Pulaski County's government is a sole commissioner - Jenna S. Mashburn, 45 South Lumpkin Street, Hawkinsville, GA 31036 (478-783-4154, fax 478-783-9209), holding a monthly regular meeting on the first Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m. with the agenda posted 3-5 days in advance on the bulletin board and the website, "one of the few counties in Georgia that operates under this form of government" - whose 2025-2026 agenda and minutes documents (55 files enumerated through the joint site's own document interface, downloaded and read whole) carry the October 6, 2025 Chamber of Commerce report - "There will be a Veterans Day ceremony at the park and small flags can be purchased for $5 at the local banks" - and the September 14, 2026 note that "RiverFest will be at Veterans Park this year"; VFW Post 6077 (194 Broad Street, meeting the 3rd Saturday at 9:00 a.m.) and American Legion Posts 125 and 329 sit in Hawkinsville.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the sole commissioner’s 2025-2026 minutes and the county’s organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Pulaski County Tax Commissioner - Eric Vickers, 45 South Lumpkin Street, Suite 108, Hawkinsville, GA 31036 (P.O. Box 448, 478-783-2811, fax 478-783-0696, [email protected], pulaskicountypay.com) - and the Tax Assessor's Office (478-892-3564) take the exemption applications, and the Tax Commissioner's own General Information page prints the veteran rows themselves: "The Disabled Veterans Homestead Exemption is available to certain disabled veterans in an amount up to $50,000 deducted from the 40% assessed value of the homestead property ... proof of disability, either from the Veterans Administration or from a private physician in certain circumstances" and "A similar exemption in the same amount is now available to the un-remarried surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States who was killed in any war or armed conflict"; "Property Taxes are due by December 1st of each year"; the August 3, 2026 minutes record the sole commissioner routing exemption qualification to the Tax Assessors office; the qPublic record-search site was not read (the gap goes 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 county’s own page prints its Disabled Veterans row at up to $50,000 and the application route. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Pulaski County collects vehicle license fees - the adopted FY2026-2027 revenue budget books $605,000 of motor vehicle license revenue - but posts neither the fee amount nor a veteran exemption. Section 46.2-755(B) bars the fee on the one vehicle of a veteran with Disabled Veteran plates and on the qualifying vehicles of decorated veterans.
Disabled veteran, no rating named. Section 46.2-755(B) bars the fee on one vehicle of a veteran with Disabled Veteran plates. The county sets no rating of its own and posts no exemption schedule.
Pulaski County government publishes no veteran program, office, discount, budget line or discharge-recording page of its own; every benefit that applies in Pulaski County is a State or federal entry.
No county eligibility of its own. The county publishes no veteran program; the State entries carry the benefits that apply in Pulaski County.
The Pulaski General District Court hosts a veterans treatment docket, sitting on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m., with a New River Valley Community Services coordinator as the contact. It is a supervised treatment track entered through a criminal case, not a benefit a veteran applies for outside one.
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Bill Sharp (706-752-8431), Vice Chairman Tom McElhenney (District 1), District 2 Commissioner Richard Garrett, District 3 Commissioner Stephen Hersey and District 4 Commissioner Jeff Wooten, at 117 Putnam Drive, Suite A, Eatonton (706-485-5826), governed under House Bill 248, Act Number 22 (May 14, 2003), with a county manager holding the day-to-day executive duties - whose posted 2025-2026 minutes read (the September 15, 2026 called meeting, its executive session and the September 17, 2026 town hall) name no veteran item, and whose deeper meeting files paginate behind the CivicClerk portal's JavaScript; American Legion Post 583 meets in Eatonton.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s charter, its posted minutes and the county’s veterans organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Putnam County Clerk of Courts - Trevor J. Addison, 100 South Jefferson Avenue, Suite 236, Eatonton (706-485-4501, [email protected]) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; his own site carries the real-estate, notary, e-certification and Board of Equalization routes and prints 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.
