WMATA gives its Reduced Fare Disability SmarTrip card, roughly half fare on Metrorail and Metrobus, to a rider under 65 who shows a VA letter with a 60 percent or higher rating or a 100 percent disabled veteran ID card. Riders 65 and older use the senior card instead.
A VA letter at 60 percent or more is one route to the reduced fare card. WMATA riders with disabilities page. Recorded because a medical certification, Medicare under 65 or age 65 also opens the discount.
Under the U.S.-Mexico tax treaty, Mexico may never tax U.S. Social Security. Military retired pay is exempt in Mexico only while the retiree is neither a Mexican citizen nor a Mexican permanent resident, so moving to permanent residence can change the tax.
No rating requirement. The treaty turns on the kind of payment, citizenship and residence status, not on any disability percentage.
The Miami County Recorder, 201 West Main Street, Troy, records a veteran's DD-214 for safekeeping with free certified copies, and issues a Veteran ID card at no charge to a veteran whose honourable discharge is on record; (937) 440-6040.
Any veteran. Any veteran with a discharge. No rating is needed.
Miami-Dade County's Veteran Services Program, in the Community Action and Human Services Department, helps veterans and their spouses, children, widows and parents apply for VA benefits, claims and appeals, free, at four community resource centres on set weekdays. Call 305-756-2830.
Veterans and families. Any veteran, or a spouse, child, widow or parent of one, with proof of service. No rating is needed.
Miami-Dade Parks waives its annual boat launch permit for resident disabled veterans at all six county marinas, gives free parking at its facilities and free lifetime entry to Zoo Miami and Deering Estate to veterans with a service-connected disability, sells other veterans those annual passes at 25% off, and discounts golf. The Matheson Hammock park pass is free to veterans.
Any service-connected disability for the free passes; honorable discharge for the discounts. A service-connected disability, at any rating, for the free boat pass (residents, not punitively discharged), parking and lifetime passes; an honorable discharge or current service for the 25% discount.
A Miami-Dade resident with a VA service-connected disability rides Miami-Dade Transit free on a Patriot Passport EASY Card, whatever the income; other resident veterans ride free if their income is $38,686 a year or less. The county lists other than honorable discharges as eligible, though its document list still asks other veterans for a DD-214 showing an honorable discharge.
Miami-Dade resident; any service-connected rating, or income $38,686 or less. A resident with any VA service-connected disability, or a resident veteran with income of $38,686 or less, without a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge.
No Michigan department or agency may count an Agent Orange judgment or settlement as income or resources when deciding assistance, services, or a charge based on income level.
Any state department or agency that means-tests. The duty falls on a department or agency of the state that grants assistance, provides services, or charges for services based on income level. It is not limited to a named program.
A county may, but need not, create a department of veterans affairs. A state grant of $50,000 plus a per veteran amount is what pushes them to, on conditions including 20 hours a week of service and a maintenance-of-effort floor.
The county may create one, and is not required to. Section 35.621(1) is permissive. Coverage depends on the county board of commissioners having acted.
Every county must levy up to a tenth of a mill for the relief of indigent wartime veterans and their families, administered by a soldiers relief commission of three veterans appointed by the probate judge.
Honorably discharged, wartime service, and indigent. The fund relieves honorably discharged indigent members of the armed forces who served during a period of war as described in 38 CFR 3.2, with Michigan’s Vietnam era dates, and their indigent spouses, minor children and parents.
Compensation for service in the armed forces, including military retired pay, is deducted from Michigan taxable income in full. No cap, no age test, no birth year rule, and it sits outside the tangle that governs every other pension.
No cap, no age test, no birth year rule. The deduction sits in 206.30(1)(e), which the limitations in subsections (9), (10) and (11) do not reach. Those subsections restrict the ordinary retirement deduction by year of birth and by dollar ceilings; none of it applies here.
From the 2025 tax year, a disabled veteran deducts the cancelled debt reported on a 1099-C when the Department of Education discharges a student loan under the total and permanent disability program.
Permanently and totally disabled at the 100% rate. Section 206.30(1)(aa) uses the same two rating routes as the property tax exemption, without the specially adapted housing route. The first route is a VA determination of permanent and total disability from military service with entitlement to benefits at the 100% rate.
Since April 2025 a veteran rated 50 percent or more can hold the DV plate, and a surviving spouse can keep it. Only a totally disabled veteran gets the registration tax waived; at 50 percent only the service fee goes.
