Marion County keeps no veterans office of its own; its claims route is the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance's Clarksburg Benefit Office, 153 W Main Street, Suite C, Clarksburg (304-627-2175), where veterans service officers Ronald Nelson and Barry Stull and assistant Jessica Dobbins serve Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Taylor and Doddridge counties.
Veterans, surviving spouses and families. Free help filing VA and state benefit claims; no rating is needed to ask.
The Marquette County Veterans Affairs office houses the county committee of the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund, which grants temporary emergency help to eligible wartime veterans and their families - one must show a DD-214, proof of residence, the bills and 90 days of income proof - and veterans over 65 qualify regardless of wartime service; apply at 215 West Hematite Drive, Ishpeming, 906-485-1996, weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wartime-era veterans and over-65 veterans of Marquette County. The county page states the fund's own service-period and over-65 tests; the State entry on the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund sets out the statute.
Marquette County voters approved a 0.0500-mill Veterans Affairs millage in August 2026, levied for the years 2027 through 2035 under MCL 35.21 to improve and expand veterans services - outreach, access to benefits and healthcare, mental health support, rural service delivery, transportation coordination and countywide services - raising an estimated $171,900 in its first year, which funds a new 1 FTE Veterans Benefits Counselor.
Marquette County veterans. A levy for veterans services, not a gate on an individual benefit.
The Marshall County Board of Supervisors (chair Jarret Heil, vice chair Carol Hibbs, member Christian Goodman) carried the 2025-2026 veteran items: the March 26, 2025 budget amendment naming the #21 Veteran Affairs fund and the Veteran Memorial Dedication Announcement for 10 a.m. Saturday March 29, the July 30, 2025 resolution naming Kevin Huseboe the county's voting representative to the Iowa Association of County Commissioners and Veterans Service Officers, the August 13, 2025 Tyler Technologies MOU for the veteran-claims software (which bought out VetraSpec), the September 24, 2025 and December 31, 2025 Veterans Affairs Commission appointments (chair David Streets through 12/31/2028), the January 2, 2026 assignment of the Veterans' Affairs Board to Supervisor Heil, and Shari Coughenour's five-year service award; the memorial itself - suggested by then-chair Heil, fundraised from November 2023 with the Martha Ellen Tye Foundation challenge grant, dedicated March 2025 and first used May 25, 2026 with Quilts of Valor - is the office's own account; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
The county record and the memorial. The record shows the county funding its Veteran Affairs office and building the memorial; no rating is needed.
Marshall 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 Marshall County Veterans Service Office.
Veteran with a criminal case in Marshall County. Eligibility is set by the court and is not published. No rating is needed.
The Martin County Commissioners Court (County Judge Bryan Cox) appointed Jacob Reid as the county's new Veteran's Officer on April 28, 2026 by a 3-0 vote, approved its 2027 holidays on June 9, 2026, and adopted a 2027 budget with no veterans line on September 8, 2026; no other agenda or minutes of 2026 names a veterans item. No benefit is known to have been narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.
Martin County's Sailfish Splash Waterpark takes 20% off day passes for active military, veterans and their families through the 2026 season, and its Sailfish Sands Golf Club charges veterans the Martin County resident rate seven days a week on proof of service.
Any veteran. No rating is needed; bring a military ID, a veteran-marked licence or a DD-214. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Martin County Veterans Services, 2401 SE Monterey Road, Stuart, (772) 288-5448, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., helps veterans, dependents and survivors with VA claims, appeals, records and discharge corrections, and makes housebound visits by appointment.
Veterans and families in Martin County. Veterans, dependents, survivors, and serving members of the active, Reserve and Guard components. No rating is needed.
The Martin County and District Clerk (Oralia "Lali" Ybarra, 301 N. St. Peter Street, Stanton; 432-756-3412) posts recording at $25 for a first page and $4 for each further page, and $5 for a certification, 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.
Free lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for a Maryland resident who is a 100% service-connected disabled veteran, a veteran VA finds unemployable, or a former prisoner of war. Issued at a DNR service center.
100% service-connected. One path is a 100% service-connected disability. The lifetime license does not add a separate permanent-and-total test on the department hunting page.
Free disabled-veteran plates from a 50% service-connected rating or an unemployability rating of 50% to 99%. At 100%, registration is free and permanent. From 50% to 99%, the annual registration fee is still due.
At least 50% service-connected. Free disabled-veteran plates start at a 50% service-connected rating. From 50% through 99%, registration fees are still due. At 100%, registration is free and permanent.
A subtraction of military retirement income from Maryland taxable income. The cap is $20,000 at age 55 or older, and $12,500 under age 55. It is not a full exemption of retired pay.
