Rutherford County's wheel tax is about $52.50 a year, the difference between the $85.50 regular plate renewal and the $33.00 active-duty military renewal. An active-duty member whose LES shows Tennessee as home of record is exempt once. A veteran rated one hundred percent permanent and total, or a former prisoner of war, is exempt under state law, though the Clerk's page does not say so.
One hundred percent permanent and total, service-connected. Section 5-8-102 exempts a veteran with one hundred percent permanent total disability from a service-connected cause, as VA determines it. It is recorded rather than enforced because a former prisoner of war, and a veteran whose vehicle came with a VA adapted-vehicle grant under 38 U.S.C. 3901, are exempt at any rating.
The Sabine County Clerk (Jamie Clark, 280 Main Street, Suite 100, Hemphill, 409-787-3786) issues copies of recorded military discharges on its Military Discharge Copy Request; a request not made in person needs a notarized signature and a copy of valid ID. The Clerk’s fee schedule has no discharge line; the free filing and copy 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 Sabine County Commissioners Court (County Judge Richard Barnett) recognized the resignation of Veterans Officer Thomas Warren on April 27, 2026, received his successor Veronica Thomas’s continuing education on September 28, 2026, and adopted a 2027 budget on September 4, 2026 that raises the office to $28,298; the county posts no minutes, and no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.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.
Sacramento County's veterans services office in Rancho Cordova has accredited claims representatives for VA compensation, pension, aid and attendance and health care enrolment, and the CalVet College Fee Waiver. Claims help is by appointment; walk-ins are taken for DMV verification forms, fee waivers, dropping off paperwork and urgent VA matters. Call 916-874-6811.
Veterans and families. Any veteran or family member can use the office. No rating is needed.
The Saginaw County Clerk files a DD-214 while the veteran waits and issues certified copies at no charge, to the veteran and, with a death certificate and proof of relationship, to an heir. Its page leaves out the statute's access for a person with the veteran's permission and for a service officer.
The veteran or an heir. Free filing and free certified copies for the veteran; an heir needs the death certificate and proof of relationship. No rating is needed.
Saginaw County keeps a three-member Soldiers and Sailors Relief Commission, paid $1,200 a year each, to relieve indigent wartime veterans on an $8,000 annual county contribution the Board reinstated in 2023. The commission publishes no application, guidelines or contact, so a veteran must ask the county how to apply.
Indigent, with a wartime record. The fund relieves indigent wartime veterans and their families under MCL 35.21. No rating is needed.
Saginaw County has no department of veterans affairs of its own: its Veterans' Services page sends veterans to a Veteran Service Hub the county supports inside the Saginaw YMCA, where a service officer helps with federal, state and local benefits and a Michigan Veterans Trust Fund agent takes applications.
Any veteran or family member. Hub help with claims and the Trust Fund is free to any veteran, survivor or dependent. No rating is needed.
Saginaw County's veterans treatment court, ordered into existence in 2013 by the 10th Circuit and 70th District Courts with the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center, takes any honorably discharged veteran charged with a misdemeanor or felony other than its listed ineligible offenses. The State's certified list puts it at the 70th District Court serving Saginaw, Midland and Bay counties.
Honorably discharged veteran with a pending case. The court asks for an honorable discharge and a pending misdemeanour or felony outside its ineligible list; the statute adds 180 days of active duty. No rating is needed.
The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit's Saint Lucie County Veterans Treatment Court, sitting since August 8, 2014 before County Judge Jeffrey Hendriks on the courthouse's third floor, runs a misdemeanor track of six months to a year and a felony track of twelve to eighteen months in four phases. Its county page requires St. Lucie County residence and application through the State Attorney's Office, tests the statute does not set.
Veteran or member with a non-violent offense and a service-related condition. Service in the armed forces, a non-violent charge and a service-related condition; the county page adds residence and application through the State Attorney. No rating is needed.
County Clerk Dale A. Cross’s office records DD-214s free of charge, issues a free Veteran’s ID Card to honorably discharged Salem County veterans (National Guard members are ineligible unless deployed, per Federal guidelines), takes free Veteran’s Vending License applications on a DD-214 and county residency, and publishes a long veteran-discounts vendor list.
Salem County veterans. The DD-214 recording, ID card and vending licence are for honorably discharged veterans. No rating is required.
The county’s Veterans Affairs Department - contactable at [email protected] or 856-339-8603 - runs the Salem County Veterans Memorial Cemetery’s Memorial Day ceremonies and flag raisings with VFW Post 253, holds the county’s veterans breakfast events, holds NACVSO memberships for its service officers, and its board established a Salem County Veterans Advisory Board in 2025.
