is published anywhere the county posts, so the free DD-214 recording and certified copies are 72 O.S. 22 and the confidentiality 19 O.S. 270 - carried by the State entry.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and certified copies are free under 72 O.S. 22 and the record is confidential under 19 O.S. 270. No rating is needed.

The Lea County Clerk in Lovington records discharges from military service as public records (575-396-8619). Its fee schedule charges $25 for every document and names no exception, but State law (14-8-17) makes recording a discharge free, so ask for it without charge.

Any veteran with thirty days or more of service. Recording a discharge is free under State law and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Leavenworth County’s court, opened September 5, 2023, hears its veterans docket the first and third Thursdays of each month at 2 p.m. in the Leavenworth Justice Center, takes felony and misdemeanor charges, and ends in dismissal or expungement on completion.

Veteran charged with a felony or misdemeanor. Both felony and misdemeanor charges are eligible, subject to the exclusions the court publishes; the veteran applies through District Court Services with an application and a risk and needs assessment.

Lebanon County's Department of Veteran's Affairs, Room 106, Municipal Building, 400 South 8th Street, Lebanon, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: counselling and claims for compensation, pension, DIC, health care, education, burial, tax exemptions, emergency assistance, license plates and headstones; 717-228-4422, weekdays 8:30 to 4:30.

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

The Lebanon County Recorder of Deeds records a DD-214 or NGB-22 free and keeps it closed to the public, and every veteran who records one can be issued a Veterans ID Card on the spot for discounts at participating Lebanon County businesses; Room 107, Municipal Building, 717-228-4447.

Any veteran. Any veteran with a discharge can record it and receive the card. No rating is needed.

Lebanon County's Veterans' Court, running since January 2019, is an alternative to incarceration open to any veteran on any charge, with a military mentor and treatment, and can end in dismissal of the charges; apply in writing through the District Attorney's Office, 400 S. 8th Street, Room 11, Lebanon, 717-228-4403.

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 Lee County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Luke Singletary (District 2), Vice-Chairman Chris Guarnieri (District 4), Dennis Roland (District 1), Billy Mathis (District 3) and George Walls (District 5), with County Manager Scott Addison and County Clerk Kaitlyn Good - meets in the Opal Cannon Auditorium of the T. Page Tharp Governmental Building, 102 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, on the second and fourth Tuesdays; the board's 2025-2026 record carries one veteran item: at the November 11, 2025 work session - held on Veterans Day - disabled veteran Jeanie Hurst pressed the mass approach to taxation and being locked in on a specific income with the raised taxes, and Chief Tax Assessor Doug Goodin answered that there is a military exemption but the state sets the exemption amount, not Lee County.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s one veteran item in the 2025-2026 window; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Lee County Chancery Clerk, Bill Benson (since 1992), at the courthouse in Tupelo (662-432-2100), records Military Discharges (DD214) among the office’s recorded documents, without cost under section 35-3-13; the office’s online records run on CRMSPublic.

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 Lee County Clerk of Superior Court - Sara Clark, County Courthouse, 100 Leslie Highway, Leesburg (P.O. Box 49, Leesburg, GA 31763; 229-759-6018, fax 229-759-6049, [email protected], weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - records military discharges: the county's own Superior Court page lists "recording ... military discharges" among the clerk's duties, with the free recording and the 50-year closure resting on O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and 15-6-72 (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 Lee County Clerk (Sharon Blasig, 843 East Industry, Giddings, 979-542-3684) posts no military-discharge line on its services and fees sheet of January 1, 2024, which charges $5 for a certification and $1 a page for other copies; 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 Lee County Commissioners Court (County Judge Frank Malinak III) received the Veterans Service Office’s report on December 8, 2025, a notice of the office’s closing for May 27-29, 2026, and on August 10 and 24, 2026 the purchase of ChatGPT Pro for the office, and adopted an FY2027 budget with $79,965 for it; the county posts no minutes, so the votes are not on record.

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

Lee County's Register of Deeds, 1300 South Horner Boulevard, Sanford (919-718-4585), records a military discharge and gives one certified copy with no fee, under its fee schedule; Veterans Services urges every veteran to record the DD-214 there for a proper military funeral.

