Miscellaneous

The Lewis County Recorder of Deeds, Amy Parrish, Courthouse, 100 E. Lafayette Street, Monticello (573-767-5440), records a DD214 or other discharge free for any person and certifies copies free for an authorized party on a notarized request, and her fee list makes a certified marriage licence copy free for the military.

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.

Lewis County's Veterans' Relief Fund, run by Public Health and Social Services in Chehalis, helps honourably discharged veterans and spouses at or under 200% of poverty with funeral costs up to $1,000, rent up to $1,000 or 75% of the rent, and up to $500 of food, gas, utility or medical help, paid to the vendor. Call the Veterans' Benefits Specialist, 360-740-1417.

Household income at or under 200% of poverty. Income at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines, a discharge under honourable conditions and a year in Washington. No rating is needed.

Each Veterans Day the Board of County Commissioners lights county buildings green as part of Operation Green Light, the National Association of Counties initiative, and invites residents, businesses and organizations to replace one light bulb with a green one in honor of the more than 6,000 veterans who call the county home.

A countywide observance, not a gated benefit. Operation Green Light is a recognition and awareness initiative open to all; recorded so the rating filter never hides it.

Lewis and Clark County employs no veterans service office; state claims help runs through the Montana Veteran Services Program office in Helena, (406) 324-4774, [email protected], and the county site names no county veteran programme beyond its Operation Green Light observance.

State claims help is free to any veteran. The Montana Veteran Services Program assists veterans, spouses and dependents with federal claims at no charge, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

Lexington-Fayette's Commission on Veterans' Affairs, with a Veterans Liaison in the Mayor's office, connects Fayette County veterans and families to local services and backs Veterans' Unity Point at Kenwick Community Center, 313 Owsley Ave., open Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 to 1:30 for help with benefits and resources; (859) 258-3117.

Veterans and families in Fayette County. Any Fayette County veteran or family member can use the commission and Unity Point. No rating is needed.

The Liberty County Clerk of Courts records a veteran's DD-214, NPRC raised-seal copy or NA Form 13038 free at the Justice Center, 201 South Main Street, Suite 1200, Hinesville, and copies are free too; anyone else asking must appear in person with the clerk's affidavit, and only those Code section 15-6-72 lists may see it.

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

Liberty County's Veterans Treatment Court in the 253rd District Court (Judge Chap B. Cain III; court manager Leticia Manning) takes felony and misdemeanour cases of veterans and service members with an honorable or general discharge and a substance use or mental health disorder into a voluntary programme of about 24 months, after which charges may be dismissed; defence counsel applies.

A veteran or service member with a pending charge. Honorable or general discharge, VHA eligibility, a substance use or mental health disorder, and the team's approval; defence counsel applies. A rating is not the test.

The Licking County Recorder records veterans discharges free, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., but publishes no veterans identification card programme, where many county recorders issue one under Revised Code 317.241.

Any discharge but dishonorable, under the statute. Recording is free for any discharge; the statute bars the optional county card only where the discharge is dishonorable. No rating is needed.

Emergency help with food, housing and utilities for a Licking County veteran or family after 90 days in the county, by appointment only, on the county's own appointment blackout days, with every adult roommate's income counted and 60 days of bank statements. In 2026 the office grew from 8 to 12 staff and reported $310,634 of assistance by May.

Discharge under honorable conditions, 90 days in the county. A veteran discharged under honorable conditions with active duty other than training, or a family member 5901.08 lists, resident 90 days. The checklist asks for honorable service; the statute also takes a general discharge. No rating is needed.

The Limestone County Clerk (Kerrie Cobb, 200 W State Street, Suite 102, Groesbeck, 254-729-5504) posts no military-discharge line in its fees or forms; the free DD-214 filing (Local Government Code 192.002), the free certified copy (Government Code 603.003) and the confidentiality (552.140) are the State’s.

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

The Limestone County Commissioners Court (County Judge Richard Duncan) took up no item naming veterans in its 29 meetings of September 2025 to October 2026; its FY2026-27 budget, adopted September 8, 2026, keeps the Veterans Service Officer at $26,228, 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 Limestone County License Commissioner issues the disabled veteran plate and assesses county ad valorem on the vehicle. The state fee exemption does not, by itself, remove that local vehicle tax.

At least 10% service-connected. The disabled veteran plate fee exemption, issued in Limestone by the License Commissioner, starts at 10% service-connected. Local ad valorem on the vehicle can still be due.

The state veterans service office for Limestone County is in the Market Building in Athens. It helps with VA claims, state benefits, and the G.I. Dependent Scholarship. Monday through Friday.

