Miscellaneous

The Oneida County Clerk's Veterans Discount Program files the veteran's DD-214 and issues a photo card honoured by participating county merchants for a $3.00 photo-and-card fee; the recording itself is free under Military Law 250, and the Clerk's office is the place to file the discharge.

A veteran with a DD-214 filed in Oneida County. The card is issued at the counter; no rating is needed.

The Oneida County Register of Deeds (Kyle Franson, Courthouse 2nd Floor, Room A207, 1 S. Oneida Ave., Rhinelander, 715-369-6150) files vital records "which include birth, death, and marriage records along with military discharges" - the free recording is 45.05, carried by the State entry.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge is free under 45.05 and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Oneida County's Planning Department runs a Veterans Capital Restoration Matching Grant Program that reimburses chartered American Legion and VFW posts and other recognized veterans organizations in the county for up to 50% of eligible capital projects - roofs, HVAC, plumbing and electrical, accessibility, structural work and the like - from $2,500 to $50,000 per applicant per round, with rolling applications until the funds are gone.

A veterans organization with a facility in Oneida County. The applicant is the organization, not an individual veteran.

The Onondaga County Clerk records a DD-214 free and issues the free Return the FAVOR photo ID card, which participating Central New York businesses honour with discounts and County Parks accepts for free admission, to honorably discharged veterans living in the county.

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

Onondaga County Parks admits veterans and active military free at Beaver Lake Nature Center, Jamesville Beach, Oneida Shores and Pratt's Falls, and with up to three family members at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, on a military ID, discharge papers or the County FAVOR card. The local law behind it is for county residents.

Veteran or active military, resident in the county. Free admission. No rating is needed.

The Unified Court System lists Onondaga County's veterans treatment court as the Syracuse Community Treatment Court in Syracuse City Court, which links veterans charged with crimes to VA care and veteran mentors under court supervision, whatever their discharge.

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

The Onslow County Register of Deeds gives free certified copies of a discharge the veteran recorded there, in person with photo ID or by post with a notarised letter. Its web page lists only the veteran, the widow or widower, a court and the executor; its request form adds the public agencies the statute names.

Veteran, widow or widower, or authorised agent. No rating or fee. Copies go only to the people G.S. 47-113.2 authorises.

Onslow County's veterans office in the Government Center in Jacksonville: service officers who file VA claims and appeals by appointment, walk-in certification of the State's property tax, licence plate and hunting and fishing forms, and a service officer assigned to the veterans treatment court. Its burial page prints a $300 plot allowance and a two-year limit that VA no longer applies as written.

Onslow County veteran, dependant or survivor. No rating or fee. The State forms it certifies have their own tests.

A treatment court in District 5 for veterans with a criminal case and a substance use or mental health disorder, run by the court with a county-employed mentor coordinator and a county veterans service officer, and paid for by federal SAMHSA and Justice Department grants the county manages.

Veteran with a criminal case and a treatment need. No published discharge or rating test. The court decides who enters.

Onslow County releases the vehicle and other personal property tax of an active-duty service member whose home of record is another state, on a current Leave and Earnings Statement each year at tag renewal, and a spouse's under the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act. Its page still requires the spouse to have a domicile in the same state as the member, a test federal law dropped in January 2023.

Nonresident active-duty service member or spouse. The member must be on active duty here under orders with a home of record in another state. A spouse may use the member's domicile by election under 50 U.S.C. 4001(a)(3). No rating applies.

The Unified Court System's veterans treatment court list names Ontario County Court as the veterans treatment court for Ontario County, in the 7th Judicial District with Cayuga and Monroe Counties; the defence lawyer or the court's coordinator asks for the referral, and a disability rating is not the test.

A veteran with a pending eligible case in Ontario County Court. The court is for a veteran with a pending eligible case who is referred and accepted. A disability rating is not the test.

Clay County's Resolution 2025-27, adopted October 21, 2025 at Veteran Service Officer Curt Cannon's request, joined the NACo and NACVSO Operation Green Light campaign, lighting the county's buildings green November 4 to 11, 2025 'to show support for veterans'; the Board approved it unanimously.

No eligibility - a county observance. Operation Green Light is a county-wide observance; it grants no individual entitlement. No rating is needed.

The Orange County Clerk files a DD-214 free, issues the Return the F.A.V.O.R. photo ID card with a discount book to honorably discharged county veterans, and issues the free veterans peddlers license, valid as long as the holder lives in the county.

