Short-term help with rent, mortgage, utilities and food for a Summit County veteran or family after three months in the county, decided at a walk-in interview on 30 days of income and expenses. Two of the commission's pages limit families to those of an honorably discharged veteran, narrower than its own veterans page and the statute.
Discharge under honorable conditions, three months in the county. A veteran with an honorable or general discharge and active duty other than training, or the spouse, surviving spouse, dependent parent, minor child or ward of one, resident three months. No rating is needed.
Sumner County's wheel tax, charged with each vehicle registration, does not apply to a veteran VA rates 100% permanent and total from a service-connected cause or to a former prisoner of war. Show the County Clerk a VA decision letter, code sheet or benefit verification letter. The County has told P&T veterans who paid it they may get a refund.
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 Sumter County Board of Commissioners - Chairman David Baldwin (District 4), Mark Waddell (District 2), Clay Jones (District 1), Jim Reid (District 3) and Jessie Smith (District 5), the chairman and vice chairman elected yearly by the board, with County Clerk Terri Wooden at the Sumter County Courthouse, 500 West Lamar Street, Americus (229-928-4500), meeting in work session the second Tuesday and regular session the third Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. - whose 2025-2026 record as posted (the 16 Agenda Center documents from March 10 through September 15, 2026, read whole; the Agenda Center posts no 2025 files) carries the March 17, 2026 regular meeting's public hearing on an on-premises license for "the business name C.B. Dowdell American Legion Post 558, located at 116 Highway 30 West, Americus, Georgia 31719" and the county calendar's Veteran's Day office closure; American Legion Posts 2 and 558 and VFW Post 4784 sit in Americus.
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 Sumter County Clerk of Superior / State Court - Cortisa E. Barthell (elected 2017), Sumter County Courthouse, 500 West Lamar Street, P.O. Box 333, Americus, GA 31709 (229-928-4537, fax 229-928-4539, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the county's own responsibilities list records real estate, UCC filings, trade names, liens, notaries and passports 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 Sumter County Clerk records certificates of military discharge among its official records, and, on the form Florida gives veterans, can remove a veteran's discharge papers from the public record.
Any veteran. Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Sumter County Tax Commissioner - Leah Watson, 500 W Lamar St, Ste. 120, Americus, GA 31709 (P.O. Box 1044, 229-928-4530, fax 229-928-4533, Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., sumtercountygatax.com) - publishes the county's own 2025 Taxpayer Brochure, which prints the veteran amounts themselves: "The Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption is available to certain disabled veterans, un-remarried spouses or minor children in an amount equal to 121,812 in 2025 but adjusted annually by a certain index by the Department of Veterans Affairs ... Specific proof of disability from the Department of Veterans Affairs is required", and the surviving-spouse row requiring "appropriate documentation from the Department of Defense that spousal benefits are received as a result of the death of the Armed Forces member"; the Board of Tax Assessors' qPublic record-search site was not read, and the 2026 removal fight over the assessors' board is the governance backdrop (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 county’s own 2025 brochure prints $121,812 and the DoD/VA documentation lines. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Sumter County Veteran Services prepares claims for compensation, hospitalization, vocational training and other benefits for county veterans and their dependents, without charge under Florida Statutes 292.05, from the Sumter County Service Center at 7375 Powell Road, Wildwood, by appointment, at 352-689-4400.
Veterans and dependents in Sumter County. Veterans and their dependents. No rating is needed.
The Fifth Circuit runs a Sumter County Veterans Court under Judge Militello, a four-phase programme normally under twelve months, from Room 120 of the Sumter County Courthouse in Bushnell, coordinator Katie Mosley-Rusha, 352-397-5793.
Justice-involved veteran. The court is for a veteran with a pending criminal case who volunteers and is accepted. A disability rating is not the test.
Surry County's "Thank a Veteran" Discount ID Card Program, running since November 11, 2015, gives county veterans merchant discounts: bring the DD-214 and a photo ID to the Veterans Services Office in Mount Airy for certification, take the certification to the Register of Deeds in Dobson (veterans whose DD-214 is already recorded there need only a photo ID), and present the card at participating merchants; cards issue Monday to Friday 9:00 to 4:30.