Any Salem County veteran or family member. The county’s Veterans Affairs Department serves veterans and their families; no rating is required.
Saline County’s Veterans Service Office in Wilber, under Veterans Service Officer Scott Davis, files county, state and federal claims under the direction of the Veterans Service Committee, presents a Veteran of the Month to the Board from public nominations, and looks after the Saline County Veterans’ Memorial, whose upkeep is a line in the office’s budget.
Any Saline County veteran or dependent. Claims help and Veteran of the Month nominations need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.
Saline County budgets a small Veteran’s Aid fund under section 80-102 - $3,343 for 2025-2026, for medical and hospital needs - but paid nothing from it in 2023-2024 or 2024-2025, and its veterans page does not mention county aid.
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 Saline County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.
The Saline County Circuit Clerk signs veterans up for an Honor Rewards card good for discounts at participating businesses, after verifying the veteran's DD-214 is recorded in the office; the card arrives by mail in two to three weeks.
Veteran with a DD-214 recorded in Saline County. Signup requires the office to verify the veteran's DD-214 has been recorded in the clerk's office. No rating is needed.
The Saline County Commission (Chairman Rodger Sparks, Monte Shadwick, Annie Grevas, James L. Weese, Joe A. Hay Jr.; County Clerk Jamie R. Doss) adopted an Operation Green Light proclamation at its October 28, 2025 meeting - the county's buildings green November 4-11, 2025, a practice running since 2022 with its buildings lit and residents asked to change one bulb; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans recognition; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Saline County Recorder of Deeds, Jessica L. Baker, Courthouse Room 206, Marshall (660-886-2677), records military discharges, and its fee schedule exempts veterans and active members of the military from the $9 fee for a certified copy of a marriage license; RSMo 59.480 makes discharge recording and copies 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 Saline County Register of Deeds (Michelle Newell, Registrar of Deeds, 300 West Ash, Room 212, Salina, 785-309-5855) records DD 214 forms free - “As a courtesy to military personnel, the Recorder's Office does not charge for the recording of the DD 214 forms” - furnishes free certified copies to the veteran, and holds the records restricted under the Kansas Open Records Act's military-discharge exemption.
Any honorably discharged veteran. Recording and certified copies are free under 73-210a (the statute guarantees five free copies); identification is required. No rating is needed.
Saline County's Veterans Memory Walk of Honor sells $50 memorial bricks for the courthouse sidewalks, and the county's page says the proceeds help veterans fly free to see their war memorials in Washington, D.C.; Central Missouri Honor Flight veteran and guardian applications are posted on the page and handed out at the County Treasurer's office in Marshall.
Veterans, with priority by era. The Honor Flight's own priorities: World War II and terminally ill veterans first, then Korean War, then Vietnam War veterans. No rating is needed.
Salt Lake County Animal Services, the only municipal shelter in Utah partnered with Pets for Patriots, waives the adoption fee for veterans, active-duty members and their families who are members of the charity, for its harder-to-place dogs and cats.
A veteran, service member or family member who joins Pets for Patriots. Membership in the charity is the gate. No rating is needed.
The Sampson County Board of Commissioners (Allen McLamb chair, Eric Pope vice chair, Houston Crumpler III, Lethia R. Lee, Thaddeus L. Godwin; County Manager Allen Vann) opens every meeting with the Sampson County Veterans Council leading the Pledge and invocation; the 2025-26 window's record is the November 2025 Veterans Appreciation Month proclamation, the recurring late disabled-veteran property-tax exclusions (Chabot, Davis, Matthews, the Naylors, Faircloth, Vigo Silva, Moore, Cockman, Wilson, Brewster, Wiram, Daughtry and more), the Veterans Council's Boston butt fundraiser, Ann Knowles' Memorial Day invitation at Veterans Park and the strategic plan's Veteran's Services goal; 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 Sampson County Register of Deeds (Anita H. Lane, 126-A W. Elizabeth Street, Clinton, 910-592-8026) records military discharges among its own list, with records searchable on the county's new sampsonrod.org remote access site; the free recording and the restricted access are G.S. 47-113.2, carried by the State entry.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and certified copies are free under the State statute and the record is restricted. No rating is needed.