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

Orange County Parks and Recreation gives a free lifetime entry pass for Kelly Park, Moss Park and Fort Gatlin Pool to honorably discharged veterans, active duty, Guard and reserve members, and surviving spouses and parents of members who fell in combat. No rating is needed.

Honorable discharge or current service; Gold Star families. An honorably discharged veteran, a current active, Guard or reserve member, or a Gold Star spouse or parent. No rating is needed.

Orange County's Veterans Treatment Court, open since 2008, is a five-phase programme of at least 18 months, and the court runs pre-plea military diversion in Department C46. The court's military diversion page still says Penal Code 1001.80 applies only to misdemeanors; since January 1, 2025 it reaches most felonies too.

Current or former member with a service-related condition. Diversion needs a condition resulting from service; the treatment court treats veterans with or without VA eligibility. No rating is needed.

No Orange County $35 vehicle license fee on one vehicle of an active-duty member, Guard and reserve included, of a former prisoner of war or Medal of Honor recipient with those plates, or of a veteran with Disabled Veteran plates and the DMV exemption.

Active duty, or the listed plates. An active-duty member, Guard and reserve included, or a holder of prisoner of war, Medal of Honor, or Disabled Veteran plates with the DMV exemption. One vehicle each.

The Ninth Judicial Circuit's Orange County Veterans Court is a voluntary programme of six to eighteen months, in diversion, post-plea and probation tracks, for people who served, have a treatment need linked to the charge and live in Central Florida. Its case manager verifies VA benefits first, and the assistant state attorney and the judge must both agree to the referral.

Served, treatment need linked to the charge, Central Florida resident. Anyone who served with a treatment need linked to the charge, living in Central Florida, referred with the prosecutor and judge agreeing. No rating is needed.

Orange County's veterans service office in Santa Ana gives free claims counselling and advocacy to veterans, dependents and survivors, by walk-in or appointment, in person, by video or by phone. Call 714-480-6555.

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

Orange County's Veterans Services Office in Orlando helps veterans and their dependents with VA claims and appeals, military records and medals, and survivor benefit plan applications, free and on a walk-in basis. Call 407-836-8990.

Veterans and dependents. A veteran or dependent as defined in Title 38. No rating is needed.

The Unified Court System lists three veterans treatment courts in Orange County: the Orange County Veterans Treatment Court in county court at Goshen, the Middletown City Veterans Treatment Court and the Newburgh City Veterans Treatment Court, which link veterans charged with crimes to VA care and veteran mentors under court supervision, whatever their discharge.

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

A free combination license covering hunting, fishing, shellfish, and the Columbia River Basin Endorsement at a 25% rating, plus a $25 elk tag. The 25% floor is the lowest hunting threshold in this catalog.

Overall disability rating of 25% or more. ODFW requires a letter from VA or a branch showing an overall disability rating of at least 25 percent, and Oregon residency. This is the lowest rating floor for a hunting or fishing benefit in this catalog.

Oregon subtracts military retired pay only for service before October 1, 1991, prorated by months. Anyone who entered service after that date gets nothing, so most retirees today pay full Oregon tax on their pension.

A service date, not a rating. The pension subtraction turns entirely on whether months of service fell before October 1, 1991. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

Free camping and free day-use parking at Oregon state parks at any level of service-connected disability, with no rating floor. The free camping allowance was cut to four nights, and the pass must be in hand before you reserve.

Any level of service-connected disability. Oregon Parks and Recreation requires a VA letter stating a service-connected disability, with no minimum rating. A veteran at any compensable rating qualifies, so the rating filter is not used to gate this benefit.

A no-extra-fee veteran designation on an Oregon driver license or ID, added when the card is issued. The Disabled Veteran plate grants no parking privileges, which is the most common misunderstanding about it.

The ORS 408.225 service test. The designation uses Oregon’s statutory veteran definition with an honorable discharge. Oregon's statutory definition asks for a discharge under honorable conditions plus one of: more than 90 consecutive days beginning on or before January 31, 1955; more than 178 consecutive days beginning after January 31, 1955; 178 days or less with a discharge caused by a service-connected disability; 178 days or less plus a VA disability rating; at least one day in a combat zone; a combat, campaign, or expeditionary ribbon or medal; or receipt of a nonservice-connected VA pension. No rating percentage is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

A one-time grant for a veteran or immediate family member in emergency financial need, paid directly to creditors. Because it can only be used once, timing matters more than with any other program here.