Surry County veteran with a discharge. The card needs a DD-214 and photo ID certified at the office; no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Surry County Board of Commissioners (Bill Goins chair, Eddie Harris vice-chair, Melissa Hiatt, Mark Marion, Van Tucker; County Manager Chris Knopf) carried the veterans year in the November 17, 2025 Veterans Day appreciations, the March 2, 2026 budget amendment adding 19,700 of State Veterans Grant to the VETERAN GRANT project fund and the September 8, 2026 amendment adding 5,515 more, beside the FY2026 budget's 272,275 Veterans Service Office line; 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 Surry County Register of Deeds (W. Todd Harris, P.O. Box 303, 201 E. Kapp Street, Dobson, 336-401-8150, fax 336-401-8149) records Military Discharges on its Mission/Services list and issues the "Thank a Veteran" Discount ID card to veterans whose DD-214 is already recorded; 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 Susquehanna County Board of Commissioners (Alan M. Hall, Chairman; David Darrow; Robert G. McNamara; 31 Lake Avenue, Montrose) carried the window's veteran items - Proclamation 2025-38 and the agenda's Proclamation 2026-30 for Operation Green Light for Veterans, Tara Wilbur's ten years in Veterans Affairs, the office's training trips, and the Salary Board's full-time Temporary Director of Veteran's Affairs at grade 7 effective September 9, 2026; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-affairs staffing and proclamations; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Susquehanna County Recorder of Deeds (Register & Recorder Wendy Zapolski, County Courthouse, 31 Lake Avenue, Montrose, 570-278-4600 ext. 4065/4066/4067) records 'military discharges' among the documents the office is responsible for; the page prints no discharge fee or copy rule, so ask the office.
Any veteran with a discharge to record. The Recorder of Deeds records military discharges. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Sussex County Clerk’s Office offers free Veteran ID Cards to eligible county residents for use at participating businesses, publishes the county’s Veterans ID Discount Directory (3rd Edition, 2022, begun by Clerk Jeffrey M. Parrott in 2011), and processes the Veteran Peddler’s License; ID Cards and Gold Star Family Cards are on the clerk’s own site.
Sussex County veterans. The ID card and the peddlers licence are for eligible county veterans. No rating is required.
The Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office runs a Veterans Diversion Program for servicemembers charged with non-violent third- or fourth-degree crimes, disorderly-persons or petty disorderly-persons offenses who have a diagnosed or reasonably believed mental illness; the program runs two years with a possible volunteer mentor, and completion ends in dismissal of charges.
Justice-involved servicemember. Eligibility requires a non-violent charge and a diagnosed or reasonably believed mental illness; the prosecutor has sole discretion. A disability rating is not the test.
The county’s Veterans Services division in the Department of Health and Human Services, One Spring Street, Newton, (973) 347-8333, lists the county’s NJ DMAVA Veteran Service Officers - Luis Segura with Sussex and Dover offices and intake coordinator Yasmin Rodriguez - and links the county’s ID cards, transportation, mental-health and Veteran Service Access Point pages.
Any Sussex County veteran or family member. The county’s veterans services division and its DMAVA officers assist veterans and their families; no rating is required.
Skylands Ride takes Sussex County veterans to the three VA medical hospitals and two clinic sites - Newton Monday through Friday, Lyons and East Orange most Thursdays, Castle Point one Thursday a month and Morris Plains Monday, Wednesday and Friday - from 201 Wheatsworth Road, Hardyston, (973) 579-0480, on the county’s $9,000 FY2027 DMAVA contract VL27T82.
Sussex County veterans traveling to VA facilities. The service is for Sussex County veterans going to VA medical hospitals and clinics; no rating is required.
The Sutter County Clerk-Recorder, 433 Second Street, Yuba City, issues certified copies of a recorded DD-214 only to the veteran, a family member or legal representative, a veterans' benefits office or a federal official, on its notarized application (Government Code 6107(b) and 27303.5); copies used for a veterans' claim are free under section 6107.
A veteran with a recorded DD-214, or family. Copies go only to the people Government Code 6107(b) names; no rating is needed.
Sutter County's Veterans Memorial Community Building, 1425 Veterans Memorial Circle, Yuba City, gives qualified veterans organizations first priority under County Code chapter 81, on annual schedules the Board approves; its Tucker meeting room is kept for the American Legion, other veterans' groups and county departments, and everyone else rents the hall first come, first served (530-822-7473).