A veteran with a DD-214. Recording and one certified copy are free; no rating is needed.

The Lee County Tax Commissioner - Wendy David, Tax Commissioner's Office, P.O. Box 9, 100 Starksville Avenue North, Leesburg, GA 31763 (229-759-6015, fax 229-759-6041, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., leegatax.com) - and the Board of Tax Assessors (Chief Tax Assessor Doug Goodin, 229-759-6010, Courthouse Annex, 104 Leslie Highway, Suite B; members Amanda Wiley, Bob Pilcher and Philip Husain) take the homestead exemption applications, the disabled-veteran exemptions included, before the April 1 deadline; the office's own sites publish 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.

Lee County's veteran service officers, in Human and Veteran Services, prepare claims for veterans, surviving spouses and dependents for compensation, pension with aid and attendance, survivors' and burial benefits and appeals, free and by appointment only, in Fort Myers and at monthly outreach sites. Call 239-533-8381.

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

Lee 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 Lee County Veterans Service Office.

Veteran with a criminal case in Lee County. Eligibility is set by the court and is not published. No rating is needed.

The Twentieth Judicial Circuit's Lee County Veterans Treatment Court takes people who served, Defense contractors and allied veterans with a substance use disorder or a service-related mental illness or brain injury linked to the charge. It screens for VA health care eligibility first, generally requires 30 days' residence in Lee County and a guilty or no contest plea, and participants pay court costs and possibly treatment and testing.

Served, with a qualifying diagnosis linked to the charge. Anyone who served, or a Defense contractor or allied veteran, with a qualifying diagnosis linked to the offense, generally living in Lee County for 30 days. No rating is needed.

Legal Aid Service of Collier County runs a Veterans Legal Project giving free civil legal help to low-income county veterans, particularly the elderly, disabled or those with service-related mental illness, with a VA-certified project attorney who can represent veterans before VA. Call 239-775-4555.

Low-income Collier County veterans. Low-income veterans living in Collier County, particularly those who are elderly, disabled or have a service-related mental illness. No rating is needed.

The District’s Human Rights Act, one of the broadest in the country, does not list military or veteran status. Service members rely on the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and USERRA, both of which reach the District, and on the District’s military-overseas voting law.

Lehigh County's Human Relations Ordinance, adopted in February 2024, bars discrimination based on veteran status in employment, housing, education, health care and public accommodations across the county, with complaints to its Human Relations Commission within 180 days. The State Human Relations Act does not list veteran status.

Any veteran in Lehigh County. Protection from discrimination because of veteran status. No rating is needed.

Lehigh County's Office of Veterans Affairs in the Government Center, Allentown, is the county director's office: VA claims and appeals, Veterans' Temporary Assistance and other temporary grants, burial allowances and the State real estate tax exemption, by appointment only. Its tax exemption sheet is years out of date: it caps income at $95,279 and counts VA compensation, both of which the law no longer does. Call 610-782-3295.

Veterans and surviving spouses. Any veteran or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.

The Lehigh County Recorder of Deeds, in the Clerk of Judicial Records, records a DD-214 free, keeps it confidential and gives certified copies free to the veteran, immediate family or an agent authorised in writing, with photo ID.

A veteran, immediate family or an authorised agent. Recording and certified copies are free. No rating is needed.

Lehigh County's courts have no published veterans treatment court; instead Adult Probation and Parole runs a Veterans' Mentor Program, since 2011, that pairs justice-involved veterans with veteran mentors to help them through the court, treatment and VA systems, free and voluntary.

A veteran involved in the criminal justice system in Lehigh County. Free and voluntary. No rating is needed.

Lenawee's County Clerk lists recording a Military Discharge among the services at its Vital Records and Elections office at 113 W. Front Street in Adrian, and the Department of Veterans Affairs will locate a locally recorded discharge and obtain a copy at no cost; Michigan's confidentiality, free-copy and 70-year rules run from the State entries.