Emergency need and an honorable discharge. The grant requires Oregon residency, an honorable discharge, and an immediate emergency financial need, with a showing that basic living expenses can be met afterward. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

The Orleans County Clerk (Nadine P. Hanlon, Courthouse Square, 3 South Main Street, Albion, 585-589-5334) files 'military discharges' among the county's recorded documents; in 2025 the Clerk and the Veterans Service Agency were designing a joint Thank a Veteran card.

Any veteran with a discharge to record. The County Clerk files military discharges. The rating filter never hides this entry.

The Orleans County Legislature (Chairman Lynne Johnson; 14016 Route 31 West, Albion) accepted the Dwyer Peer to Peer money and approved the agency's veteran events and a WNYHeroes contract, created a part-time Veterans Service Officer post from January 1, 2026, adopted Operation Green Light for 2025 and 2026 with the Courthouse Dome lit green, set the Medal of Honor Wall's dedication for May 27, 2025, and tabled the new 100% permanent and total exemption in October 2026; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the Legislature’s veteran items; it grants no individual entitlement.

Orleans Parish Criminal District Court’s Court Intervention Services runs a Veterans Court among its intervention programs; 504-658-9400.

Justice-involved veteran. The docket takes veterans with cases in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; eligibility details are not published.

The Osage County BOCC (Anthony Hudson chair, Steve Talburt, Chad Ray; Mondays 10:00 a.m., OSU Extension Building at the Fairgrounds; County Clerk Christina Talburt as board secretary) posted 156 agenda and proceedings files spanning September 2025 to November 2026, every one an image scan read by OCR, and none carries a veteran item - no proclamation, no Green Light, and no VFW, Legion or DAV line; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the absence of a veteran item in the window’s posted files; it grants no individual entitlement.

The Osage County Clerk (Christina Talburt, 601 Grandview Ave., Pawhuska, 918-287-2615, office hours 8:30 to 5:00 open noon) serves as the county's records custodian; the county's fee schedule names no military-discharge line, 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; records are searchable on OKCountyRecords.com.

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 Osage County Recorder of Deeds, Cindy Hoffman, 205 E. Main Street, Linn (573-897-2136), records military discharges along with deeds and marriage licences; 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.

Osceola County's Veterans' Services Office is a county office under an accredited County Veteran Service Officer, not VA staff; its page, read live on 2026-10-13, gives 407-742-8455 and [email protected], the main office at 1392 E. Vine Street, Kissimmee, with a St. Cloud Branch at 810 13th Street, Saint Cloud, and asks that appointments be scheduled in advance.

Veterans and families in Osceola County. Veterans and their families. No rating is needed.

Veterans, active duty and retirees get 25% off an annual pass at the Otero County Rifle Range in La Luz ($45 individual, $60 family, against $60 and $80), and the Commission's October 8, 2026 fee schedule halves Presidio Park rental fees for veterans and county residents 65 and over.

Veterans, active duty and retirees. A DoD ID, VA card or REAL ID showing veteran status. No rating is needed.

The Twelfth Judicial District's Otero County District Court runs a Veterans Treatment Court under Presiding Judge Stephen Ochoa, with Program Coordinator Maureen Schmittle, 575-439-1367, per the state treatment court directory.

Justice-involved veteran. For a veteran with a pending criminal case in the district who volunteers and is accepted. A disability rating is not the test.

Otoe County’s Veterans Service Office in the Nebraska City courthouse, under Veterans Service Officer Chad Miller, files local, state and federal claims, places flag holders on the graves of veterans buried in the county, reports to the Board each quarter on DAV transports and aid, and holds a donated Veterans Special Fund of about $39,600 budgeted for a vehicle.

Any Otoe County veteran or family member. Claims help and grave flag holders need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.

Otoe County budgets $10,000 a year for county veterans aid under section 80-102 "to meet immediate emergency financial needs", but its budget shows nothing paid from it in 2023-2024 or 2024-2025.