Fifty percent for the plate itself. A partially disabled veteran qualifies on a VA service-connected disability rating of not less than 50 percent. The two other routes are a service-connected total or permanent total rating for compensation, or such a rating together with armed forces disability retirement pay, and both of those sit above 50 percent.
A discharge recorded with the county clerk is confidential for 70 years, free to the veteran and to a service officer, and a certified copy is admissible as evidence of the original.
Free recording, on presentation to the clerk. The county clerk shall enter upon the record book all discharges presented for recording and shall index them alphabetically.
Ex-POW, Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, Pearl Harbor survivor, World War I, Gold Star and Blue Star plates. Only the ex-POW and Medal of Honor plates escape the registration tax, and only one per household.
Prisoner of war status, or being the spouse of one. A person who was a prisoner of war, or whose spouse was a prisoner of war, may apply for the EX-POW plate. One per household is exempt from the registration tax; a second is taxed.
A resident veteran rated permanently and totally disabled at the 100 percent rate, or individually unemployable, gets any resident hunting or fishing license free, except those that require a lottery.
Permanently and totally disabled at the 100% rate. Section 324.43537(5) gives two routes and this catalog can test both. The first route is a VA determination of permanent and total disability from military service with entitlement to benefits at the 100% rate.
An extra personal exemption, $500 for the 2025 tax year, for each taxpayer and each dependent who is a veteran with any service-connected disability. A 0 percent rating qualifies, and a general discharge does too.
Any service-connected disability, including a 0 percent rating. A qualified disabled veteran is a veteran with a service-connected disability, defined by reference to 38 USC 101(16). No percentage appears in the subdivision, so a noncompensable 0 percent service connection qualifies.
A stipend for child care during drill and annual training, for a single parent or where both parents are Guard members. Up to 12 hours a day and 39 days a year, created in December 2025.
A Guard member in active service and in good standing. Membership in the Michigan National Guard in active service, not absent without leave or under Michigan Code of Military Justice charges, plus any criteria the adjutant general sets.
A 1909 statute making it unlawful for a carrier, innkeeper or place of public amusement to refuse service to someone in uniform, with actual damages plus $100 and a prima facie evidence rule.
In service and wearing the prescribed uniform. The protection runs to a person in the military or naval service of the United States or of this state who is wearing the uniform prescribed for them by law, regulation, service or custom. A veteran not in service is outside it.
Anyone regularly enlisted or commissioned in the armed forces and officially stationed in Michigan is a resident for every game and fish law, with all the privileges a resident has.
Regularly enlisted or commissioned, and officially stationed here. The section covers persons regularly enlisted or commissioned as officers in the armed forces of the United States who are officially stationed in Michigan. It does not reach veterans, spouses or dependents.
Entry to state parks is free for a vehicle carrying a disabled veteran, ex-prisoner of war or Medal of Honor plate. Since April 2025 that includes veterans rated 50 percent, which the state’s own page has not caught up with.
Three plates, and only three. The exemption reaches a vehicle registered under 257.217d (Medal of Honor), under 257.803f (disabled veteran), or under 257.803e(1) and tax exempt under 803e(6) (ex-prisoner of war).
A veteran of this state, another state, or the United States may ask for the designation. It uses the wide 35.61 definition, and the Secretary of State may pass the applicant’s details to the state and county veterans agencies for referral.
The wide definition, including state forces. Section 257.310 uses the MCL 35.61 definition, so there is no minimum service, reserve components count, and the discharge floor is "other than dishonorable". A veteran of the armed forces of this state is expressly included.
A circuit or district court may run a veterans treatment court for a veteran with 180 days of active duty whose offense is generally related to service. Violent offenders are barred, the defendant pleads guilty, and the prosecutor must approve only where a dismissal or deferral is on offer.
A veteran under 35.61 with 180 days of active duty. Section 600.1200(h) requires a discharge other than dishonorable under MCL 35.61 and at least 180 days of active duty in the armed forces. No rating is needed.
A 1946 permanent fund whose earnings pay one-off grants for an unforeseen financial emergency, decided by a county committee of veterans, with an appeal to a state board whose decision is final.
180 days of wartime active service and an honorable discharge. Section 35.602 requires at least 180 days of active service during a period of war as described in 38 CFR 3.2, with Michigan’s own Vietnam era dates, and an honorable discharge. Separation for a line-of-duty physical or mental disability before 180 days also qualifies.
The County Clerk records an honorably discharged veteran’s long-form discharge free of charge and returns it the same day, issues a free Middlesex County Veteran ID Card and a Gold Star Family ID Card, and takes no-fee Veteran Peddler’s License applications; 75 Bayard Street, 4th Floor, (732) 745-3827.