The Putnam County Clerk - Michael C. Bartolotti, (845) 808-1142 x 49301 - files veterans' DD-214s and issues the Putnam County Veteran ID card free under the Return the F.A.V.O.R. discount program, whose participating merchants file discount applications with the Clerk; the free certified copies are Military Law 250, carried by the State entry.
Any veteran with a discharge. Filing the DD-214 and the veteran ID card are free; certified copies are free under Military Law 250. No rating is needed.
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners (Andy Beck, president; Tom Helmer; Rick Woodall) and County Council (Stephanie Campbell, president) carried the 2025-2026 veteran items: the Veterans Officer's resignation and Brian Hopkins' hiring (October and November 2025), the IDVA finding that the county meets the IC 10-17-1-9 standards (March 2, 2026), the VFW's request that the county take over its Buzz Bomb fund (April 6, 2026), a courthouse plaque for Navy veteran John Bryan McKamey (July 20, 2026) and the office's $4,560 copier (August 18, 2026); no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the boards’ veteran items; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Putnam County Legislature (Chairman Daniel G. Birmingham, Deputy Chair William Gouldman, Clerk Diane Trabulsy; nine districts, 40 Gleneida Avenue, Carmel, 845-808-1020) carried Budgetary Amendment 26A021 - $203,008 of NYS OMH FY2026 funding for the Veterans Peer to Peer Support Pilot Program - the 2026 Buddy Poppy proclamation, the Veterans Memorial Park fee repeal, the Chapter 25 Article IV local law codifying the Row of Honor (Legislator Erin Crowley), the NY PLAYS ADA-playground application and the 100% service-connected exemption discussion; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a legislature record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services funding and facilities; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Putnam County Register of Deeds, Courthouse Room 3, Cookeville (931-526-7101), records a discharge or DD-214 free, and it is the one record in the office that is not public.
A veteran with a discharge. Recording is free; no rating is needed.
The Putnam County Sheriff's Tax Office charges $50 for a concealed weapons permit but "No Charge for honorably discharged veterans or retired law enforcement"; applications and renewals are processed in person at the Tax Office, (304) 586-0204.
Honorably discharged veteran, West Virginia resident. Code 61-7-4(q) waives the fees for an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces, reserves or National Guard applying for a resident licence; no rating is needed.
The Putnam County Tax Commissioner - Terrell E. Abernathy, 100 South Jefferson Avenue, Suite 207, Eatonton (706-485-5441, [email protected], putnamgatax.com with the search at putnamcountyga.governmentwindow.com) - publishes the county's own 2026 Taxpayer Brochure, whose exemption rundown carries the fullest veteran lines of the round: "The Disabled Veterans Homestead Exemption is available to certain disabled veterans or un-remarried spouses or minor children in an amount equal to $60,000 plus an economic indicator provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs", and "The Surviving Spouse of Member of Armed Forces killed in Action Exemption" beside it; applications are filed in the Tax Assessor's office ((706) 485-6376) by April 1, and the assessors' qPublic record-search site was not read.
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 brochure prints the $60,000-plus-indicator and killed-in-action amounts. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Putnam County Veterans Services, 2509 Crill Avenue, Suite 800, Palatka, (386) 329-0328, files VA compensation and pension claims, helps families with burial benefits and veterans with DD-214s and medical records; appointments Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 7 to 5, walk-ins Wednesday mornings and afternoons, and Thursday appointments in Crescent City and Interlachen.
Veterans and families. For veterans, dependants and survivors. No rating is needed.
The Putnam County Veterans Treatment Court, opened March 2023 in the Putnam Supreme and County Courthouse in Carmel as a partnership of the Ninth Judicial District, the District Attorney's Office, the defense bar, the VA and local providers, sits under Judge Joseph Spofford (who also presides over the county's Drug Treatment Court) and hears felony and misdemeanor cases.
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.
Putnam County has no county veterans office; the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance's Teays Valley Benefit Office, 3772 Teays Valley Road, Suite B, Hurricane - in Putnam County - is the claims route, with the department reachable at 304-558-3661.
Any veteran or family member. The department benefit office advises Putnam County veterans and their families on VA and State benefits free of charge; no rating is needed.
