Miscellaneous

The Monroe County Recorder records Military Discharges (DD214) with no charge to veterans or immediate family, among the instruments scanned, indexed and microfilmed into the county's records; general recording runs $25 under the fee schedule (IC 36-2-7-10).

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a DD214 costs a veteran or immediate family nothing.

The Monroe County Register of Deeds and Veteran Services offer veterans an Honor Rewards card for discounts at participating local businesses, signed up for online or at the office in Sparta, and the Register keeps military discharges among its vital records; recording a discharge is free under section 45.05.

Any veteran. The Honor Rewards card is offered to veterans; the county page sets no further test. No rating is needed.

The Monroe County Register of Deeds (Kimberly Estes Bivens, 103 College Street S., Suite 4, Madisonville, 423-442-2440) records military discharges among the instruments the office keeps - its own page lists 'Military Discharges' beside the deeds and liens - and the record's access is restricted under T.C.A. 10-7-513.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge is free under State law and the record is restricted; no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Monroe County Tax Commissioner - Lori Andrews (elected to her first full term November 2008, sworn in January 2009, after serving as Chief Deputy Tax Commissioner from 2005), 38 W. Main Street, Forsyth (478-994-7020, P.O. Box 357, weekdays 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., monroecountytax.com with the search at monroecountyga.governmentwindow.com) - publishes no veteran exemption amounts of her own: the site's taxes and FAQ pages carry the ad-valorem rundown and point exemption questions to the Tax Assessors' Office at (478) 994-7038, whose qPublic record-search site was not read, and the State entries carry the veteran amounts.

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 veteran amounts of their own. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Monroe County's Veteran Services office in Sparta (Charles Weaver, with Allen Kirkland) files VA claims, health care enrollment and State benefits by appointment at no charge, and serves as secretary to the three-member Veterans Service Commission that grants the county's aid to needy veterans under section 45.86. The office also pays cemeteries for the care of veterans' and spouses' graves under section 45.85.

Any veteran or family member. The office helps Monroe County veterans, their widows and their dependents at no charge. Aid from the Veterans Service Commission depends on need. No rating is required.

Monroe County's Veterans Affairs office, in Room 101 of the Administrative Center at One Quaker Plaza, is the county director of veterans affairs' office, serving veterans of all eras and their dependents free of charge: VA claims, the State real estate tax exemption and Veterans' Temporary Assistance, the county burial allowance, headstone and flag benefits, and free DD-214 recording. Call (570) 517-3187 for an appointment.

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

Monroe Circuit Court's Veterans Court, one of its four certified problem-solving court components under Presiding Judge Mary Ellen Diekhoff since December 1, 2016 and certified October 25, 2024 through August 14, 2027, addresses serious substance abuse and veteran-related problems with VA supportive services, treatment providers and rehabilitative options; its 2026 Indiana Supreme Court grant of $99,394 is the only one of the county's four court grants that funds staff.

Justice-involved veterans. Referral runs through Monroe Circuit Court and its probation department; the participant handbook has the terms.

The Monroe County Commissioners' Veterans Discount Card Program, running since April 2013, issues any former member of the Armed Forces - active duty, peacetime, wartime, Guard or Reserve - a free photo-free county ID card honoured by discounts at dozens of participating Monroe County businesses.

A Monroe County veteran of any service era. Bring a DD-214, DD-215 or discharge paper and a Pennsylvania driver’s licence. No rating is needed.

Monroe County's Veterans Service Agency on Westfall Road in Rochester files and appeals VA claims at no cost through accredited service officers, and keeps thousands of local veterans' discharge papers from World War II on. Call 585-753-6040.

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any veteran or family member can use the agency. No rating is needed.

The Monroe County Veterans Treatment Court at the 1st District Court, presided over by Judge Michael Brown on the third Friday of each month, takes county residents charged with offenses related to their service into a 12 to 24 month program with three phases. The county funds its share with a $382 general fund match to a $35,840 State Court Administrative Office grant.