Honorably discharged Middlesex County veterans and Gold Star families. The complimentary services are for honorably discharged veterans and the immediate family of a service member who died on active duty. No rating is required.
Middlesex County’s Summer Plays-in-the-Park admits active U.S. military service members and their immediate families free to any performance, and veterans and their immediate families free to the Monday and Tuesday performances of each show, at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater in Edison.
Active service members, veterans and their immediate families. Complimentary admission is by military ID or veteran status at the listed performances; no rating is involved.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office runs a Veterans Diversion Program under N.J.S.A. 2C:43-22 for veterans charged with third- or fourth-degree non-violent crimes who suffer from a mental condition; charges may be dismissed within six months to two years on completion.
Justice-involved veteran. Eligibility is a third- or fourth-degree non-violent charge plus a mental condition; the prosecutor decides admission. A disability rating is not the test.
Middlesex County’s Veterans Services Program advises veterans and their dependents on entitlements and completes their forms, runs the VHAP rental-assistance program for at-risk or homeless veterans, and places Memorial Day flags and grave markers on war veterans’ graves; 75 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, (732) 745-4051.
Any Middlesex County veteran or dependent. The program advises and assists veterans and their dependents; no rating is required.
Free transportation to New Jersey VA medical centers runs Monday to Friday through the county’s MCAT service: twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, to Lyons, and three times a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, to East Orange; 1-800-221-3520 or (732) 745-7456.
Middlesex County veterans traveling to VA medical centers. The service is free to veterans; requests are met as resources permit. No rating is required.
Midland County's Clerk (Jim Stamas, 989-832-6739) files veteran's discharge records (DD-214); once filed, the veteran obtains copies at no charge at any time on presentation of identification, the records being non-public and limited to the person on the record, and Veteran's Licenses are available upon request.
Any veteran with a DD-214 filed with the Clerk. Copies are free to the person on the record with identification.
The Midland County Veterans Treatment Court, registered with the Office of Court Administration as of October 1, 2026, sits in the 385th District Court under Judge Leah G. Robertson; its point of contact is Heather Henderson, [email protected]; and the Commissioners Court moved $5,000.00 into its budget line during the year.
A veteran with a pending eligible case. The court is for a veteran with a pending eligible case who is referred and accepted. A disability rating is not the test.
Midland County's Commissioners Court approved installing a donated Veteran's Battlefield Cross at the county's Veteran's Memorial through Sterling Monument Co. for $2,120.00, plans the Veterans Day Luncheon with the City of Midland for November 10, 2026, and budgeted about $50,000 for courthouse lights for Veterans Day.
Visitors and county employees. Public observances; no eligibility test.
The Mifflin County Board of Commissioners (Kevin P. Kodish, Noah Wise and Robert Postal; 20 North Wayne Street, Lewistown, 717-248-6733; meetings Thursdays) carried the window's veteran items - the exoneration lists approving parcel after parcel on which 'The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved exempt status', the March 9, 2026 $56,100.00 Veterans Affairs Officer salary, the March 19, 2026 Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day proclamation with Director James Peters' thanks, the Tax Services/Voter/Veterans Affairs Clerk position with Miranda Foltz's February 17, 2026 hiring, the June 22, 2026 James Conway hiring, and the Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month proclamation with Scott Specht of Together with Veterans HMJ; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-affairs administration and proclamations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Milam County Clerk (254-697-7049) keeps military discharge records and posts an application for a certified copy or photocopy that asks the applicant's relationship to the veteran and the reason; the free filing and copy (Local Government Code 192.002, Government Code 603.003) and the list of who may have one (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 Milam County Commissioners Court (County Judge Bill Whitmire) put no item naming veterans on its agendas from September 2025 to October 2026; its 2027 budget, approved September 8, 2026, raises Veterans’ Service to $85,766.60, 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 Miller County Recorder of Deeds, Kathy Plemmons, at the courthouse, 2001 Highway 52, Tuscumbia (573-369-1935), gives free copies and free certified copies of a DD-214 the veteran recorded there, by email or fax as well as at the counter, on its Request for Military Discharge Papers form; RSMo 59.480 makes the recording free too.