Qualified veterans organizations. Priority of use goes to the organisations, on annual schedules; no rating is needed.
The Sutton County Commissioners Court (County Judge Joseph Harris) took up on May 26, 2026 a Civic Center fee waiver for a June 29, 2026 Veterans Affairs event put together with Veterans Service Officer Nancy Glasscock, and adopted its FY2026-2027 budget, which has no veterans line, on September 30, 2026; its minutes sit on a server this reading could not reach. 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.
The Sutton County and District Clerk (Pam Thorp, Sutton County Annex, 300 E. Oak, Suite 3, Sonora; 325-387-3815) posts official public records filing at $25 for a first page and $4 for each further page but no discharge line; 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 Suwannee County Clerk of Court records military discharges in the Official Records and is the place to get a recorded DD-214 - free to the veteran under section 28.222(3)(d), though its fee sheet prints only the $10 first-page charge - and takes notarised requests to remove a discharge image from its public website.
Any veteran. Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Suwannee County charges $5 a car at Royal Springs and Little River Springs and $3 a person at the Billy Jernigan Pool, and under Resolution 2026-23 (March 3, 2026) waives the entrance fee whenever anyone in the vehicle is a current service member, an honorably discharged veteran or a listed Gold Star or fallen first responder survivor - a full waiver where section 125.029 asks only for a discount.
Current members, honorably discharged veterans, listed survivors. Any current service member or honorably discharged veteran, with or without a disability, or a listed survivor, in the vehicle. No rating is needed.
Suwannee County Veterans Services helps veterans and families apply for VA and State benefits free of charge; Veterans Services Officer Terrence Allen, 386-688-6085, [email protected], Monday to Friday 8 to 5, walk-ins Tuesdays and Thursdays and appointments the other days.
Veterans and families. For veterans and their families. No rating is needed.
The Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners (Keaton West chairman, Robb Slaughter, Taylor C. Jones, Island Richards and Mary E. Thoman; first and third Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m., Meeting Room #115, 80 W Flaming Gorge Way, Green River; agendas, minutes and packets on the county's Granicus) carried the window's veteran items: Commissioner Thoman's January 6, 2026 report on the Star Valley senior lunch and the County VSO flyers, her January 20, 2026 Eden Valley luncheon with VSO Mi Hye Robinson-Kim and the announcement of the Veterans Service Office's second-Thursday monthly meetings, the 2026 liaison assignments placing Human Resources / Veteran Services with Commissioner Richards, and the April 21, 2026 request to restaff the vacant Sublette Veterans Service Office position.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the commissioners’ veterans reports and the staffing request; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Sweetwater County Clerk (Cynthia L. Swenson, 80 W. Flaming Gorge Way, Suite 150, Green River; 307-872-3732 and 307-922-5208 in Rock Springs, fax 307-872-3994, weekdays 8:00 to 5:00 with recording to 4:00) posts the fee list's own line - "Military Discharge & Separation Papers: No Charge" - carrying out W.S. 19-14-104's free recording of discharge and separation documents, with the records searchable on the i-Doc Market.
Any veteran with a discharge. The recording is free under W.S. 19-14-104 and the county’s own No Charge line. No rating is needed.
The Swisher County Commissioners Court (County Judge Michael Clawson) took up its Fiscal Year 2027 budget on September 14, 2026, keeping a $9,060.48 Veterans Service Officer department with a part-time officer's position, and closes county offices on Veteran's Day; none of the 53 agendas of June 2025 to October 2026 names a veterans item, and its minutes sit on a server this session could not reach. 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.
The Swisher County and District Clerk (C J Chasco, 119 South Maxwell, Tulia, 806-995-3294) says on its Military Discharge Records page that DD-214s "are recorded in the County Clerk's office at no charge to the Veteran" (Local Government Code 192.002) and lists who may get a free certified copy (Government Code 603.003 and 552.140).
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 First Judicial Circuit's T. Patt Maney Okaloosa Veterans' Treatment Court Program, in Fort Walton Beach and named, like Florida's veterans court act, for T. Patt Maney, takes veterans with a service-related addiction or treatable mental health condition charged with a qualifying misdemeanor or felony, for 12 to 18 months.
Veteran with a service-related condition and a qualifying charge. A veteran with a service-related addiction or treatable mental health condition charged with a qualifying offense. No rating is needed.