Property owned by a national veterans organization, or by one of its state departments, chapters or posts, is exempt from property tax when it is needed for and used only for the organization’s purposes. It applies in every county.
Half price on Maryland hunting and fishing licenses and the associated stamps for a Maryland veteran who received a Purple Heart. The medal alone is not the proof.
Purple Heart. The discount is for a Maryland veteran who received a Purple Heart. It is not a VA rating test. The medal alone is not proof.
Day-use entrance fees are waived for a veteran of the uniformed services at a Maryland state park, resident or not. The waiver is the veteran, unless the park is charging by the vehicle.
Free, accredited help from the Department of Veterans and Military Families for a veteran, dependent, or survivor filing a federal or state claim. Offices are statewide, including several inside MVA branches.
The Mason County Clerk (Chelsa Armendariz, P.O. Box 702, Mason, 325-347-5253) lists 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.
The Mason County Commissioners Court (County Judge Shannon Worrell, since Judge Sheree Hardin resigned on August 17, 2026) approved a survey of county land for the Fort Mason Post of the American Legion's Military Museum expansion on December 22, 2025, waived its $15 filing fee for a Texans for Disabled Veterans septic permit on March 12, 2026, and adopted a 2027 budget with no veterans line on August 24, 2026; 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.
Mason County's Veterans Court is a post-plea Superior Court programme of 12 to 18 months in three phases for a veteran or service member with a substance use or mental health diagnosis and a non-violent charge the Prosecutor accepts; District Court cases transfer to Superior Court. Therapeutic Court Program Manager Amy Howerton, 360-427-9670 ext. 296.
Veteran or service member with a qualifying diagnosis. A non-violent charge the Prosecutor accepts and a substance use or mental health diagnosis; a guilty plea is required. No rating is needed.
Mason County's Veterans' Assistance Fund pays up to $2,400 a year toward rent or mortgage, utilities, necessities, fuel, clothing and ID for veterans and families at or under 150% of poverty after 90 days in the county, a $2,000 lifetime catastrophic grant without the income test, and $300 to $2,400 toward an indigent veteran's burial. Apply through a Veterans Service Officer at Memorial Hall, Shelton (360-426-4546) or Belfair (360-552-2303).
Household income at or under 150% of the poverty guidelines. Gross income after taxes and medical premiums at or below 150% of the HHS poverty guidelines, 90 days in the county; catastrophic help has no income test. No rating is needed.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to charge a veteran for preparing or advising on a VA claim except as federal law permits, to charge for a referral, or to guarantee an outcome. A breach is also a consumer protection violation.
It protects any person with a VA or Department of Defense claim. The definition of veterans benefits matter reaches veterans, dependents, survivors and any other individual eligible for such benefits, and covers a person who has only expressed an intent to file.
A needs-based cash and medical benefit paid by the city or town where the veteran lives, reimbursed 75 per cent by the commonwealth. One day of residence qualifies, and there is no rating test at all.
Only so much as is necessary for sufficient relief or support. Section 5 bars payment to any person able to support themselves or in receipt of income from any source sufficient for their support, and allows a supplement where income is insufficient. Amounts are set by the Executive Office of Veterans Services in 108 CMR rather than by statute.
No registration fee for any vehicle owned by a veteran at 100 per cent or rated individually unemployable, and no fee for that veteran’s driver’s licence either. The HERO Act rewrote the paragraph in 2024.
A combined service-connected rating of 100 per cent. Paragraph (29) of G.L. c. 90, s. 33 as replaced by the 2024 HERO Act.
Military retired pay is deducted from Massachusetts gross income whether or not the retiree contributed, and so are Survivor Benefit Plan annuities. Both are named in the statute rather than left to inference.
Any retired member of the uniformed services. No rating, no age and no election. The uniformed services are those defined in 10 U.S.C. 1072, which includes the NOAA and Public Health Service commissioned corps as well as the six armed services.
One vehicle is free of the annual motor vehicle excise for a veteran at 100 per cent or rated individually unemployable, or with specified losses of limb or sight. Unemployability is named here and nowhere in the property tax clauses.
A combined service-connected rating of 100 per cent. Section 1 of chapter 60A names a combined service-connected disability rating of 100 per cent as determined by VA. The loss-of-limb and loss-of-sight routes need no rating at all, so this entry does not disappear below the number.
The plain VETERAN plate costs an extra $20 a year. The decoration plates, from the Purple Heart to the Medal of Liberty, are free, and a surviving spouse may keep or newly apply for a VETERAN plate until remarriage.
A veteran under clause Forty-third for the plain VETERAN plate. Ninety days including a day of wartime service, or 180 days without it, and a last discharge under other than dishonorable conditions. There is an annual $20 fee on top of the registration fee.