The Rabun County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Greg James (706-490-1954), Vice-Chairman Scott Crane (706-490-1352), Will Nichols (District 1, at large), Tom Garrison (District 2) and Kent Woerner (District 4), with County Administrator Darrin Giles and HR Director and County Clerk Linda Ramey at 25 Courthouse Square, Suite 201, Clayton (706-782-5271), meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the Courthouse Courtroom - keeps its 2025-2026 agendas and minutes on the county's own meeting pages, which answer a Cloudflare-style block (403) to plain fetch; the Internet Archive's captures carry the meeting dates and rows but the files themselves did not render, so the board's year was not available to read; American Legion Post 220 and VFW Post 4570 sit in Clayton.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the board’s posted pages and the county’s organizations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Rabun County Clerk of Superior Court - Holly Henry-Perry, Rabun County Clerk of Court, 25 Courthouse Square, Suite 105, Clayton, GA 30525 (706-782-3615, fax 706-782-1391, Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), with Chief Deputy Clerks Amie Alderman and Jessica Brown - is the county's recorder of military discharges: the county's own Superior Court page reads "the clerk is responsible for recording deeds and maintaining the chain of title to all property in the county. In addition, the clerk appoints notary publics and records business and trade names and military discharges", and the clerk's resources list carries a Veteran Discharge page; the county's site answers a Cloudflare-style block to plain fetch and was read through the Internet Archive's December 28, 2025 capture.
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 Rabun County Tax Commissioner - Lauren Benfield, 19 Jo Dotson Circle, Suite 101, Clayton, GA 30525 (706-782-3613, [email protected], Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., rabuncountytax.com) - and the Board of Tax Assessors (Chief Appraiser Erik Blalock, 19 Jo Dotson Circle, Suite 121, 706-782-5068) take the exemption applications; the tax office's own General Information page prints the April 1 deadline - "the filing deadline for homestead exemption is also April 1" - and the assessors' duty, "they accept and approve all Homestead Exemptions claimed by the Taxpayers of Rabun County", and publishes no exemption amounts of its own, so the O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1 amounts ride on the State entries; the qPublic record-search site was not read (the gap goes 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 county offices take the application and post no amounts of their own. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Racine County’s CVSO office at the Dennis Kornwolf Service Center on Taylor Avenue provides claims help, short-term financial assistance paid to landlords and utilities, and a Burlington satellite on Wednesdays.
Any veteran or family member. The office assists Racine County veterans and their families with claims and short-term financial assistance. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
The Second Judicial District veterans treatment court serves Kenosha, Racine and Walworth Counties, holds its status hearings at the Racine County Courthouse, runs five phases over 14 to 20 months, and counts the Racine CVSO as its mentor co-coordinator.
Veteran defendant, post-adjudication admission. The Second Judicial District veterans treatment court admits veteran defendants the court finds suitable from Kenosha, Racine and Walworth Counties; there is no right to participation.
The Rains County Clerk (Mandy Sawyer, 220 W. Quitman Street, Suite B, Emory, 903-473-5000 extension 103) gives certified DD-214 copies at no cost to the veteran and the others Government Code 552.140 lists, on a notarized application with a copy of photo ID; the record is confidential for 75 years.
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 Rains County Commissioners Court (County Judge Brent D. Hilliard) waived the courthouse-grounds fee for the November 8, 2025 Veterans Day ceremony, approved the November 7, 2026 Veterans Day Parade on the square with all fees waived, takes the Veterans Service Officer’s monthly report, and was led in the pledges by the officer and the Color of Arms on July 9, 2026; 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.
West Virginia’s only stand-alone veterans treatment court sits in the Raleigh County Judicial Center: Judge Andrew Dimlich presides and probation officer Chris Houck is the contact.
Veteran defendant, court-decided admission. The Raleigh County Veterans Treatment Court admits veteran defendants the court finds suitable; no published local criteria and no right to participation.
Raleigh County hosts the Beckley benefit office that serves it, the clerk records DD-214s free under Code 7-1-3LL with a two-to-three-day certified copy turnaround, and the county houses the state’s only stand-alone veterans treatment court.