Any veteran presenting a discharge. The clerk records and indexes it; the record is confidential, and the veteran and the helpers the statute lists take copies free.

Lenawee's Veterans Relief Fund, opened by the Commissioners in October 2010 under MCL 35.21 to 35.27, pays temporary emergency grants straight to a veteran's creditor from a fund of about $696,000, funded by a Veterans Relief millage levied at 0.0150 mill against a one-tenth-mill ceiling, with the indigent income test moved to HUD's 2025 Lenawee County limits on July 10, 2026.

Wartime service, or Expeditionary Medal, for the county fund. At least one day of active wartime service other than training, or honorable service with an Expeditionary Medal; Guard and reserve need a DD-214 showing federal activation. Peacetime-era veterans reach emergency help through the state MVTF 65+ Peacetime Program instead.

The 39th Circuit Court's Veterans Treatment Court in Adrian is on the State Court Administrative Office's certified list, presided over by Judge Michael R. Olsaver, and diverts eligible veterans to a docket where each participant works with a veteran mentor and meets the judge twice a month; the county publishes no eligibility rules or referral form.

Eligible veterans with service-related addiction or mental health issues. The county page states the diversion and the mentor and review structure but publishes no charge, discharge-character or residency criteria; the 39th Circuit is the route.

Lenoir County Register of Deeds Treva Jenkins, 101 North Queen Street, Kinston (252-559-6420), keeps military discharges among the office's records, and the office's Uniform Fee Schedule prices both the certified copy and the copy of a military record at no fee.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and copies are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people G.S. 47-113.2 lists. No rating is needed.

The Leon County Clerk of Court & Comptroller records a Certificate of Discharge or Separation of Service in the Official Records - free to the veteran under section 28.222(3)(d), though its fee schedule prints only the ordinary $10 first-page charge - and posts the removal-request forms section 28.2221 requires.

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

The Leon County Clerk (Amy Kaiser, 155 N. Cass Street, Centerville, 903-536-2352) files a DD214 and issues certified copies free under its 2024 fee schedule, keeps the records closed to the public, and takes copy requests on an application listing Government Code 552.140's eligible applicants, with a copy of the applicant's ID.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.

The Leon County Commissioners Court (County Judge Byron Ryder) gave $500 from contingency for the Master Gardeners’ work on the Veterans Wall on the square (November 10, 2025), heard of the Veterans Appreciation Day at the Expo Center (October 2025), put Operation Green Light for veterans on its September 28, 2026 agenda, and kept the Veteran Service Fund at $18,871 for FY2027; no benefit was narrowed or repealed.

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

Leon County's Division of Veteran Services, 615 E. Paul Russell Road, Tallahassee, 850-606-1940, helps veterans and dependents with VA claims through appeal, property tax exemptions, records and discharge upgrades; appointments Monday to Thursday, walk-ins Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Veterans and dependents in Leon County. Veterans, dependents and survivors. No rating is needed.

Leon County's Veterans Treatment Court is a four-phase pretrial diversion for veterans with a qualifying discharge and offense, supervised by the county's Office of Intervention and Detention Alternatives; Veteran's Treatment Court Officer Shenika Broxsie, 850-577-4430.

Justice-involved veteran. For a veteran with a qualifying discharge and offense who volunteers. A disability rating is not the test.

Levy County's two spring parks, Blue Springs near Bronson and Henry Beck Park in Gulf Hammock, charge $2.00 a person and half price for seniors and military; the county's pages do not say whether a veteran counts as military, so a veteran should ask at the gate. Both are open April through September.

Military; veterans should ask. Half-price admission for military; the pages do not say whether veterans qualify. No rating is needed.

Levy County's Veterans Service Office, 310 School Street, Bronson, 352-914-7192, gives free, accredited help with VA claims and benefits for veterans, survivors and dependants; walk-ins Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30 to 4:30, appointments other days. Its one service officer, also the county's Community Services Coordinator, was accredited by the State in July 2026; the 2026-27 budget cuts the office from two posts to one.

Veterans, survivors and dependants. For veterans, their survivors and dependants. No rating is needed.