Veteran or active member charged in Monroe County. An other-than-dishonorable separation, a charge generally related to service, and a substance use or mental health need; no death, serious bodily injury or criminal sexual conduct offense. No rating is needed.

Monroe County's veterans treatment court sits in Monroe County Court at the Hall of Justice in Rochester, linking veterans charged with crimes to VA care and veteran mentors under the court's supervision, whatever their discharge.

A veteran with a criminal case in Monroe County. Every character of discharge is accepted. No rating is needed.

Monroe County's museum system runs a Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Museum at Heck Park with more than 1,500 era artifacts, free to enter with a donation to Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 142 appreciated, open Friday afternoons year round and Saturdays through the summer season.

Open to the public, free. Free admission; a donation to VVA Chapter 142 is appreciated. No rating is needed.

Monroe County charges non-residents $15 a vehicle at Harry Harris Park in Tavernier on weekends and holidays, plus $40 or $60 to launch, and waives the admission fee for active-duty members, disabled veterans, their immediate families and everyone else section 125.029 covers. A pending ordinance would add paid parking and launch fees with the same exemptions.

Active-duty member, disabled veteran, immediate family, or anyone section 125.029 covers. Admission is waived with ID for active-duty members, disabled veterans and their immediate families, and by reference for any honorably discharged veteran. Ramp fees still apply.

The Montague County Clerk (Kim Jones, 11339 State Highway 59 North, Montague, 940-894-2461) posts no military-discharge line in its fee schedule or pages; 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 Montague County Commissioners Court (County Judge Kevin Benton) took a donation toward the Veterans Memorial Wall, held a hearing on rebuilding it, put it out to bid and opened four bids on October 26, 2026, and adopted a FY2027 budget of $182,882 for the Veteran's Service Office; 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.

A Montague County veteran's name can be added to the Montague County Veterans Monument at the courthouse for $50, with the registration form and a DD-214, through the Veteran's Service Office (P.O. Box 103, Montague, 940-894-6171); the county is replacing the memorial wall and opened bids of $279,630 to $342,200 on October 26, 2026.

A Montague County veteran, with a DD-214. The monument form asks for the veteran’s DD-214 and $50 a name; the site states no other rule. No rating is needed.

Nine state service offices and a county network of accredited officers who file federal claims free of charge. Counties may fund an office but are not required to have one.

Free claims help, and accreditation is required. State and county service officers assist with federal VA claims at no charge. Section 10-2-115(3) requires county service officers to be trained, accredited and supervised under 38 CFR 14.629. Anyone charging a fee to prepare an initial VA claim is outside that framework.

Five years of free conservation and resident fishing or combination sports licences for a Guard or Reserve member who spent two months outside Montana on a contingency operation. Another deployment resets the five years.

Two months outside Montana on a contingency operation. The trigger is participation in a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13) that required at least two months of service outside Montana, by a Montana resident in the Montana National Guard, the federal reserve, or otherwise on active duty. No rating or discharge character test applies.

Half-price deer and antelope tags for a veteran whose combat-connected injury leaves them substantially mobility-impaired. The statute caps the whole program at 50 of each tag a year for the entire state.

A mobility test, not a rating. The gate is the 87-2-803(9) standard: certified by a physician, chiropractor, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to be nonambulatory, to have substantially impaired mobility, or to have a documented genetic condition limiting walking or carrying weight for long distances, arising from a combat-connected injury. No combined rating figure appears in the section.

A Purple Heart recipient fishes and hunts game birds on a conservation licence alone, a Legion of Valor member fishes on one, a veteran residing in a VA hospital fishes with no licence, and a stationed nonresident buys at resident prices.

Purple Heart: a conservation licence and nothing else. A Montana resident awarded the Purple Heart may fish and hunt game birds other than wild turkeys on a conservation licence and a resident aquatic invasive species prevention pass. A nonresident recipient gets the same only on a nonprofit rehabilitation expedition.