The Lincoln County Recorder of Deeds, 201 Main Street, Suite 203, Troy (636-528-0325), records servicemen's records such as a DD-214 on request; State law makes the recording free and closes the record to the public, and the Recorder's fee schedule names no discharge line.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording is free under the State statute; no rating is needed.

Lincoln County’s County Veterans’ Aid fund pays temporary emergency help with shelter, food and utilities through its veterans service committee; its budget shows the fund’s $45,685 balance untouched through three years with nothing levied, and the county’s page still asks for wartime service and an honorable discharge.

Veteran, spouse, surviving spouse or minor child in need. Section 80-102 as amended in 2024: honorable or general (under honorable conditions) service, one year in Nebraska and six months in Lincoln County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.

Lincoln County’s Veterans’ Service Center in North Platte, under county veterans service officer Thomas Gann, consults by appointment only; with one officer doing all claim development it turned away non-residents in 2026, and the county budgeted $191,400 for the office in 2026-2027 and posted a Deputy Veterans Service Officer opening in October.

Any Lincoln County veteran, dependent or survivor. Free claims help by appointment; no rating is required. The office was turning away non-residents in 2026.

Lincoln County's Register of Deeds, 206 Gamble Drive, 2nd Floor, Lincolnton (704-736-1744), records a veteran's DD-214 free, gives free certified copies in person to those the law allows, and issues a free Thank You for Your Service discount card good at participating local businesses.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and certified copies are free; copies go only to the people G.S. 47-113.2 lists. The discount card needs the recorded DD-214. No rating is needed.

The Lincoln County Recorder/Auditor (Amy Elmer, 775-962-8076) keeps Pioche hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and its pages publish no military-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.

Lincoln County’s Veterans Service Office in Canton, under Veteran’s Services Officer David Ekle, files VA and South Dakota claims including the state bonus, and will visit veterans who cannot travel to the office.

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

Linn County Veteran Services, with nationally accredited county veteran service officers, helps veterans, dependents and survivors claim benefits and runs a county emergency assistance programme paying rent of up to $600, $900 or $1,300 a month by household, for up to three months in twelve.

Any veteran, dependent or survivor. The department assists veterans, their dependents and survivors with federal, state and local claims. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

The Linn County Veterans Services Office, established by the Board of Commissioners, assists veterans and their dependents with disability compensation, pension, medical, home-loan eligibility, burial, vocational rehabilitation and survivor claims: 505 SW Ellsworth Street, Albany; (541) 967-3882 or (800) 319-3882. With three accredited VSOs on staff, waits fell from six to eight weeks to under two.

Veterans and dependents of Linn County. The office serves any county veteran or dependent pursuing a federal or state claim; no rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

The Lipscomb County Commissioners' Court (County Judge Dori Roots) held its budget hearing and approved the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget on September 21, 2026, all five members voting for it, with no veterans department, and its calendar closes the county on Veteran's Day; none of the 22 sets of minutes of August 2025 to September 2026 names a veterans item. 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 Lipscomb County and District Clerk (Chrissy Dunn, 101 South Main, Lipscomb; 806-862-3091) posts Official Public Records filing at $25 for a first page and $4 for each further page (effective January 1, 2024) 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.

The Little River County Circuit Clerk, as ex officio Recorder, files a veteran's DD-214 free at the courthouse in Ashdown: the court filing fee list on the Circuit Clerk's page reads "DD-214 forms: no charge".

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

The Live Oak County Clerk (Donna M. VanWay, 201 Houston St., George West, 361-449-2733 ext. 3) says "All Military DD214 filed in our office can obtain a free copy", and takes copy requests on an online DD-214 request form; recording a discharge is free under Local Government Code 192.002.

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 Live Oak County Commissioners Court (County Judge James Liska) put a memorandum of understanding with Atascosa County "for VSO" on its October 10, 2025 agenda and an application for the Texas Veterans Commission General Assistance Grant on its August 28, 2026 agenda, and adopted on August 28, 2026 a 2027 budget with $49,333.80 for Veterans Services; it posts no minutes, 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 Livingston County Clerk records a DD-214 free and gives certified copies free of charge to the veteran and, with a death certificate and proof of relationship, to immediate family; the Clerk's office also sells the county's $10 veteran photo ID card.

The veteran or an immediate family member. Certified copies are free to the person named on the record and to immediate family with a death certificate and proof of relationship; the veteran ID card is $10 with a DD-214. No rating is needed.