Talladega County has an active veterans court on the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts' 2026 map. Neither the court system nor the county publishes its eligibility rules online; ask a defence lawyer or the Talladega County Veterans Service Office.
Veteran with a criminal case in Talladega County. Eligibility is set by the court and is not published. No rating is needed.
Taney County Recorder of Deeds Jody C. Stahl, 132 David Street, Forsyth (417-546-7234), files military discharges at no fee under RSMo 59.480 and gives the veteran or an authorized party a certified or uncertified copy free on the Recorders Association of Missouri notarized request form.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and copies are free under the State statute; copies go only to the veteran or an authorized party on a notarized request form. No rating is needed.
Under a September 8, 2026 Memorandum of Understanding (No. 26-1045) approved 3-0 by the Taney County Commission, the Sheriff's Office and the VA Police Service of the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks share law-enforcement, emergency-response and security responsibility for the Branson VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic at 5571 Gretna Road.
No eligibility - an interagency security agreement. The MOU coordinates the Sheriff and VA Police at the Branson clinic; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Tarrant County Clerk records a DD-214 free under Local Government Code 192.002 and keeps it confidential for 75 years under Government Code 552.140; the veteran, a guardian, or a spouse, child or parent can get free certified copies. A recorded discharge can also be removed on request.
Military discharge record. Any veteran can record a discharge free. Copies go only to the veteran, a guardian, or a spouse, child or parent.
Tarrant County's veterans county service office: free help with VA and Texas benefit claims and appeals, discharge upgrade requests, and military records, at the Resource Connection, 1200 Circle Drive, Fort Worth. Call 817-531-5645.
Tarrant County veterans and survivors. Any Tarrant County veteran or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
An 8 to 24 month diversion programme for a veteran or current member, Guard, reserve and State Guard included, with a case pending in Tarrant County, using the statute's own eligibility test and taking every discharge characterization. It requires a guilty plea on entry and dismisses the eligible offenses on completion.
Veteran or current member with a pending case. Any veteran or current member, Guard and reserves included, with a case pending in Tarrant County who meets the statutory test. No rating or discharge test applies.
The Tattnall County Board of Commissioners - Chairman William (Bill) J. Kicklighter, District 1 Ricky C. Jarriel, District 2 Bobby Kennedy, District 3 Billy Conley, District 4 Wayne Tatum and District 5 Wanda Sue Allen, meeting the first Monday of each month at 9:00 a.m. in the Tattnall County Courthouse (912-557-4335), with County Manager Frank H. Murphy - whose 2025-2026 record (111 agenda and minutes files, read whole) carries the county's own veterans record: the August 4, 2025 agenda's "VFW Post 7764 Mule Barn Recommendation - Chairman Bill Kicklighter", the September 8, 2025 agenda's Constitution Week "Ringing of the Bells - VFW Park, Reidsville" hosted by the General Josiah Tattnall Chapter DAR "& VFW Post #7764", the May 5, 2025 agenda's VFW Park use request for the Wiregrass Trail Festival, the August 3, 2026 agenda's "Bid Results: VFW Park Amphitheater/Stage" and the October 5, 2026 agenda's "Bid Results: VFW Park Water Line Relocation - County Project Manager Hal Dasher", and the county's own "Memorial Day - County Holiday" and "Veterans Day - County Holiday" lines; VFW Post 7764 meets in Reidsville and American Legion Post 95 in Glennville.
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 Tattnall County Clerk of Superior Court - Paige D. Mulligan, Post Office Box 39, Reidsville (912-557-6716, fax 912-557-4861) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78, and the county's own clerk page lists among the office's duties to "Record all deeds, UCC statements, Armed Forces discharges."
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 Tattnall County Tax Commissioner - Laura F. Ulin, Post Office Box 920, Reidsville (912-557-6736, tattnallcountypay.com) - takes homestead applications January 1 to April 1 through the Tax Assessor's Office per the county's own Homestead Exemptions page, which carries the round's fullest printed veteran amounts: "Homestead Exemption for Disabled Veterans - Any qualifying disabled veteran may be granted an exemption of $64,960 from paying property taxes for state, county, municipal, and school purposes ... extended to the unremarried surviving spouse or minor children (O.C.G.A. 48-5-48)" and "Homestead Exemption for Unremarried Surviving Spouse - The surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who was killed in any war or armed conflict will be granted a homestead exemption ... in the amount of $64,960 (O.C.G.A. 48-5-52.1)".