Any veteran or family member. The Beckley benefit office advises Raleigh County veterans and their families and files claims, free of charge. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Ramsey County's Veterans Court, launched in 2013, takes veterans charged with non-violent misdemeanour, gross misdemeanour and felony offences in Ramsey County who served in the armed forces and have a treatable behavioural, mental or chemical health problem; nine months minimum for misdemeanours, a year for gross misdemeanours and felonies.
Justice-involved veteran. The court is for a veteran charged with a qualifying non-violent offence in Ramsey County who volunteers and is accepted. A disability rating is not the test.
The Randall County Clerk publishes no discharge page, so the statute governs: Local Government Code 192.002 has the Clerk record a DD-214 without a fee, and Government Code 552.140 keeps it confidential and limits who can get copies; 2309 Russell Long Boulevard, Suite 101, Canyon, 806-468-5505.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge is free. Copies go only to the people section 552.140 lists.
The Randolph County Recorder of Deeds, Mark Price, Suite 1H, 372 Highway JJ, Huntsville (844-277-6555, ext. 330), records an original DD-214 while the veteran waits, returns the original with a certified copy at no fee, and charges nothing for a later notarized request or copy.
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 Randolph County Register of Deeds, 158 Worth Street, Asheboro, records a DD-214 free and gives free certified copies to those the statute allows, and issues a free Veterans "Thank You for Your Service" Discount Card honoured by participating local businesses; bring the DD-214 (unless already recorded there) and photo ID, weekdays 8 to 4.
Any veteran. Free; no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Randolph County Veterans Services, Shaw Building, 158 Worth Street, Asheboro, 336-318-6909, files VA claims, pensions, higher-level reviews and Board appeals, CHAMPVA, burial, headstone and honour guard requests by appointment, and on a walk-in basis endorses NCDVA-9, MVR-33A and hunting and fishing licence forms, requests records and takes Veterans Council hardship grant applications.
Veteran, dependant or survivor. No rating or fee.
Randolph County's Veterans Treatment Court is a voluntary 13 to 18 month programme for veterans and active duty members charged with nonviolent misdemeanours or Class H or I felonies who have substance use or mental illness; honourable, general, other than honourable and bad conduct discharges are all eligible, and charges are reduced or dropped on completion. Coordinator Laura Pate, 336-318-6698.
Justice-involved veteran or service member. For a veteran or active duty member with an eligible charge who is assessed and enters voluntarily. A disability rating is not the test.
Rankin County's veteran services office in Brandon is run by a Navy veteran and VA-accredited claims agent, with in-office hours Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Microsoft Teams virtual appointments on Mondays, covering claims, appeals, survivor benefits, GI Bill, VR&E, pension, caregiver support and records requests.
Any veteran, spouse, caregiver or survivor. The office assists veterans, spouses, caregivers and survivors with VA claims and programs. No rating is required, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
A regional circuit court treatment docket for justice-involved veterans that sits in the Spotsylvania Circuit Court. It is not a general disability benefit.
Justice-involved veteran. The docket is for a veteran with a case the court accepts into it. A disability rating is not the test.
The Ray County Recorder of Deeds, Rhonda Kinnison, Suite 25, 100 West Main, Richmond (816-776-4500), lists military discharge records (DD-214) among the instruments it records, in person or by mail; 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 Real County Clerk (D'Ann Roosa, 146 S. US Hwy 83, Leakey, 830-232-5202) posts recording at $25 for a first page but no military-discharge line or form; 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.
None of the 34 posted agendas of the Real County Commissioners' Court (County Judge Bella A. Rubio) for September 8, 2025 through October 27, 2026 names veterans, a veterans officer or a veterans benefit; on September 14, 2026 it took up a FY 2026-2027 budget that raises the unfilled Veterans Services Officer department from $2,400 to $7,400, and the county closes for Veterans Day. It posts no minutes. No benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.
Any Alaska State Recorder’s office records a DD214, DD215, NGB Form 22 or DA Form 1569 free of charge, which is the cheapest insurance against losing the document.