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

Otsego County's Board of Representatives carries the Veterans' Service Agency monthly on its Administration and Intergovernmental Affairs committees: the 2026-10-30 window's record is Operation Green Light (Late Resolution 377-20251105), the Dwyer transfers and stipend, the $32,664 Dwyer van (226-20260506), the RCIL Veteran Directed Care contract (391-20251203, $80,000) and the OMH/Dwyer $109,732 re-appropriations (393-20261007); 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 Otsego County Clerk (Jennifer Basile, 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, 607-547-4276) posts a 2025 fee schedule with no military-discharge or DD-214 line - the free recording and certified copies are Military Law 250, carried by the State entry - with records searchable on the county's e-recording platforms.

Any veteran with a discharge. Filing and certified copies are free under Military Law 250 and the record is restricted. No rating is needed.

The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners (Mark W. Stahl, Donald A. Douglas and Mark E. Coppeler) approved the Veterans Service Commission’s $1,000 burial assistance for the family of Emery Fetterman under ORC 5901.25 (March 24, 2026), allocated $90,000 of FY 2026 CDBG funds to Veterans Services for a wheelchair accessible van (May 7, 2026), put $73,768 into the Veterans Building’s HVAC controls (April 2, 2026) and set a Veterans Service Commissioner’s salary at $600 a month; no benefit was narrowed or repealed.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the Commissioners’ veteran items; the burial help runs through the Veterans Service Commission.

Ottawa County's Department of Veterans Services, created in 2011 and paid from the General Fund rather than a millage, files VA claims free and runs the county's hardship grants, burial allowance and medical rides. In July 2026 its committee began weighing a relief levy or a veterans millage.

Any Ottawa County veteran or family member. Claims help is free; grants, burial and rides have their own tests. No rating is needed.

An Ottawa County resident who is a veteran or active-duty service member can buy the county parks' annual motor vehicle permit for $9, or $12 for two vehicles, against $25 for the public. The discount is sold online only.

Ottawa County resident veteran or service member. A veteran or active-duty member who lives in Ottawa County, buying online. No rating is needed.

The Ottawa County Recorder (Nathan J. Daniels, 315 Madison Street, Room 204, Port Clinton, 419-734-6730) lists "Military Service Discharges" among the documents it keeps on file; Ohio law makes the recording free and keeps the record out of public view.

Any veteran with a discharge. The Recorder records military service discharges; no rating is needed.

Ottawa County's Veterans Services Committee gives one-time hardship grants, generally no more than once a year, for utilities, rent or mortgage, car payments and repairs, groceries and medical costs. It takes an honorable or general discharge but asks for 90 days of wartime service, a minimum the State relief statute does not set, and will not pay property taxes.

A temporary or unexpected hardship. A temporary or unexpected financial hardship, generally once in twelve months. No rating is needed.

The Otter Tail County Board adopted Resolution 2025-102 on October 28, 2025 declaring November 4-11, 2025 Operation Green Light for Veterans Week - lighting the county's buildings green and asking residents, businesses and community organizations to switch one bulb to green - and its October 27, 2026 agenda carried the Resolution for Operation Green Light 2026 under the Veterans Service Officer's name.

Otter Tail County veterans. The observance honors all who served; no application is involved.

Outagamie County’s six-person CVSO office on South Walnut Street - a two-time VSO Excellence Award winner for mobile outreach - works with a three-member veterans service commission whose aid runs on the 45.86 levy.

Any veteran or family member. The office assists Outagamie County veterans and their families with claims and county aid. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.

Ozaukee County’s CVSO office in Port Washington runs a small relief fund ($5,000 balance at the last published meeting) and veterans transit to the Milwaukee VA, while both county golf courses waive greens fees for active-duty military.

Any veteran or family member. The office assists Ozaukee County veterans and their families with claims, relief and rides; the golf benefit is for active-duty military. No rating is required.

Ozaukee County has no veterans court of its own; its cases are heard by the Sheboygan Area Veterans Treatment Court, opened August 2012, coordinator Craig Steward, (920) 459-3053.

Veteran defendant, court-decided admission. The Sheboygan Area Veterans Treatment Court admits veteran defendants the court finds suitable from its seven served counties; there is no right to participation.

Page County cut its personal property rate to $3.80 for 2026 - the second consecutive reduction - and applies the statewide one-vehicle exemption through the Commissioner of the Revenue in a file-by-exception county.

100% permanent and total. One owned motor vehicle used mainly by or for the veteran. Page accepts the 100% service-connected, permanent and total test; the county publishes no narrower rule. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.