A veteran discharged other than honorably because of who they are can have Massachusetts benefits restored without waiting for the federal record to be corrected. Nothing like it exists in any other state in this catalog.
An other than honorable discharge based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Including under 10 U.S.C. 654, the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, or any other policy. The board decides whether that was more likely than not the primary basis for the characterisation.
Every city must appoint a certified veterans’ agent, the agent records a discharge free of charge, what a veteran tells the agent is privileged, and a veteran who wins an appeal keeps the money even if the town wins on further appeal.
Every city has a veterans’ agent; towns may share one. Section 3. Two or more contiguous towns may appoint a single agent, and sections 10 to 15 provide for veterans’ services districts.
A $2,500 annual payment on August 1 for a blind or paraplegic veteran, one who lost both legs or is 100 per cent disabled from enemy action or a service-connected accident, and for the parents and surviving spouse of a war or combat death.
Statutory blindness at 5/200 or with a twenty degree field. Section 6B uses central visual acuity of 5/200 or less in the better eye with corrective glasses, which is stricter than the 20/200 standard the motor vehicle excise exemption uses.
A $1,000 bonus for service in the Iraq or Afghanistan area and $500 for six months elsewhere, paid by the State Treasurer out of the treasury without appropriation. The statute names three operations and no later ones.
Active service as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom or Noble Eagle. Those three operations are named in section 16 and no later operation has been added. Active duty for training in the National Guard or as a reservist does not count.
The Matagorda County Clerk (Stephanie Wurtz, 1700 7th Street, Room 202, Bay City, 979-244-7680) posts no fee schedule and no military-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 Matagorda County Commissioners Court (County Judge Bobby Seiferman) updated the Veterans Office's job description with every department's (February 2, 2026), rented the VFW's hall for the county's service awards banquet, and adopted a 2027 budget of $119,919 for the office (September 28, 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.
The Maverick County Clerk (Sara Montemayor, 500 Quarry Street, Suite 2, Eagle Pass, 830-206-8292) posts no military-discharge line on the county’s new site; 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 Maverick County Commissioners Court (County Judge Pablo Garcia) adopted an FY2027 budget on September 23, 2026 that puts $80,000 of 2021 certificate-of-obligation money into "Improvements Vet. Memorial" and keeps the veterans office at $66,828, and through the year approved community uses of the Maverick County Veterans Memorial Amphitheater; 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 Mayes County Board of County Commissioners (Alva Martin chairman, Steve Grossman and Randy Pierce; County Clerk Brittany True-Howard; Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. at the courthouse) carried the 2025-2026 veteran items: the February 3, 2025 fee waiver for the Oklahoma Warriors Honor Flight fundraiser at the Event Center - two flights a year of 75 veterans each at $120,000 per flight with no cost to the veteran - the DAV Veteran Freedom Tour and Blue Star Moms car show (September 20, 2025), the Oklahoma Freedom Flight wrestling fundraiser (November 14-16, 2025), the DAV Annual Car Show (August 15, 2026) and the recurring Blue Star Moms pack-outs; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans events and fee waiver; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Mayes County Clerk (Brittany True-Howard, One Court Place, Suite 120, Pryor, 918-825-2426) serves as the county's record keeper; her page names no military-discharge line and posts no fee schedule, 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 District’s veterans agency is a small office inside the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. Its accredited service officers file VA claims for free, it takes the homestead deduction applications, and it runs VetsRide, but the Code tells it to meet veterans’ needs through federal benefits wherever it can.
District residence. D.C. Code 49-1001(3) and (4) define resident and veteran for the Office’s chapter.
The McClain County Board of County Commissioners (District 1 Glen Murray, District 2 Wilson Lyles, District 3 Terry Daniel; weekly Mondays, County Clerk Rebekah Couch as secretary) posts no 2025 or 2026 commissioner agendas or minutes in its document library - the window's posted files are the Board of Equalization's six agendas (June 25, 2025 and April 21, May 5, May 27, June 11 and June 24, 2026), read whole and naming no veteran item; no benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s posted agendas and their silence; it grants no individual entitlement.
The McClain County Clerk (Rebekah Couch, P.O. Box 629, 121 North 2nd Avenue, Purcell; Land Records 405-527-3360, Bookkeeping 405-527-3117, weekdays 8:00 to 4:30) serves as the county's registrar and posts the free recording on its own page - "Military discharge records (DD-214) - recorded free for veterans" - among deeds, mortgages, plats, mineral interests, liens, judgments, oil and gas leases, powers of attorney, trust agreements and city charters; the fee schedule (28 O.S. 32's table) carries no discharge line, and the record is confidential under 19 O.S. 270.
