Miscellaneous

Since January 9, 2026 New Jersey has a separate cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs, split from the old Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs. Its service officers help with VA claims at no charge in every county, and a new independent Veteran Advocate investigates complaints about the department's own homes and services.

A $15 Disabled Vet plate for any veteran with a service-connected disability, free municipal meter parking for 24 hours with that plate or a placard, disability parking for a veteran rated permanently 100 percent, and free registration of one car for a blinded wartime veteran, a veteran who qualified for VA's automobile grant, or a Medal of Honor holder.

Any service-connected rating for the Disabled Vet plate and the meter exemption. N.J.S.A. 39:3-27.15 and 39:4-207.10.

Free hunting, fishing and trapping licences, permits, stamps and tags for a New Jersey resident with any service-connected disability who was honorably discharged, and for an active New Jersey National Guard member who has finished initial training. Fish and Wildlife adds a six-month residency rule the statute does not contain.

Any service-connected rating, including 0 percent. N.J.S.A. 23:3-1e(b): "a service-connected disability of any degree".

Military retired pay and military survivor benefit payments are fully excluded from New Jersey income tax at any age, with no dollar limit. Student loans discharged because a veteran is totally and permanently disabled are excluded too.

Student loan discharge exclusion at 100 percent or through unemployability. N.J.S.A. 54A:6-25.2. The pension exclusion itself has no rating condition.

Free admission to state parks and forests for active New Jersey Guard members and Gold Star families, free entry for veterans at a veterans' organization event, and a free beach driving permit for disabled veterans. The statute does not give disabled veterans free park admission, although the Army benefits library says it does.

Free beach driving permit at any service-connected rating. N.J.S.A. 13:1L-12(b).

Seven state medals for New Jersey veterans, among them the Distinguished Service Medal for combat theater service, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Medal for 30 consecutive or 60 total days in a named operation. They can be awarded after death.

New Jersey residence at entry into service, or for a set number of years. N.J.S.A. 38A:15-10(a) (20 years for the Global War on Terrorism Medal).

The Motor Vehicle Commission prints a veteran designation on a driver licence or ID for a resident discharged honorably or under general honorable conditions from the Armed Forces, the reserves or the National Guard, and a Gold Star Family designation for a close relative of a member who died on active duty.

Honorable or general under honorable conditions, including Guard and reserves. N.J.S.A. 39:3-10f6(b).

A statewide program that lets police and prosecutors send a veteran or service member with a mental illness who is charged with a non-violent lower-level offense to treatment instead of prosecution, with a veteran mentor. Other than dishonorable service qualifies, and so do current members.

Veteran discharged other than dishonorably, or a current member. N.J.S.A. 2C:43-23(a) and (g).

Since January 2026 the primary home and one second home of a veteran, service member or military spouse are exempt from creditors without any value limit, along with retirement accounts, pensions and disability and veterans' benefits, and one vehicle up to $30,000. New Jersey gives no homestead exemption to anyone else.

Honorably discharged veteran, current service member, or the spouse or surviving spouse of either. N.J.S.A. 2A:17-17.3.

A refundable income tax credit of up to $675 a year for a New Jersey relative who cares for a post-9/11 veteran who meets VA's standard for individual unemployability and lives with the caregiver at least six months of the year, where the caregiver's income is $100,000 or less on a joint return or $50,000 otherwise.

The veteran meets VA's standard for individual unemployability. N.J.S.A. 54A:4-15(e). Recorded rather than enforced because a veteran rated 100 percent on the schedule is not addressed and the credit belongs to the caregiver.

New Kent grants the one-vehicle exemption on the same combined application as the home, taxes motor vehicles in their own class at $3.10, and exempts vehicles specially equipped for the handicapped outright.

100% permanent and total. One owned automobile or pickup used mainly by or for the veteran, named on the combined application. New Kent accepts a disability compensated at the 100% rate. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.

New Kent charges a $25.00 annual vehicle license registration fee under its code article II of chapter 70 and appendix A, collects it with the taxes on December 5, and exempts the vehicles section 46.2-755 of the Code of Virginia exempts, which includes one vehicle of a veteran holding DMV disabled veteran plates.