The San Augustine County Clerk (Margo Noble, 106 S. Broadway, San Augustine, 936-275-2452) lists "Honorable Discharge DD214" among the filings it takes at no charge, and copies of birth, death and marriage records and discharges for the VA free on a TVC-14 form from the veterans office; the free certified copy for any veteran (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 San Augustine County Commissioners Court (County Judge Jeff Boyd) put no veterans item on its agendas of January 2025 to October 2026 and recorded none in its minutes, and adopted an FY2026-27 budget whose "Veterans Office Expense" line is again empty; the county relies on Shelby County’s officer. 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 San Benito County Superior Court has no veterans treatment court, but hears military diversion with its drug and behavioural health courts on the collaborative courts calendar, Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. in Department 3, Hollister.
Service member or veteran charged with a crime. Penal Code 1001.80 looks to a condition from service, not a rating or discharge.
San Benito County's veterans service office, run under contract by the County of Monterey Military and Veterans Affairs Office, files VA and CalVet claims free for veterans, survivors and dependants at the Veterans Memorial Building, 649 San Benito St., Suite 115, Hollister (831-637-4846), walk-in Monday to Wednesday 8 to 3.
Veterans and families. Any veteran, dependant or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
San Bernardino County Regional Parks gives a county resident veteran rated 50% or more a free entrance pass to its regional parks. It does not cover fishing, camping or other activities, and is not valid on holidays or at special events.
50% or higher, county resident. A rating of 50% or more and residence in San Bernardino County.
San Bernardino County's veterans service office helps veterans and families with VA and CalVet claims from five offices (San Bernardino, Hesperia, Rancho Cucamonga, Joshua Tree and Barstow), and issues a county photo ID card to honorably discharged veterans. Call 909-382-3290.
Veterans and families; honorable discharge for the ID card. Any veteran or family member can use the office; the county ID card is for honorably discharged veterans. No rating is needed.
Each year the Superior Court holds Shelter Court at the county's Veterans Stand Down, where eligible veterans can resolve outstanding legal matters on the spot. The 2026 event is October 14 at Miller Park, Fontana, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Veterans with outstanding legal matters. Open to eligible veterans at the event. No rating is needed.
The county veterans service office: free accredited help with VA compensation, pension, survivor and burial claims and appeals, discharge upgrades, CalVet home loans and the College Fee Waiver, at a Kearny Mesa headquarters and resource centres in National City, Escondido and Oceanside.
Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any veteran, dependent or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
County parks honour the State's Distinguished Veterans Pass with up to seven free camping nights a year and free day use. A county resident with a Disabled Veteran plate can buy a $20 card for $3 off each weekday night and $1 off each weekend night of camping.
Distinguished Veterans Pass or a Disabled Veteran plate. The free nights need the State pass; the card needs a disability placard or plate and county residence.
A veterans treatment court of at least 18 months, with VA, Veterans Village of San Diego and veteran mentors, after which charges can be dismissed, and a military diversion calendar under Penal Code 1001.80 that the court says should be granted only once.
Service member or veteran with a service-related condition. The defendant must be or have been in the military and have a qualifying condition from service. No rating or discharge test applies.
San Francisco's County Veterans Service Office, in the Department of Disability and Aging Services, helps veterans and families with VA and CalVet claims and the College Fee Waiver at 2 Gough Street, with walk-ins on Fridays and a Wednesday desk at the Fort Miley VA Medical Center. Email [email protected].
Veterans and families. Any veteran, dependent or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
A VA rating of 50% or more, or aid and attendance, qualifies a veteran for the Clipper Access disability card, which gives discount Muni fares and the $43 discount monthly pass. A San Francisco resident with that card and household income at or below the Bay Area median rides Muni free.
VA rating of 50% or aid and attendance. The VA route needs a service-connected rating of 50% or more or aid and attendance; other disabilities qualify through the medical form. Free Muni also needs San Francisco residence and income at or below the Bay Area median.
Free entry to the Japanese Tea Garden, the Conservatory of Flowers and the Botanical Garden for any veteran or active service member, resident or not. San Francisco residents also swim free, pay half at Camp Mather and the Golden Gate Park Tennis Center, and pay no hourly fee for a park wedding.
Veterans and active service members. Active service, or a discharge other than dishonorable. Some discounts also need San Francisco residence. No rating is needed.
Public Health waives a veteran's food facility permit fee under Business and Professions Code 16102, and the Police Code waives every street artist fee for an honorably discharged Californian. Public Works lists no veteran waiver of its $484 street vending permit, and the Treasurer none of the business registration fee, though State law reaches both.
Discharge under honorable conditions. Section 16102 needs an honorable discharge or a release under honorable conditions; section 16001.8 and the street artist waiver need an honorable discharge and California residence. No rating is needed.
