Bricks honoring a veteran can be bought for $50 to be laid along the sidewalk around the Pettis County Courthouse in Sedalia - three engraved rows giving the veteran's name, branch and war or dates of service - with all proceeds going to Show Me Honor Flight; the county posts the order form and the location list of the bricks already laid.
Any veteran, honored by anyone. Anyone may buy a brick for a veteran of any branch. No rating is needed.
The Pettis County Recorder of Deeds, Barbara Clevenger, Courthouse Suite 106, 415 South Ohio Avenue, Sedalia (660-826-5000 ext. 922), records military discharges among its documents; its August 28, 2026 fee schedule prices none and points to the Recorders Association of Missouri for the discharge rules, under which recording and copies are free.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and copies are free under the State statute; copies go only to the veteran or the people 59.480 names. No rating is needed.
The Phelps County Recorder of Deeds, Robin Kordes (573-458-6095), records military discharges and posts the Recorders Association of Missouri's request form for copies; recording and copies are free under RSMo 59.480, and copies go only to the veteran or an authorized party on a notarized request.
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.
Phelps County pays county veterans aid under section 80-102 from a Soldiers and Sailors fund of about $38,600, mostly in small card payments - $3,677.33 in the claims of August 2025 to June 2026 - and in July 2026 paid $1,500 of rent after the Board let the officer help a veteran with expenses; the county’s page still prints the wartime test that LB1300 removed.
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 Phelps County, and need the committee assesses; the county page’s wartime test no longer applies. No rating is required.
Phelps County’s Veterans Service Office in the Holdrege courthouse, under Veterans Service Officer Travis Horner, completes federal, state and county benefit applications for veterans and their dependents and reports to the Board each quarter; the Board approved moving the office in a courthouse remodel in September 2026.
Any Phelps County veteran or dependent. Claims help needs no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.
Philadelphia's Department of Records records a DD-214 or NGB-22 free and gives copies free to those entitled to them. Since December 15, 2024, a recorded discharge stays confidential for 85 years.
Any discharge. Recording and copies are free. No rating is needed.
Philadelphia's county veterans office sits in City Hall, Room 127, run under City Council with its Veterans Advisory Commission. Its benefits advisors help with VA claims and take applications for the State's real estate tax exemption and other State programmes, without charge. Call 215-686-3256 for an appointment.
Veterans, spouses, survivors and dependents. Any veteran or family member can use the office. No rating is needed.
Philadelphia Municipal Court's Veterans Court pairs a veteran charged with a crime with a veteran mentor and with veteran service organization staff on site in the courtroom, who arrange treatment, housing and job help.
A veteran with a criminal case in Philadelphia. The court does not publish eligibility rules. No rating is needed.
The Philippines excludes VA benefits paid to anyone living there, and taxes a non-citizen only on Philippine-source income, which U.S. military retired pay is not. A dual citizen is covered by a separate exclusion for foreign government pensions.
No rating requirement. The exclusions follow the kind of income and the taxpayer's citizenship and residence, not any disability percentage.
A Filipino World War II veteran recognized by the United States can draw the Philippine old-age pension of P20,000 a month as well as VA compensation. Philippine law stopped offsetting the two in 2008.
Philippine service or Allied service in the Philippines. RA 6948 section 2(a) defines the veteran. A U.S. veteran with no Philippine or Allied-in-the-Philippines wartime service and no Armed Forces of the Philippines service is outside it.
The Pickens County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Kris Stancil, Post 1 (West) Commissioner Josh Tippens and Post 2 Commissioner Josh Tatum, meeting in the Commissioners’ Conference Room Suite 168 at 1266 East Church Street, Jasper - posts its agendas and minutes on the county's Agenda Center; the board's 2025-2026 record - 59 files read whole - carries one veteran item: the November 17, 2025 consent agenda's "Proclamation - Veterans Day". The county's American Legion Post 149 (formed 1936, meeting second Saturdays at the Veterans Hall, 1997 Camp Road) runs the annual Veterans Day parade through downtown Jasper, and the Pickens County Veterans Memorial Park sits at 599 Stegall Drive.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s posted 2025-2026 files and the county’s veterans organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Pickens County Clerk of Court - Jennifer Edwards Jordan, Superior and Juvenile Courts, 50 North Main Street, Suite 104, Jasper, GA 30143 (706-253-8763, fax 706-253-8825, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the clerk's own site carries the staff and the divisions but no discharge page, and answers a 403 to plain fetch, so it was read in a browser session.