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 at the amounts the county’s own page prints; the assessor’s office takes the application by April 1. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Taylor County Clerk records a DD-214 free and returns the original, gives the veteran or family certified copies at no cost (up to three a visit), takes requests by mail with an identity affidavit, and will delete and re-record a discharge filed before September 1, 2003 so it closes to the public.
Any veteran with a discharge. Recording and certified copies for the veteran or family are free. Copies go only to the people section 552.140 lists.
Taylor County Veterans Service Office, 400 Oak Street, Suite 150, Abilene, 325-674-1328, files VA compensation, pension, aid and attendance, burial, headstone and DIC claims through to appeals, makes home visits and helps with rides to VA appointments in Big Spring; weekdays 8 to noon and 1 to 5.
Veterans, survivors and families. For a veteran or the surviving spouse, child or parent of an eligible veteran. No rating is needed.
Tazewell County exempts one automobile or pickup owned and used primarily by or for a veteran rated 100% service-connected, permanent, and total (the county FAQ names the TDIU path), and by section 18-51 taxes one vehicle of a veteran who has lost or lost the use of a leg, an arm or a hand, or is blind, or is certified permanent and total by the Department of Veterans Services, at zero percent of value.
100% permanent and total. One owned automobile or pickup used mainly by or for the veteran. Tazewell accepts a disability compensated at the 100% rate, and separately zeroes the vehicle value for the limb loss and blindness class. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.
The Tazewell County Recorder records a veteran's DD-214 free and gives as many certified copies as needed at no charge, returning the original within a couple of days.
Any veteran. Any veteran can use it. No rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
Tazewell County charges a $20 annual vehicle license tax, billed on the personal property tickets mailed in mid-October and due December 5, with no county decal to display. Section 12-30 incorporates the section 46.2-755 limits, which bar the fee on the one vehicle of a veteran with Disabled Veteran plates.
Disabled veteran, no rating named. Section 12-30 incorporates the limits of Code of Virginia section 46.2-755, and 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.
The Tehama County Board of Supervisors' October 2025 to October 2026 record - 63 Legistar events, 53 agenda and minutes PDFs read whole - carries the Corning Veterans Hall remodel from funding through change order, the Los Molinos hall lease, the veterans halls advisory committee's dissolution, the VSO's January 2026 report, the FY 2026-27 CDVA subvention and Medi-Cal cost-avoidance certificates, and the Veterans Day and Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans' Day proclamations.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Tehama County Clerk and Recorder's DD-214 form is the state's certified-copy application - certified copies only to the persons Government Code 6107(b) lists - and the 2026 recording fee schedule is silent on discharge recording, which Government Code 6107 makes free.
The persons Government Code 6107(b) lists. Recording is free; certified copies go only to the veteran (with photo ID), a family member or legal representative who certifies the relationship, a benefits office on written request, or a US official.
Tehama County owns and runs the veterans halls its veterans groups meet in - the Corning Veterans Memorial Hall (1620 Solano Street) mid-$6.4 million remodel funded by $2 million of ARPA and $4.4 million of federal Community Project Funding, the Los Molinos Veterans Hall (7980 Sherwood Boulevard) and the Red Bluff Veterans Memorial Hall (735 Oak Street) - with the VSO's satellite offices inside them.
Open to the public; veteran organizations meet here. The halls are county facilities named for and used by veteran organizations; rental and scheduling run through the county. No eligibility test.
The Teller County Clerk & Recorder's recording fee schedule prices the DD-214 Certificate of Release or Discharge at 'Complimentary up to 5' copies, beside the $43 standard document fee set under House Bill 24-1269; recording questions go to 719-689-2951.
Any veteran with a discharge. The DD-214 is recorded complimentary (up to 5 copies); no rating is needed.
A veteran rated one hundred percent permanent and total from a service-connected cause, or a former prisoner of war, is exempt from the county wheel tax. A separate route exempts any vehicle bought with a VA adapted-vehicle grant at any rating.
One hundred percent permanent total, service-connected. The first route in 5-8-102 asks for one hundred percent permanent total disability from a service-connected cause as determined by VA. It is recorded rather than enforced because the section reaches two other groups that need no rating.