The New Madrid County Recorder of Deeds, Kim Hall, 450 Main Street, New Madrid (573-748-5146), records military discharges (DD Form 214); RSMo 59.480 makes the recording and copies free and limits copies to the veteran or an authorized party.

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.

Up to $30,000 a year of military retired pay, including disability retirement, is exempt from New Mexico income tax, and a surviving spouse can take the same $30,000 against a Survivor Benefit Plan annuity. The exemption has no end date: the 2024 act that added surviving spouses also repealed the sunset that guides still describe.

$30,000 a year, with no sunset since 2025. NMSA 1978, § 7-2-5.13(A), as amended by Laws 2024, ch. 67, § 32 (HB 252), for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

A cabinet department whose field service officers help with VA claims at no charge and whose State Benefits Division certifies eligibility for the property tax exemptions, licences, plates and scholarships. It also runs a service member and veteran suicide prevention programme and a burn pit registry outreach programme.

Free disabled veteran plates, with the registration fee waived, for up to two vehicles including motorcycles, for a veteran rated 50 percent or more. More plates can be bought at the standard fees, and the wheelchair symbol can be added.

50 percent or more. NMSA 1978, § 66-3-412(A), as amended by Laws 2023, ch. 158 (HB 366): "fifty percent or more disabled while serving in the armed forces".

A free lifetime hunting and fishing licence for a resident veteran rated 100 percent, a $10 combination licence for any other resident disabled veteran, and half price on every licence, permit and stamp for any resident veteran or active duty member. Special oryx and pronghorn draws add more.

Free lifetime licence at 100 percent. NMSA 1978, § 17-3-13.1. Recorded rather than enforced because the $10 licence and the 50 percent discount need no rating.

Active duty military pay is wholly exempt from New Mexico income tax, a Guard member's reimbursement for SGLI premiums is exempt, and a deployed member gets a year after returning to file a state return that fell due while deployed.

Active duty pay only; drill pay is taxable. NMSA 1978, § 7-2-5.11.

Reemployment rights after service, custody protections for deploying parents, confidential and free recording of discharge papers, a crime of lying about service for gain, and the Department of Veterans' Services as a no-fee conservator or personal representative of last resort.

Free plates with no registration fee for Purple Heart and Medal of Honor recipients, former prisoners of war and their surviving spouses, and serving Guard members; a $17 armed forces veteran or woman veteran plate with a choice of 22 decals; and a Gold Star family plate whose first plate is free for a parent or spouse.

Honourable discharge or Guard or reserve retirement for the veteran plate. NMSA 1978, § 66-3-419, as quoted by the Motor Vehicle Division.

A veteran who cannot use the whole veteran property tax exemption can take it instead as registration fees at two-thirds of the normal rate, and a resident veteran who lost, or lost the use of, a leg at or above the ankle or an arm at or above the wrist pays no motor vehicle excise tax.

Registration at two-thirds instead of the property exemption. NMSA 1978, § 66-6-7, as explained by 3.6.6.12(C)(2) NMAC.

Free general admission to state museums and historic sites all year for a resident veteran rated 50 percent or more, and free admission for any resident who has served, and their family, on Veterans Day.

Free all year at 50 percent. NMSA 1978, § 28-13A-1(B). Recorded rather than enforced because the Veterans Day admission needs no rating.

Since July 1, 2025 every resident veteran, not only the 50 percent disabled, can get a free lifetime hang-tag pass for unlimited day use and camping, including utility hookups, at every state park. Reservation fees, group sites, cabins and yurts are extra.

Resident veteran, not dishonorable, including six-year Guard and reserve members. NMSA 1978, § 16-2-7.1(B), as amended by Laws 2025, ch. 11 (HB 161).

A veteran can have "Veteran" printed on a New Mexico driver's license or ID card at no extra cost on a first issue or renewal, on showing a DD-214 or a VA veteran ID card; adding it at another time costs the ordinary replacement fee.

Each borough's County Clerk records a DD-214 free and gives certified copies free, which stand in for the original anywhere in New York. The Bronx Clerk asks for six months of residence, which the recording law does not require.

An honorable discharge or certificate of service. Recording and copies are free. No rating is needed.