Any veteran with a discharge. The recording is free per the Clerk’s own DD-214 line and 72 O.S. 22, and the record is confidential under 19 O.S. 270. No rating is needed.
The McCulloch County Clerk (Christine A. Jones, 101 N. High, Brady, 325-597-2400 ext. 2) posts an "Application for Certified Copy of Military Discharge" marked "No charge for the record", quoting Government Code 552.140, with a copy of the applicant’s ID; 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 McCulloch County Commissioners Court (County Judge Frank Trull) took regular veteran services reports from Nancy Munetake (approved 5-0 on March 23, 2026), heard a Vietnam veteran praise her work (February 9), heard her report $450,000 in benefits since October 2025 (May 26), heard that no county vehicle would pull the July 4 veterans float (June 29) and passed 5-0 an FY2027 budget with $27,591.18 for the office (August 31, 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.
The McDonald County Recorder of Deeds, Michelle Barker, 602 Main Street, Pineville (417-223-7523), records and files copies of Armed Forces discharge papers for veterans who live in the county, and keeps military records out of its online images; RSMo 59.480 makes the recording and copies free.
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 McDowell County Board of Commissioners (Tony Brown chairman, Lynn Greene vice-chair, Patrick Ellis, Trisha Garner and David Walker; second Mondays 5:00 p.m. and third Mondays 11:30 a.m. at 69 N. Main Street, Marion) carried the 2025-2026 veteran items: the September 15, 2025 Consolidated Human Services Agency resolution placing Veterans Services in the countywide agency under N.C.G.S. 153A-77, the May 11, 2026 resolution supporting targeted property tax relief for elderly residents and disabled veterans (4-0), the March 10, 2025 Military and Veteran Healing Arts Grant item, and the 2026 solid-waste fee discussions that would keep veterans discounted; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services reorganization and petitions; it grants no individual entitlement.
The McDowell County Register of Deeds (Maggie Effler Frye, Registrar, 35 West Fort St., Marion, 828-652-4727, weekdays 8:30 to 5:00) records veterans' military discharge documents - 'The Register of Deeds assist Veterans in recording their military discharge records' - with online services on McDowellDeeds.com and recording under G.S. 161; the discharge record itself is confidential under G.S. 130A-109 and section 161-10's restricted access.
Any veteran with a discharge. The Register of Deeds records military discharge documents; the State entry carries the free-recording statute and the confidentiality. No rating is needed.
The McDuffie County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Chase Beggs, Vice Chairman Sammie Wilson Sr., and Commissioners Rev. Fred Favors, Dr. Bill Jopling and Steven Hollimon, meeting in regular session twice monthly (first Wednesday 10:00 a.m. and third Tuesday 6:30 p.m., work session the Monday before) in the Commissioners' Meeting Room of the County Administration Building, 210 Railroad Street, Thomson - whose 2025-2026 record (82 Board of Commissioners events from January 6, 2025 through December 15, 2026, read whole through the CivicClerk public portal's own API - every agenda item name, description and minutes comment) names no veteran item; American Legion Post 312 meets in Thomson.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s posted 2025-2026 events and the county’s veterans organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The McDuffie County Clerk of Superior Court - Gina Timmerman, 210 Railroad Street, Room 1401, Thomson (706-595-2134, P.O. Box 158) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78, and the county's own clerk page lists among the office's services "Military Discharge Records - Files and maintains military discharge papers."
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 McDuffie County Tax Commissioner - Stacey W. Thomas, 210 Railroad Street, Thomson (706-595-1781 county line, portal mcduffiecountyga.governmentwindow.com) - whose office exists "to bill, collect, and disburse all taxes as prescribed by the laws of the State of Georgia and to act as the Motor Vehicle tag and title agent for the State", prints no veteran amounts on the county's own pages; the county's 2026 tax-bill notice carries a one-time $18,000 HTRG credit for homesteaded property from Governor Kemp beside the FLOST-backed elimination of the fire fee, and the State's veteran rows rest on the State entries (the Board of Tax Assessors' qPublic site, qpublic.net/ga/mcduffie, answers a Cloudflare-style block to plain fetch - 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 and the State entries carry the indexed amount. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The McKean County Board of Commissioners (Tom Kreiner chair, Carol Duffy vice chair, Mary Wilder; every other Tuesday, with Chief Clerk Shawn Hutchings) carried the window's veteran items in its comments and work sessions: Commissioner Wilder's November 12, 2025 tribute to the courthouse lit green for Veterans with Commissioner Kreiner's account of the Veterans ceremony at the Smethport Schools and the Port Alleghany festivities, and the May 12, 2026 community resource map's Veteran Affairs row; the county's document library posts no 2025 or 2026 commissioner agendas or minutes.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the commissioners’ veterans comments and the resource map; it grants no individual entitlement.