Any veteran with a discharge. The recording is free under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and the record is closed for fifty years under 15-6-72. No rating is needed.
The Pickens County Tax Assessor's office - 1266 East Church Street, Suite 121, Jasper, GA 30143 (706-253-8700, 706-253-8701) - carries the county's own exemption text on the county site: the Regular Homestead Exemption at $5,000 against the county and school assessments, a School Tax Homestead Exemption for taxpayers 62 and over at $25,000 household income, a Disability Homestead Exemption certified by three physicians, and a Disabled Veteran's Homestead Exemption (Constitutional) for "veteran taxpayers with 100% service-connected disabilities" "set at $43,000" - all applied for before April 1; the Tax Commissioner is Daniel Reeves (706-253-8882), and the State entries carry the current indexed amounts.
Qualifying disabled veteran or surviving spouse who owns and occupies the home. The county applies the constitutional disabled-veteran exemption at its own $43,000 base; the State entries carry the current indexed amount. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Pickens County keeps a Veterans War Memorial, Garden and Wall of Valor behind the county courthouse at the south portico entrance in Pickens, open day and night seven days a week, honouring General Andrew Pickens, the county's war dead on the Wall of Valor and its four Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.
Visitors. Open to the public at all hours.
The Piedmont Circuit Veterans Treatment Court, Judge Nick Primm, serves Barrow, Jackson and Banks counties as a sentencing alternative for veterans of the U.S. armed forces or the Georgia National Guard who need substance use or mental health treatment; for the year from July 2026 its State grant runs through the circuit's Wellness Court. Program director Victoria Bowman, 706-387-6399.
Justice-involved veteran. A veteran of the U.S. armed forces or the Georgia National Guard charged in the circuit who needs substance use or mental health treatment. No rating is the test.
The Piedmont Circuit Veterans Treatment Court serves Banks, Barrow and Jackson Counties from the Specialty Courts Office at 5000 Jackson Parkway, Law Library Suite 008, Jefferson (706-387-6390); coordinator Michaela Smith ([email protected]), director Victoria Bowman; the voluntary programme runs 18 to 36 months with treatment through Lifetime Counseling and VA services where eligible.
Veterans charged in the Piedmont Judicial Circuit. A voluntary programme of the Superior Court; the handbook and coordinator set entry.
Pierce County’s Veterans Service Office in Room 6 of the Pierce courthouse, under Veterans Service Officer Brett Rix, files county, State and federal claims, places a flag holder on the grave of every veteran buried in the county, helps with homestead filings and records DD-214s; the county replaced the concrete around its courthouse Veterans Monument in 2026.
Any Pierce County veteran or dependent. Claims help, homestead help and grave flag holders need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.
Pierce County’s section 80-102 Veterans’ Aid Fund holds $9,492.12 with no levy, all of it budgeted as emergency relief, and paid nothing in 2024-2025 after $1,206.37 in 2023-2024; its page still asks for wartime service, a test the 2024 amendment removed.
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 Pierce County, and need the committee assesses; the county page’s wartime test no longer applies. No rating is required.
The Pierce County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Neal Bennett, District 1 Troy Mattox, District 2 Graham Raley, District 3 Randy Dixon and District 4 David Lowman, with County Manager Raphel Maddox and County Clerk Donna Golding at 312 Nichols Street, Suite 5, Blackshear (912-449-2022, fax 912-449-2024) - whose 62 posted 2025-2026 meeting documents were read whole: the February 27, 2025 adoption of the House Bill 581 opt-out (Lowman's motion, Mattox's second, carried) that keeps the county's own floating homestead freeze on home and up to 5 acres, on Chief Appraiser Bill Rozier's word that "the current local homestead exemption is the best of the two exemptions"; the July 8, 2025 minutes' seat of County Manager Raphel Maddox, "20 Year Army Veteran, Retired as First Sergeant, Senior Human Resources Specialist", leading the pledge; the February 10, 2026 manager's report of the FLOST and Homestead Property Tax Relief/Elimination HR1114 meetings; and the August 4, 2026 report of 575 homestead exemptions processed; American Legion Post 181 sits in Blackshear and the VFW's own post locator names no post for Blackshear.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s 2025-2026 minutes and the county’s organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Pierce County Clerk of Superior Court - Melissa A. Howard, first elected 2025, 3550 Hwy 84, P.O. Box 588, Blackshear, GA 31516 (912-449-2020, fax 912-449-2106, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the State's own Clerks Authority directory prints the office's services as "Notary" and its staff rows - Olivia McQuaig (Real Estate Deed Processing), Taylor Kicklighter (Superior Civil, State Civil, Juvenile and BOE), Melissa Howard (Superior Criminal, BOE, Chief Deputy Clerk) and Tanya Hill (Superior Criminal, Superior) - with no discharge line, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries.