The City's Department of Veterans' Services is the local veterans' agency for all five boroughs. Its VA-accredited staff file disability, pension, survivor and education claims at no cost, and it keeps a resource centre in every borough. It serves any veteran regardless of discharge status. Call 212-416-5250.

Any veteran, service member or family member. The City defines a veteran regardless of discharge status or time served. No rating is needed.

Since November 2017 the City Human Rights Law bars discrimination in jobs, housing and public places because of current or past service in the uniformed services, Guard, reserves or a state militia. A landlord cannot refuse the GI Bill housing allowance. Complain to the City Commission on Human Rights within one year.

Current or past uniformed service, in New York City. Protection turns on service, not discharge status or rating.

Each borough has a veterans treatment court in the State courts, which links a veteran charged with a crime to VA and peer mentors under court supervision. The Unified Court System says these courts take veterans with every character of discharge. Brooklyn and Queens run misdemeanor courts.

A veteran with a criminal case in the City. The courts take every character of discharge, by the Unified Court System. Eligibility is decided case by case. No rating is needed.

Every New York county outside New York City must run a county veterans' service agency, led by a director who must be a veteran and VA-accredited, to help veterans and families with federal, State and local benefits at no cost. A city may run its own, and New York City does.

Veterans, service members and their families. Any veteran, service member or family member who lives in the State can use a local agency. No rating is needed.

Any county clerk in New York, New York City included, must record an honorable discharge or certificate of service free, and give the veteran or a parent, spouse, dependent or child a certified copy free whenever asked. The recorded copy stands in for the original for any New York purpose, and it is closed to the public.

An honorable discharge or certificate of service. Recording and certified copies are free. No rating is needed.

A free pass that never expires, giving a New York veteran free vehicle entry to state parks, historic sites, and DEC day-use areas, free greens fees and pool entry, and discounted camping. Gold Star parents, spouses, and children get one too.

New York residence and an other than dishonorable discharge. The gates are New York residency and veteran status with an other than dishonorable discharge, extended to discharges connected to sexual orientation, gender identity, military sexual trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, or traumatic brain injury. No disability rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

Military pension payments are totally exempt from New York State, New York City, and Yonkers income tax, with no dollar cap and no age test. A nonresident service member pays no New York tax on military pay at all, and combat zone pay is excluded for residents too.

Receipt of a military pension, with no rating or age test. The exemption turns on the payment being a military pension, not on a disability rating, an age, or an income level. The rating filter never hides this benefit.

A $5 Sportsman license, covering fishing, big game, and small game, for a resident veteran rated 40% or more. Bowhunting and muzzleloading privileges are free on top of it, and the license carries preference for Deer Management Permits.

Service-connected rating of 40% or more. The reduced fee requires a service-connected disability rated 40% or more, documented by a VA letter stating the rating. A veteran below 40% pays the ordinary license fee.

An annuity of about $1,395 a year, paid monthly, to a legally blind New York wartime veteran or an unremarried surviving spouse. The blindness does not have to be service connected, which is what makes this reach veterans no VA benefit touches.

Legal blindness and wartime service, with no rating requirement. The gates are New York residence and domicile, legal blindness, and wartime service. The Department is explicit that the blindness need not be service connected, so there is no rating test at all and the rating filter never hides this benefit.

A free VETERAN designation on a driver license, permit, or non-driver ID with an honorable discharge. Registration and plate fees are waived for a veteran with a VA-funded adapted vehicle, and that same status opens free E-ZPass travel on the Thruway.

Honorable discharge, for the designation. The VETERAN designation on a license or ID requires an honorable discharge and no rating at all.

The Newaygo County Board of Commissioners' 2026 record is Motion 26-327-1 of September 8, 2026, ratifying the FY 2027 Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency County Veterans Service Fund grant application at not to exceed $65,799.00, Motion 26-328-1 the same day, increasing the headstone, plaque, and marker allotment for Newaygo County veteran burials from $75.00 to $250.00 per application, and the August 12, 2026 appointment to the Veterans' Affairs Committee's partial term expiring June 30, 2030; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the grant and the marker allotment; the department’s application is the route. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Newaygo County Clerk (Jason VanderStelt, 1087 Newell St., P.O. Box 885, White Cloud, 231-689-7235) files veterans' discharge DD-214s - 'A certified copy is available free of charge to the veteran' - keeps the record confidential under MCL 35.32, and issues one free certified copy to a veteran (or, with the death certificate, a widow or dependent) under MCL 35.41 on written request with photo identification.