The Superior Court's Veterans Justice Court takes veterans with criminal cases in San Francisco, wherever they live, with VA care for those eligible and the Pretrial Diversion Project for those who are not. Most misdemeanours and realignment felonies can enter before a plea.
Veteran with a San Francisco criminal case. Military service confirmed by the court team. No rating, VA eligibility or discharge test is stated.
The San Jacinto County Clerk (Dawn Wright, 1 State Highway 150, Room 2, Coldspring, 936-653-2324) prints the military discharge (DD-214) filing fee and certified copies as "NO CHARGE" on its fee schedule effective January 1, 2024, with "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!"
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 San Jacinto County Commissioners Court (County Judge Fritz Faulkner) took the Veterans Officer's report with the departmental reports at its monthly meetings (approving the June 24, 2026 reports except the District Clerk's and the Veterans'), heard of a strong Veterans Day turnout at the courthouse (November 12, 2025), named Commissioner Luke Sweeney as a veteran to the Burke Center board (April 29, 2026) and approved a budget raising the office to $38,954 (September 9); 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.
San Joaquin County Superior Court hears military diversion and its Veterans Treatment Court in Department 5C on the first and third Fridays. Diversion, for misdemeanours and certain felonies, ends in dismissal and sealing; the treatment court is for veterans who do not qualify for diversion.
Veteran with a service-related condition. A veteran whose condition from service is behind the offense. No rating is needed.
A California resident veteran rated 50% or more, or a former prisoner of war, with an honorable discharge, gets a free pass for day use and parking at every San Joaquin County regional park, valid three years. Others pay $100 a year.
50% or a former POW, honorable discharge. A service-connected rating of 50% or more, or former prisoner of war status, with an honorable discharge and California residence.
San Joaquin County's veterans services office in Stockton works mainly by walk-in: claims, intent-to-file, DMV licence and plate certifications, income letters, records requests and College Fee Waiver applications need no appointment. Appointments are kept for gravely disabled veterans, those 75 and older, surviving spouses and homeless veterans. Call 209-468-2916.
Veterans and families. Any veteran, dependent or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
Environmental Health Services waives plan check, consultation and annual food facility permit fees for a veteran who is the sole proprietor of a food business that sells no alcohol, under Business and Professions Code 16102. File the affidavit before paying, because fees already paid are not refunded.
Veteran sole proprietor. An honorable discharge or a release under honorable conditions, and sole ownership of the food business. No rating is needed.
San Luis Obispo County's Veterans Services Office helps veterans, dependents and survivors with VA and CalVet claims by appointment only, in person or by phone, at 801 Grand Avenue in San Luis Obispo and on Tuesdays to Thursdays in Paso Robles. It also runs a veterans' food pantry and keeps the veterans' preference certificates for county jobs. Call 805-781-5766.
Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any veteran, dependent or survivor can use the office, by appointment. No rating is needed.
San Mateo County Parks waives its $6 vehicle entrance fee year-round for a veteran with proof of veteran status, at every county park. The Board of Supervisors adopted the waiver in 2016. Camping, reservations and other user fees still apply.
Veteran with proof of status. Any veteran with proof of veteran status. No rating, discharge type or residence is stated.
In the unincorporated county, a self-employed veteran pays no fee for the peddler's or solicitor's licence, which otherwise costs $12 for six months. The Ordinance Code sets no discharge test; the licence, fingerprints and investigation are still required.
Self-employed veteran. A self-employed veteran of U.S. military service. No rating or discharge test is stated.
San Mateo County's Veterans Services Office, in the Human Services Agency, helps veterans, spouses, survivors, children and Gold Star parents with VA and CalVet claims and the College Fee Waiver, by appointment at 550 Quarry Road, San Carlos. Walk in only to get the veteran designation on a driver licence. Call 650-802-6598.
Veterans, families and survivors. Any veteran, spouse, survivor, child or Gold Star parent can use the office. No rating is needed.
San Mateo County's Superior Court runs two veterans' programmes: Military Diversion, before a plea, for misdemeanours, open to honorable, general and other than honorable discharges with or without VA eligibility; and the post-plea Veterans Treatment Court, which asks for VA eligibility and bars a dishonorable discharge.
Current or former service member with a criminal case. Military Diversion takes honorable, general and other than honorable discharges without VA eligibility. The Veterans Treatment Court asks for VA eligibility. No rating is needed.
The San Saba County Clerk (Christi Whitley, 500 E. Wallace, Suite 202, San Saba, 325-372-3614) 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.