Any veteran with a discharge. The recording is free under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and the record is closed for fifty years under 15-6-72. No rating is needed.
Pierce County District Court's Veterans Treatment Court takes current members, Guard and reserve included, and former members eligible for VA benefits, who live in Washington and can follow the programme. A current member must be available for at least 14 months and disclose PCS or deployment orders.
Current member, or former member eligible for VA benefits. Current members, Guard and reserve included, or former members eligible for VA benefits, living in Washington. No rating is needed.
The Pierce County Tax Commissioner - Nicole Scurry, P.O. Box 192, 312 Nichols Street, Suite 4, Blackshear, GA 31516 (912-449-2026, fax 912-449-2006, piercegatax.com) - takes the applications through the Board of Assessors' year-round route ("Applications for homestead exemptions in Pierce County are accepted year-round, at the Board of Assessors Office. However applications must be filed by April 1 in order to obtain the exemption for the current year"), and the county's own record is the floating homestead the board kept over House Bill 581 - the February 26 and 27, 2025 hearings and the February 27 opt-out adoption, keeping "the current local homestead exemption ... to freeze the taxable value of your primary residence and up to 5 acres of land ... at the prior year value" on Chief Appraiser Bill Rozier's word that "the current local homestead exemption is the best of the two exemptions" - while the county's own pages print no veteran row, so the veteran amounts rest on the State entries; tax bills are due December 20.
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’s own pages print the homestead route and no veteran row, so the amounts are the State’s. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Pierce County's Veterans Resource Center in Tacoma runs the county Veterans Assistance Fund, which pays vouchers for rent, utilities, food, emergency medical and dental costs, prescriptions and burial for income-eligible veterans and families, and hosts State service officers for VA claims. The county adds a 90-day Washington residence rule chapter 73.08 RCW does not contain.
Qualifying discharge, county resident, income-eligible. A qualifying discharge under RCW 73.08.005, Pierce residence, 90 days in Washington, and household income under the guidelines. No rating is needed.
The Pike County Board of Commissioners - Chairman J. Briar Johnson, with Tim Daniel (District 1), Tim Guy (District 2), Ken Pullin (District 3; the 2026 posted agendas seat Jason Proctor) and James Jenkins (District 4), County Manager Brandon Rogers (2026 agendas; the county's page seats Rob Morton) and County Clerk/Records Custodian Angela Blount, meeting in regular session Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Courthouse Main Courtroom, 16001 Barnesville Street, Zebulon (office 331 Thomaston Street, P.O. Box 377, 770-567-3406) - whose 2026 record (101 posted agenda and minutes documents on the county's own events page, 7 scanned images converted and read by OCR) carries American Legion Post 197's courthouse-grounds uses for the Pike County Memorial Day Observance Program and Pike County Veterans Memorial Rededication Ceremony (May 25, 2026), the Pike County Patriot Day (9-11) Observance Program (September 11, 2026) and the Pike County Veterans Day Observance Program (November 11, 2026), the chairman's thanks to Commander Bryan Richardson, and the flag-drop-box debate at the Pike County Veterans Memorial.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s posted 2026 files and the county’s organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Pike County Clerk of Superior Court - Rebekah Hanson, P.O. Box 10, 16001 Barnesville Street, Zebulon, GA 30295 (770-567-2000, M-F 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - keeps the county's own Military Service Records page: "The Pike County Clerk of Courts, maintains, and provides certified copies of military separation documents known as a DD-214 for service members at no cost. The DD-214 contains information normally needed to verify military service for benefits, retirement, employment, and membership in veterans' organizations"; the page reprints the O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 confidentiality and the National Archives route, and records the WWII-era Discharge/Separation paper, "War Department Document No 55-53".
Any veteran with a discharge. The recording and the certified copies are free per the clerk’s own page, and the record is confidential under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72. No rating is needed.
The Pike County Recorder of Deeds, Kim S. Martin Luebrecht, first floor of the courthouse, 115 W. Main, Bowling Green (573-324-5567), records military discharges; 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.