Any veteran with a discharge. File the DD-214 with the Clerk and receive one free certified copy; identification is required. No rating is needed.

Newport News exempts one automobile or pickup of a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total. A replacement vehicle can be designated only in January or February of the next tax year while the first is still owned.

100% permanent and total. One automobile or pickup owned and used mainly by or for the veteran. The city asks for the VA summary of benefits letter. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.

Newport News taxes one vehicle of a veteran with limb loss, blindness, or a permanent and total disability at $1.00 per $100. The limb loss and blindness routes need no rating.

Permanent and total, service-connected. One route in Code of Virginia § 58.1-3506(A)(19) and City Code § 40-220.9. No percentage is named. The rate is $1.00 per $100 on one vehicle.

The Newton County Recorder of Deeds, Suite 209, 101 South Wood Street, Neosho (417-451-8224), files and keeps a veteran's discharge, closed to public search, and gives the veteran or an authorized party a copy free on the Recorders Association of Missouri request form.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and copies are free under the State statute; copies go only to the veteran or an authorized party. No rating is needed.

The Newton County Clerk (Sandra K. Duckworth, 115 Court Street, Newton, 409-379-5341) lists "Military Discharge (DD214)" filing and certified copies at no charge on its fee schedule effective January 1, 2024.

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 Newton County Commissioners Court (County Judge Ronald J. Cochran) takes a monthly "Veteran’s Office" report on the consent agenda of every regular session and adopted, on September 8, 2026, a 2027 budget with $35,683.32 for the office; its agendas of September 2025 to October 2026 carry no other veterans item. 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.

Newton County Recreation charges US veterans and active military $1 a day or $10 a year for its gym, walking track, cardio studio and pickleball at Turner Lake, against $3 a day or $50 a year for other adults; bring a photo ID with your address.

A veteran or service member. No rating is needed.

The Nez Perce County Veterans Treatment Court - the Second Judicial District's Veterans Treatment Diversion Court, running since 2013 - serves veterans on felony or misdemeanor supervision district-wide; Presiding Judge Magistrate Victoria Olds, coordinator Al Halsey (509-552-5864), staffing the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. and court at 4:00 p.m. in Courtroom 3, 1230 Main Street, Lewiston, with testing at Riverside Recovery Center, 1720 18th Avenue; the programme runs 17 to 24 months.

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

Niagara County's Clerk records a veteran's DD-214 (the Veterans Service Agency helps file it) and issues the Thank A Vet photo ID to honorably discharged veterans, which participating merchants honour with discounts listed on the county's site; 175 Hawley Street, Lockport, (716) 439-7022.

An honorable discharge, for the card. Recording and the card are free. No rating is needed.

The Unified Court System lists one veterans treatment court in Niagara County, in Niagara Falls City Court, 1925 Main Street, Niagara Falls (716-371-4100), which links veterans charged with crimes to VA care and veteran mentors under court supervision; the courts accept veterans with all characters of discharge.

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

The Indian River County Veteran's Treatment Court, before Judge Nicole Menz, takes charged veterans with a mental health or substance use disorder as a diversion (charges dismissed on completion) or as a condition of probation, with a mentor for every participant; coordinator Yamile Dominguez, 772-207-6784.

Justice-involved veteran. The court is for a veteran with a pending criminal case who is eligible and accepted. A disability rating is not the test.

The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit's Okeechobee County Veteran's Treatment Court, before Judge William Wallace in Courtroom D of the Okeechobee County Courthouse, takes people charged with a crime who served in the armed forces, as a diversion that ends in dismissal or as a condition of probation; felony tracks run about a year to 18 months and the misdemeanor track six months to a year.

Justice-involved veteran or service member. For a person charged with a crime in Okeechobee County who served in the armed forces and has a mental health or substance use need. No rating or discharge test is published.