Active duty salary is exempt from Montana income tax, but only for a resident who entered active duty from Montana. Guard pay is exempt on federal orders and on some Title 32 duty. Old war bonuses are exempt with a refund route.

Entered active duty from Montana. The active duty salary subtraction requires the taxpayer both to be a Montana resident serving on active duty in the regular armed forces and to have entered active duty from Montana. A resident who entered from another state does not meet the second half.

Grants of $250 a dependent, up to $2,000 for hardship, and $2,000 for a combat injury, for Guard and Reserve families. Officers at O-4 and above and warrant officers at W-4 and above are cut out of the first two.

Guard, or a Montana resident reservist on a contingency operation. A member is a Montana Army or Air National Guard member, or a Montana resident in a reserve component on federal active duty in a contingency operation since July 1, 2007. A family member must be enrolled as a dependent in DEERS.

Half of a military pension comes off Montana taxable income, but only up to the veteran’s Montana wage income, for five years, and only for a retiree who moved to Montana after June 2023 or was a resident before the pension started.

Capped at Montana source wage income. The subtraction is the lesser of 50 percent of the military pension or the taxpayer’s Montana source wage income, which is wages and salary for services performed in the state plus net income from a Montana trade, business, profession, occupation or farm. A retiree with no Montana earned income gets nothing.

Around two dozen plate designs, a $10 cemetery fee on each veteran set, and a DV plate that carries disabled parking. A surviving spouse may keep the deceased veteran’s plates, except the DV ones.

A 100 percent rating for the DV plate. One route to the disabled veteran plate and its parking privilege is a current rating of 100 percent for a service-connected disability.

An enlisted Guard member called out by the Governor is paid double the federal rate for the grade, with no day limit since 2025. An officer is paid the ordinary federal rate.

Double pay is for enlisted members on the Governor’s call-out. Section 10-1-502(3) doubles the federal rate for an enlisted member ordered into active duty under Article VI, section 13 of the Montana Constitution. An officer receives the ordinary federal rate for the grade under subsection (1).

Half off overnight camping fees at Montana state parks for a resident veteran, with no rating and no discharge test in the statute. Day use is already free to anyone paying the state park vehicle registration fee.

A Montana resident veteran, with no rating or discharge test. Section 23-1-105(2)(c) requires only that the camper be a Montana resident and a veteran of the armed forces. No disability rating, wartime service or discharge characterisation appears in the subsection.

All motor vehicle registration fees waived on two non-commercial vehicles for a 100 percent disabled veteran, a former prisoner of war, or several categories of surviving spouse. Two vehicles, not one.

A 100 percent service-connected rating. A veteran currently rated 100 percent disabled by VA for a service-connected disability qualifies for the waiver, as does their unremarried surviving spouse.

A "veteran" mark on a Montana licence or ID card, free to add but only at an issue, renewal or replacement, so the ordinary card fee applies. It proves status for the state park camping discount.

Free to add, but only at issue, renewal or replacement. There is no additional cost for the designation. It can only be added when the card is issued, renewed or replaced, so adding it mid-cycle means paying the ordinary replacement fee.

The 64B District Court in Stanton runs a veterans treatment court for Montcalm County, funded by the State's veterans treatment court grants; coordinator Michaela Sattler, court main line 989-831-7450. Veterans with a pending charge in Montcalm can also apply to the Kent County Veterans Treatment Court.

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

Monterey County's Military and Veterans Affairs Office helps veterans and families with VA and CalVet claims from its main office in Marina, a Salinas office and a desk at the Marina VA-DoD clinic, Monday to Thursday; it also serves San Benito County under contract. Its van to the Palo Alto VA is suspended. Call 831-647-7613.

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

Monterey County's Veterans Treatment Court gives convicted veterans, felony or misdemeanour, whose offence is linked to a disorder from military service an alternative sentence of 12 to 18 months of formal probation and VA treatment, with a mentor. Combat-related disorders get priority.