The Pike County Tax Commissioner - Donna Chapman, 79 Jackson Street, Zebulon, GA 30295 (770-567-2001, fax 770-567-2019, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., pikecountypay.com) - and the Board of Tax Assessors (Chairman Parrish Swift, Vice Chairman Lyn Smith, Christopher Tea, Brent Davis and Brent Taylor, with Chief Appraiser IV Christy Cook and Deputy Chief Appraiser Heather Burke at 73 Jackson Street, 770-567-2002) approve the veteran exemptions monthly - the 2026 Board of Assessors documents carry "S5 (Disable Veteran under 65)" and "SD (Disable Veteran over 65)" homestead rows approved on staff recommendation and the January 13, 2026 agenda's "Approval of State exemption amount for disabled Veteran"; the county's own 2025 homestead opt-out papers - the press release and the "INTENT TO OPT OUT OF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION" document, read through the Internet Archive's captures - record the three joint public hearings on opting out of the statewide adjusted base year exemption; the qPublic record-search site was not read (the gaps go to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md).
Qualifying disabled veteran or surviving spouse who owns and occupies the home. The exemption follows O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1; the assessors’ posted 2026 documents approve the S5 and SD veteran homesteads monthly. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Pike County Commissioners' Veterans Discount Card Program gives a free card, from the Veterans Affairs Office at the Shohola Business Center, that participating Pike County stores honour for discounts; it is open to all former members of the Armed Forces, active duty, peacetime and wartime, on a DD-214 or other proof of honorable service and a Pennsylvania driver's licence showing a Pike County address.
Any former member of the Armed Forces, active duty, peacetime or wartime. The county page names no rating test; the application asks for proof of service and a Pike County driver’s licence. No rating is needed.
Pike County keeps a Veterans Support Fund, donated through the Greater Pike Community Foundation, that helps the Veterans Affairs Office reach veterans beyond its budget; its first annual fundraiser, the "Trailblazing Women of Valor" luncheon of May 22, 2026, honoured Katherine Lemon and charged veterans $25 against $45 general admission.
Pike County veterans. The fund is the county’s own veterans money; ask the office.
The Pima County Recorder's fee schedule sets military discharge recording at no charge under ARS 11-465; Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly's office takes recording at 240 N. Stone Avenue, Tucson, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Any veteran. Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Superior Court's Veterans Treatment Court, run with Adult Probation, is a drug court model for veterans with addiction, mental illness or both, with frequent court reviews and a team that also works on jobs, housing and service-related trauma.
Veteran with a Superior Court case. For veterans with a criminal case in the Superior Court or on adult probation. No rating or discharge test is published.
Pinellas County gives a disabled U.S. veteran a free annual beach parking pass, or a free beach and boat ramp pass, for Fort De Soto, Sand Key and Fred Howard parks. Veterans with an honorable or general discharge and military members get a discounted annual pass: $70 for the beach and $105 for boat and beach from October 1, 2026.
Any service-connected rating for the free pass; honorable or general discharge for the discount. A VA letter showing a service-connected disability percentage gets the free pass; any veteran with an honorable or general discharge, or a military ID, gets the discount.
Pinellas County's veterans services office helps county residents, survivors and dependents with VA claims and appeals from offices in Clearwater and St. Petersburg, helps request discharge papers, and writes the combat-disability letter the Property Appraiser accepts for the combat discount. Call 727-464-8460.
Pinellas residents: veterans, survivors and dependents. Any veteran, survivor or dependent living in Pinellas County. No rating is needed.
The Pitt County Register of Deeds, 100 East 1st Street, Greenville, records a DD-214 free and returns it at once, and gives certified copies to the veteran, close family, authorised agents and government representatives on its form with photo ID.
Any veteran. Recording is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Pitt County Veteran Services, 1717 W. 5th Street, Greenville (252-902-3090), weekdays 8 to 5 with walk-ins, helps veterans and families with benefits, certifies the NCDVA-9 for the property tax exclusion, helps with VA ID cards, and is a VA ATLAS site where veterans can join VA Video Connect appointments, including some C&P exams.
Veteran, service member or family. No rating or fee.
Pitt County's Veterans Treatment Court is a five-phase programme of at least 14 months for veterans facing charges in Pitt County who may also have substance use or mental health problems; ask your attorney, or call coordinator Tobie Bellamy at the courthouse, 252-902-3093.
Justice-involved veteran. For a veteran with a pending case in Pitt County who is accepted. A disability rating is not the test.