Any veteran with a separation document. Recording carries no rating, wartime or length of service test, and no fee.
The Red River County Clerk (Chassidy Chandler, County Annex, 200 N. Walnut Street, Clarksville, 903-427-2401) lists "Military Discharge (DD214)" filing and certified copies at no charge ("Thank you for your service!") and posts an application for a copy of a military discharge record that lists who may have one and asks for notarized identification.
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 Red River County Commissioners Court (County Judge Robert Bridges) put no veterans item on its 37 agendas of August 2025 to October 2026, adopted on September 29, 2026 an FY2027 budget that again leaves the veterans officer line empty, and keeps Veterans Day as a county holiday; the county posts no minutes. No benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed on the record read.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.
Miscellaneous / Red Willow County, NE · County, Furnas County, NE · County
Red Willow County’s Veterans Service Office at 322 Norris Avenue in McCook, under Veterans Service Officer Michael Simmonds, files VA claims and health care applications, places a bronze flag holder on veterans’ graves and orders a Presidential Memorial Certificate for every deceased county veteran; Furnas County shares the officer under a standing interlocal agreement.
Any veteran or dependent in Red Willow or Furnas County. Claims help, grave flag holders and DD-214 registration need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.
Red Willow County’s Veterans’ Aid fund under section 80-102 holds $9,327.89 and has paid nothing since at least 2023 - it grows only by $55.28 a year of in-lieu-of-tax money - and the county’s page, updated in February 2026, still prints the wartime-era and honorable-only 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 Red Willow County, and need the committee assesses; the county page’s wartime test no longer applies. No rating is required.
The Refugio County Clerk (Margie A. Castellano, P.O. Box 704, Refugio, 361-526-2233) posts no military-discharge line, form or fee schedule; 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 Refugio County Commissioners Court (County Judge Jhiela "Gigi" Poynter) adopted on September 8, 2026 a 2026-2027 budget that keeps the part-time veterans service office at $38,470; none of the nine agendas and notices it posts for August 11 through October 27, 2026 names a veterans item, it posts no minutes, and no benefit is known to have been adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.
Clearfield County is one of the eight counties of the Regional Veterans Court that the Unified Judicial System lists from 2024, hosted by Blair County; a veteran charged in Clearfield County asks Clearfield County Court Administration (814-765-2641 ext. 5010) or defence counsel about a referral.
Justice-involved veteran. The court is for a veteran with a pending eligible case who volunteers and is accepted. A disability rating is not the test.
Free registration of a certificate of discharge under 45.05, and a state veteran registry under 45.045. Chapter 45 also closes veteran records under 45.04.
Any veteran with a discharge document. Registration under 45.05 is free and carries no rating, wartime or length of service test.
The Reno County Commission (Ron Hirst chair, Randy Parks vice-chair, Ron Vincent, Richard Winger, Don Bogner; Clerk Jenna Fager) meets the 2nd, 4th and 5th Wednesdays at 9 a.m. in the Veterans Room of the Reno County Courthouse, 206 W. 1st Avenue, Hutchinson; the window's veteran item is the Department of Aging's January 2026 'How to Help A Veteran!' community-collaboration session reported in the February 11, 2026 packet, and no veteran proclamation, benefit or budget line was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a record note. The record documents the meeting room and the Aging session; it grants no individual entitlement.
Rensselaer County's Clerk records military discharges and DD-214s with no fee and gives copies with no fee, and issues the Return the FAVOR discount card to honorably discharged veterans and their widows or widowers, in person, once the veteran's original DD-214 is filed in the Clerk's office; 105 Third Street, Troy, 518-270-4080.
An honorable discharge, for the card. Recording, copies and the card are free. A widow or widower qualifies for the card. No rating is needed.
The Unified Court System lists two veterans treatment courts in Rensselaer County: the Rensselaer County Veterans Court, 72 Second Street, Troy (518-285-5031), and Troy City Court, 51 State Street, Troy (518-453-5941), which link 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 Rensselaer County. Every character of discharge is accepted. No rating is needed.