Convicted veteran with a service-related disorder. A felony or misdemeanour conviction linked to a disorder from military service. No rating is needed.

The Montgomery County Clerk records a DD-214 free, issues a free Thank A Veteran discount card, and waives the whole $22.50 assumed name (DBA) fee for a veteran or a serving member. It says recorded DD-214s are viewable only by the veteran or immediate family, a shorter list than Government Code 552.140's.

Veterans and serving members. Any veteran with a DD-214 can record it and get the card; a veteran or serving member with ID files assumed names free. No rating is needed.

The Montgomery County Clerk (Brittany Kolbe, County Office Building, PO Box 1500, 64 Broadway, Fonda, 518-853-8111; recording 8:30 to 3:30) files military discharges free - 'There is no fee to file your military discharge with us. To file, you must provide your original DD214 (with raised seal) and proof of identification' - and runs Return the FAVOR (Find & Assist Veterans Of Record), the merchant discount programme that issues an eligible veteran a photo ID card upon filing of the DD214, free to veteran and business alike.

Any honorably discharged veteran with a DD214. Filing the DD214 with the clerk is free, and the Return the FAVOR card issues on the filing. No rating is needed.

The Common Pleas Court's certified Veterans Treatment Court, running since 2013, takes a veteran with an honorable or general discharge on felony community control or intervention in lieu of conviction whose offence was driven by addiction, PTSD, brain injury or another condition, for 12 to 18 months, with Veterans Service Commission mentors.

Honorable or general discharge, on felony probation. A veteran with an honorable or general discharge on community control or intervention in lieu of conviction in the Common Pleas Court, whose offence was driven by a treatable condition. No rating is needed.

The Montgomery County Legislature (Chairman Michael J. Pepe, nine district legislators, County Executive Pete Vroman) carries the Veterans Services Agency in its Health and Human Services Committee - the 2026 county directory assigns 'Veterans Services Agency' to the committee's jurisdiction (Maria Kowalczyk chair; meets the third Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.) - while the Legislature's own agendas, resolutions and minutes run behind a search portal that does not enumerate its documents; no veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed on any posted document.

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

Montgomery County's Office of Veteran Services, in the Department of Health and Human Services in Norristown, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: its accredited service officers file VA claims, pay the county burial allowance and flagholders, and take applications for the State's tax exemption, temporary assistance and pensions. Free, by appointment.

Veterans with other than dishonorable discharges, and their families. Any veteran with an other than dishonorable discharge, spouse, child or caregiver can use the office. No rating is needed.

The Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds records a DD-214 or NGB-22 free and gives the veteran a photo ID card that participating local merchants honour for a discount. The card is paid for by donors, not taxes. The Recorder's page still gives the confidentiality period as 75 years; the law has said 85 since December 2024.

Any discharge. Recording and the card are free. No rating is needed.

The Recorder records a DD-214 free and issues a free Ohio veterans ID card to anyone who records it there, county resident or not, at the office or at mobile events. Its FAQ rightly bars only a dishonorable discharge, though its pamphlet asks for an honorable one, and the card is not the state ID the pamphlet calls it.

Any discharge but dishonorable. Recording is free for any discharge; the ID card needs a discharge recorded in Montgomery County that is not dishonorable. No residence or rating is needed.

Montgomery 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 Montgomery County Veterans Service Office.

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

Short-term help with rent, mortgage, utilities, food vouchers and emergency repairs for a Montgomery County veteran or family after three months in the county, paid to the landlord, lender or vendor, with a lifetime cap of $25,000 a person set by the commission. Its page adds a VA compensation condition for spouses and parents that the statute does not have.

Discharge under honorable conditions, three months in the county. A veteran discharged under honorable conditions with active duty other than training, an active-duty member, or their spouse, surviving spouse, dependent parent, minor child or ward, resident three months. No rating or VA award is needed under the statute.

Montgomery County's veterans county service office helps veterans and dependents claim VA benefits, free, by appointment at its Conroe and New Caney offices. Call 936-539-7842.