The Livingston County Clerk's Thank A Vet programme issues an honorably discharged veteran an ID card that participating county businesses honour for discounts; the DD-214 must be on file with the Clerk (or a certified copy presented) and the applicant shows government photo ID with a Livingston County address; 585-243-7010.

Honorably discharged veterans with a Livingston County address. The DD-214 must be on file with the Clerk or a certified copy presented, with government photo ID showing a Livingston County address.

The Livingston County Recorder of Deeds, Amy Baker, Courthouse Suite 6, 700 Webster Street, Chillicothe (660-646-8000, ext. 6), keeps military service records, lists "Military Discharges - No Charge" in her fee schedule and posts the notarized request form RSMo 59.480 requires for a copy.

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.

Livingston County Veteran Services runs a monthly Coffee and Comradery hour at its Howell office, a monthly newsletter, an online Veterans Honor Map memorial, an annual 9/11 Never Forget 5K and a Veteran of the Month chosen with the Livingston County Veterans' Council.

Any veteran or family member. The coffee hour, newsletter, Honor Map and memorial programmes are open to any veteran or family; nominations go through the Veterans’ Council. No rating is needed.

Livingston County veterans ride free - medical appointments within a 50-mile radius up to 30 days ahead and county errands up to a week ahead - by calling LETS, with Veteran Services paying the fare; a DD-214 showing an honorable discharge enrolls a rider.

Veteran with a DD-214 showing an honorable discharge. Rides are free to veterans who provide a DD-214 showing an honorable discharge before their first booking. No rating is needed.

Livingston County's Veteran Services office at 1420 Lawson Drive in Howell files VA claims free and runs the county's relief, burial and ride programmes with 8.96 positions, paid for chiefly by a dedicated veterans millage - 0.0956 mills levied for 2026 and renewed at up to 0.1117 mills by 71 percent of voters on August 4, 2026.

Any veteran, survivor or dependent. Claims help and the rides are free to any veteran or family member; relief and burial have their own tests. No rating is needed.

Livingston County's board record carries its veteran observances: a Purple Heart County designation with Hall of Honor enrolment and Highway Department road signs (Resolution read 2026-10-28), the Livingston County Veterans Monument of 250 metal poppies welded by veterans and dedicated in 2021, Operation Green Light (the Livingston-originated observance, Resolution 2026-79 of March 11, 2026, naming the county a Green Light for Military Service County October 14 to November 13, 2026 and supporting Onward Ops), and hospice membership in We Honor Veterans.

Livingston County veterans and their families. The observances honor veterans generally; the Purple Heart Hall of Honor enrolment is the one county-assisted application.

Livingston County's Veteran Services takes relief applications for honorably discharged veterans and dependents facing an unforeseen emergency - past-due rent, mortgage, utilities, food, clothing, repairs, dental and burial costs - on a DD-214 and 90 days of bank statements; the grant amounts are not published.

Short-term hardship, with 90 days of statements. The fund takes applicants with an unforeseen emergency or short-term hardship who submit their last 90 days of bank statements; the county resident test is 90 days. No rating is needed.

The 53rd District Court's Veterans' Treatment Court is on the State's certified list at (517) 548-1000, sits Judge Shauna N. Murphy on the second and fourth Wednesdays, takes non-violent county veterans with a diagnosed substance use or mental health disorder, and its team includes the county's own Veteran Services office.

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; the court adds a county-residence and diagnosis screen. No rating is needed.

The 21st Judicial District’s Veterans Treatment Court, run from Hammond by case manager Craig Meyer, takes veterans with open misdemeanor or felony cases in Livingston, St. Helena or Tangipahoa Parish; 985-747-6766.

Veteran with an open case in the 21st JDC. Eligibility is a veteran as defined by R.S. 13:5364(1) with an open misdemeanor or felony case in Livingston, St. Helena or Tangipahoa Parish; no rating is needed.

The Llano County Clerk (Cecilia McClintock, 107 West Sandstone, Llano, 325-247-4455) prints military discharge filing and certified copies as "No Charge" in its fee schedule, which also waives recording, marriage licence and birth certificate fees for service members deploying to a hostile fire zone.

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 Llano County Commissioners Court (County Judge Rob T. Hardy) gave the Veterans Service Officer a county cell phone (May 26, 2026), accepted his monthly reports on its consent agenda, adopted an FY2027 budget of $58,495 for the office, and proclaimed Operation Green Light for November 4 to 11, 2026 (October 26, 2026); no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

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

Logan County’s section 80-102 Veterans Aid Fund has grown only on interest to $13,634.57 (July 2026), paying nothing in 2024-2025 or 2025-2026, and budgets all of it for medical and hospital aid in 2026-2027; the county keeps a $1,000 veterans’ aid petty cash fund for quick help.