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 Mills County Clerk (Sonya Scott, 1011 4th Street, Goldthwaite; P.O. Box 646; 325-648-2711) lists "Military Discharge (DD214)" filing (Local Government Code 192.002(a)) and certified copy (Government Code 603.003(a)) at "No charge" on its fee schedule, with "Thank you for your service!"; the confidentiality (Government Code 552.140) is 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 Mills County Commissioners Court (County Judge Jett J. Johnson) appointed William Mason as Assistant Veterans Officer on October 12, 2026, takes the Veterans Service Officer's report on its monthly consent agenda, and adopted on August 17, 2026 a 2026-2027 budget raising the office to $19,825.25; the courthouse closes for Veterans Day. 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.
Milwaukee County issues a free Purple Heart Pass for county parks and golf to Purple Heart recipients on a DD-214 or Purple Heart order, a program running since 2013 with over 650 holders.
Purple Heart recipient, with proof. The pass is issued to Purple Heart recipients on a DD-214 or the Purple Heart order; the Boerner discount is for any military veteran or active-duty member with ID.
The largest county veterans service office in the state runs from West Allis with walk-in hours and a county-funded Needy Veterans Grant for rental arrears, utility disconnection and indigent veteran burial.
Any veteran or family member. The office assists Milwaukee County veterans and their families with federal, state and local benefits. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Running since December 5, 2012, the Milwaukee County veterans treatment court dockets on Wednesday mornings before Judge Cynthia Davis, Branch 21, with coordinator Jake Patten taking applications.
Veteran defendant, discharge other than dishonorable. The court screens veterans with pending Milwaukee County charges whose discharge is other than dishonorable; admission is the court’s decision.
The Mineral County Recorder records under NRS 247 with an online Document Inquiry site, and its pages publish no military-discharge line or fee schedule, 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.
The Minnehaha County Veterans Service Office in Sioux Falls educates county veterans on state and federal benefits and assists with applications, will arrange visits to veterans who cannot travel, and points DD-214 registration to the county Register of Deeds.
Any veteran, dependent or survivor. The office educates and assists veterans, their dependents and survivors with state and federal applications. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
A named list of state veterans benefits for a Minnesota resident who served with a special guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from Laos between 1961 and 1975. The 2026 session unfroze the verification route and hung it on the VA’s preneed burial determination.
Naturalized under the Hmong Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000. Section 197.448, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), clause (1). This route has carried the listed benefits since July 2, 2025 and needs no verification by the commissioner.
Every county must appoint one, it is a gross misdemeanour to pay or receive a fee for their help, and anyone advertising paid claims appeal services must disclose in the advertisement that the same work is free from a CVSO.
Any resident with a discharge other than dishonorable. Section 197.603, subdivision 1: the duty is to aid all residents of the governmental subdivision in securing benefits on account of armed forces service where the discharge is other than dishonorable. No rating, no minimum service, no wartime requirement.
$120 for each month or part of a month in a designated combat zone since 2008, refundable, with no income test and no requirement to have owed any Minnesota tax. Claimed on Form M99, not on the income tax return.
Active military service in a designated area after December 31, 2008. Active duty service in any of the United States armed forces, the National Guard or the reserves, in a presidentially designated combat zone, a qualified hazardous duty area designated in public law, or a location certified by the Department of Defense as eligible for combat zone tax benefits for direct support of military operations.
A nonrefundable $750 income tax credit for a 20-year veteran, a military retiree, or a veteran at 100 percent total and permanent. It starts phasing out at $30,000 of income, not $37,500, and it cannot be combined with the pension subtraction.
20 years of military service, or eligibility for military retired pay. Section 290.0677, subdivision 2, paragraph (d) accepts 20 years of service, or a determination by the military of eligibility for a pension or other retirement pay computed under 10 U.S.C. 1401 to 1414, 1447 to 1455 or 12733. Eligibility is the test, not receipt.
All federal military retired pay, including SBP annuities, is subtracted, and so is title 10 active duty pay for residents. The Guard and reserve subtraction is narrower than it looks: it reaches state active service and AGR, not drill.
Military retired pay is subtracted with no cap or age test. Section 290.0132, subdivision 21 subtracts pension or other retirement pay from the federal government for military service computed under 10 U.S.C. 1401 to 1414, 1447 to 1455 and 12733. The 1447 to 1455 range covers Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.
State active service now pays federal rates with a floor of E-5 basic pay, replacing the $130-a-day floor. The 5 percent pension-inequality stipend was repealed in 2026, and state employees get 15 days of paid military leave a year.
A member of the Minnesota military forces in state active service. Section 192.49, subdivision 1 applies to every commissioned officer and enlisted member engaged in state active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5a.