Veterans and dependents. Any Montgomery County veteran or dependent can use the office. No rating is needed.

Montgomery County's Veterans Service Organization at Veterans Plaza in Clarksville files VA disability, pension, survivor, burial, health care and education claims and appeals at no cost. Since March 1, 2026 it takes new clients only from Montgomery County, Tennessee, and Christian County, Kentucky, the two counties around Fort Campbell. Call (931) 553-5173.

Veterans, dependents and survivors of Montgomery County, or of Christian County, Kentucky. The office serves veterans, eligible dependents and surviving spouses of all eras at no cost. From March 1, 2026 new clients must live in Montgomery County, Tennessee, or Christian County, Kentucky. No rating is needed.

A veterans treatment court in the 359th District Court for misdemeanors and felonies, by probation or pretrial diversion, with appointed defence counsel throughout. It takes only an honorable or general discharge, or a serving member, and requires VA eligibility, neither of which Government Code chapter 124 asks.

Honorable or general discharge, or serving; eligible for VA services. A serving member, or a veteran with an honorable or general discharge who is eligible for VA services, with a service-related condition that affected the offense. No rating is needed.

The Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County has run a Veterans Treatment Court since 2011, with a veteran mentor, the county veterans office and VA on the team. Sentencing can be deferred, and on completion eligible charges may be reduced or withdrawn. It takes veterans eligible for VA care with PTSD, brain injury, military sexual trauma or a mental health or substance use disorder.

A veteran eligible for VA benefits with a criminal case in the county. The court takes veterans eligible for VA benefits with a qualifying diagnosis. No rating is needed.

Judge Ken R. Goble Jr. holds the Veterans Treatment Court every Tuesday in Clarksville for veterans and serving soldiers whose substance use or mental health problems led to charges. Since May 2025 a defendant charged in a neighbouring Tennessee county can ask to move the case here. There is no programme fee, and completion can bring a dismissal or reduction of the charges.

A veteran or serving soldier facing charges, with treatment needs. The court takes veterans and soldiers whose substance use or mental health issues contributed to the charges, on the District Attorney's offer and the team's vote. Its published rules set no rating and no discharge bar; its fact page defines a veteran as anyone discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

Since July 1, 2025, under Public Chapter 489 of 2025, a Cheatham County veteran's case may be transferred to the Montgomery County Veterans Treatment Court - Judge Ken Goble, General Sessions, coordinator David Smith, Montgomery County Government, 2 Millennium Plaza, Suite 202, Clarksville (931-648-5766 ext. 11225, [email protected]) - one of Tennessee's twelve veterans treatment courts; the county's own docket is the Cheatham County Recovery Court (Judge Phillip Maxey, General Sessions, [email protected]).

Justice-involved veteran. The docket serves veterans with pending felony or misdemeanor charges who volunteer and are accepted; a disability rating is not the test.

Montgomery County's wheel tax is $74 a year. A veteran rated one hundred percent permanent and total is exempt; the County Clerk asks for a signed VA letter. An active-duty service member stationed at a Tennessee base, Fort Campbell included, who is not a Tennessee resident can be exempted once a year with a recent Leave and Earnings Statement.

One hundred percent permanent and total, service-connected. Section 5-8-102 exempts a veteran with one hundred percent permanent total disability from a service-connected cause, as VA determines it. It is recorded rather than enforced because a former prisoner of war, and a veteran whose vehicle came with a VA adapted-vehicle grant under 38 U.S.C. 3901, are exempt at any rating.

The Montrose Board of County Commissioners' 2026 record is Resolution 1-2026 - the January 13, 2026 annual-appointments resolution re-appointing Phillip Rich as Veterans Service Officer until the second Tuesday in January 2027 under C.R.S. 28-5-802 - the June 8, 2026 flag-retirement partnership with the VSO (worn flags retired through the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado), and no other veteran item in the 2026 and 2025 resolution indexes; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the VSO appointment and the flag programme; it grants no individual entitlement.