The Pittsburg County County Clerk, Hope Trammell, keeps the county's recorded military discharge papers among her office's filings; recording and certified copies are free under Title 72, section 22, and the record is confidential under 19 O.S. 270.
Any veteran. Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
No Pittsylvania County $40.75 vehicle license fee on a vehicle owned or leased by an active-duty service member, Guard and reserve included. National Guard plate holders pay half, and the county waives the fee for Disabled Veteran and prisoner of war plate holders.
Active duty, Guard plates, or DV or POW plates. A vehicle of an active-duty member, Guard and reserve included, is exempt. A Guard plate holder pays half. A vehicle with Disabled Veteran or prisoner of war plates is exempt. No rating is set by the county.
Placer County's Veteran's Treatment Court combines judicial oversight, treatment and veteran mentors for justice-involved veterans, both as pretrial diversion and as a post-plea sentencing alternative.
Veteran with a service-related condition. Justice-involved veterans whose service may have contributed to the offense. No rating is needed.
Placer County's Veterans Services Office helps veterans, dependents and survivors with VA claims, pension, health care and College Fee Waivers, from Rocklin (Monday to Friday), Auburn (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and North Lake Tahoe (by appointment). Call 916-780-3290.
Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any veteran, dependent or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
Platte County pays county veterans aid under section 80-102 "to meet immediate emergency financial needs" from a $10,000 line in the Veterans Service budget, and spent the full $10,000 in each of 2023-2024 and 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 Platte County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.
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Platte County’s Veterans’ Service Office on the third floor of the Columbus courthouse, under Veterans’ Service Officer Eric Mullally, files county, state and federal claims, helps with homestead exemption filings, places a flag holder on the grave of every veteran buried in the county, and by an interlocal agreement since 2014 also serves Colfax County, which paid $35,903.23 for it in 2024-2025.
Any veteran or dependent in Platte or Colfax County. Claims help, homestead filing help and grave flag holders need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.
Under the 1974 U.S.-Poland tax convention, Poland may not tax a U.S. citizen's military retired pay unless the retiree is a Polish citizen or has Polish immigrant status. The convention says nothing about Social Security or VA compensation.
No rating requirement. The convention turns on the kind of payment, citizenship and immigration status, not on any disability percentage.
Polk County’s section 80-102 Veterans’ Aid Fund levies $1,000 a year and held $25,454.02 on July 1, 2025 after paying nothing for two years; in November 2025 it reimbursed the Veterans Service Committee $8,111.50.
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 Polk County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.
Polk County’s Veterans’ Service Office at 451 Hawkeye Street in Osceola, under Veterans’ Service Officer Kenneth Toline, files county, State and federal claims and places a flag holder on every veteran’s grave; in September 2026 the Board hired Kasie Leeling to train as his successor, and it added $21,500 to the office budget for salaries.
Any Polk County veteran or dependent. Claims help and grave flag holders need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.
The Polk County Clerk, 101 W. Mill Street, Suite 265, Livingston, records a military discharge and gives a certified copy of a DD-214 at no charge, and waives the assumed name (DBA) filing fee for a veteran with proof of veteran status.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and a certified DD-214 copy are free; the assumed name waiver needs proof of veteran status. No rating is needed.
The Polk County Board of Commissioners - six part-time commissioners serving four-year staggered terms from three districts elected county-wide, with Chairman Chuck Thaxton, Vice Chairman Michael Gravett, Hal Floyd, Linda Liles, John Paschal and David McElwee - whose 2025-2026 record (33 files from the county's Document Center, read whole) carries one veteran item: the March 3, 2026 renewal of the State Department of Veteran Services lease at $10 a year for the building the GDVS's Cedartown office occupies; the board also seats District 1's David McElwee, a 24-year Army combat veteran awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the Master Parachutist Badge, and American Legion Post 86 (1675 Rockmart Hwy., Cedartown) and Posts 12 and 545 meet in Rockmart.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s posted 2025-2026 files and the county’s veterans organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Polk County Board of Supervisors (chair Russ Arcand; 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, 715-485-9226) carries no window veteran item - its resolutions page holds the county's veteran resolutions from earlier years (Resolution 45-20 supporting the Veterans Support and Outreach Act enacted October 20, 2020; Resolution 20-17 opposing making county veterans service officers optional or regionalizing their offices, adopted March 21, 2017; Resolution 7-11 on veterans benefits funding, adopted March 15, 2011) and the 2026 Budget Book carries the Veterans Service department at page 113; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county board’s veteran resolutions and budget; it grants no individual entitlement.