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

Logan County’s part-time Veterans Service Office in the Stapleton courthouse, under Veterans Service Officer Richard Cook - also the county’s highway and weed superintendent - is open Wednesday afternoons in Stapleton and, under a three-county agreement for which Thomas County pays Logan County $7,000 a year and McPherson County $1,700, Tuesday afternoons in the Thedford courthouse and Tuesday mornings in Tryon; Mr. Cook also helps veterans from Lincoln County.

Any veteran or dependent in Logan, Thomas or McPherson County. Claims help needs no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.

The Logan County Board of Commissioners (three members; the window's 88 weekly agendas of 2025 and 2026) carried the veteran items: the weekly 'Veteran Flag Ceremony'/'Veteran Flag Presentation' honoring a named veteran of a named branch - Ray Prater, Robert Hume, Jerry Walker, Ray Stamm, Suzi Tapp, Rick Payne, Ashley Moore, Danny Kneisly, Rodney Burnside, Jerry Culp, Roger Tapp, Larry Poe, Vic Dodds and David Blue among them - the November 17, 2025 Shelley Kneece Veteran Services Budget Hearing, the Veterans Day closure of November 10, 2025, and the Belle Center Veterans Memorial Ribbon Cutting of July 6, 2026; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans honours and budget cycle; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Logan County Recorder (Patricia A. Myers, 100 S. Madriver St., Bellefontaine, 937-599-7201, weekdays 8 to 4:30) records DD-214s free and issues a United States Veteran Document Identification Card for $1.00 - 'I encourage you to take advantage of the services we offer our veterans by recording your DD214 for free and obtaining a United States Veteran Document Identification Card for only $1.00' - with Wednesday the day Veteran ID cards are issued.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a DD-214 is free at the Recorder under ORC 317.24, and the veteran ID card costs $1.00. No rating is needed.

The Long County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Jeremy Hall, Vice Chairman Gerald Blocker, Commissioners Benji Strickland, John Reddish and James Craft, with County Manager Shane Richardson and County Clerk Brandi Smiley, at 468 S. McDonald Street, Ludowici - posts its agendas and minutes on the county's own agenda and minutes pages; the 2020-2026 record - 118 files read whole, the scanned years through OCR - carries no veteran item beyond the November 2025 notes that moved the regular meeting off November 11 "Veterans Day Holiday" to November 21, and the county's own pages name no veterans organization.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s posted 2020-2026 files and their silence; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Long County Clerk of Superior Court - Sherry McFann Long (elected 2013), 458 So. McDonald Street, P.O. Box 458, Ludowici, GA 31316 (912-545-2123, fax 912-545-2020, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. Friday, closed 12:00 to 1:00 for lunch; Chief Deputy Joannie Poole) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78, per the Cooperative Authority's clerk directory; the county's own pages publish 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 Long County Tax Commissioner - Becky Fowler, P.O. Box 628, 285 South McDonald Street, Ludowici, GA 31316 (912-545-2127, [email protected], longcountytax.com) - and the Board of Tax Assessors (285 S McDonald St, 912-545-9111, [email protected]) take the homestead applications, the disabled-veteran exemptions included; the tax site is a script-rendered app read in a browser session and publishes no exemption text of its own, 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 Recorder records a DD-214 or NGB-22 free, with free certified copies, and issues a veteran ID card good for ten years without an appointment, but offers the card only to "honorably discharged veterans", where the statute bars only a dishonorable discharge.

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.

Temporary help with rent, mortgage, property tax, utilities, car payments and repairs, insurance, food and personal items for a Lorain County veteran or surviving spouse after 90 days in the county who shows a hardship, by appointment, decided within about 30 days. The page leaves out the other family members the statute covers.

Discharge under honorable conditions, 90 days in the county. A veteran discharged under honorable conditions with active duty other than training, or a family member the statute covers, resident 90 days. The page names only veterans and widows. No rating is needed.

Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, guardianship, deeds, leases, record sealing and some civil cases, done by Lorain County veteran-owned law firms at the commission's cost, for a veteran with an honorable or general discharge, a spouse or surviving spouse, or a dependent child, after 90 days in the county and with household AGI below $200,000.

Honorable or general discharge, household AGI below $200,000. A veteran with an honorable or general discharge, or a spouse, surviving spouse or dependent child, resident 90 days, with household AGI below $200,000. No rating is needed.