The Wyoming County Board of Supervisors’ 2026: Anthony Solina reappointed Veteran Services Director, a Veteran of the Month at each Board meeting, Vietnam War Veterans Day and the PFC Jack McGee Memorial Highway (March 10), the Veterans Art Therapy contract extended, the State Division of Veterans’ Services grant accepted (September 8) and Operation Green Light for November 4 to 11 (October 13); the director judged chapter 672 of 2025 would reach almost no county veterans.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the Board’s veteran items; it grants no individual entitlement.
Wyoming levies no individual income tax, so military retired pay, Survivor Benefit Plan annuities, VA compensation, and Thrift Savings Plan withdrawals are all untaxed by the state. Nothing to claim and no return to file.
No eligibility test. There is nothing to qualify for. Wyoming has no individual income tax, so no rating, income level, or filing status changes the result. The rating filter never hides this entry.
A free lifetime bird, small game, and fishing license at a 100% rating or with a Purple Heart, and a free lifetime fishing license at 50%. Lifetime means once, with no annual renewal.
50% for fishing, 100% for bird, small game, and fishing. A 50 percent or greater rating buys a free lifetime fishing license. A 100 percent rating extends that to bird and small game as well. Neither tier covers big game licenses, which are drawn and priced separately.
A free lifetime pass covering both day use and camping at Wyoming state parks, for a veteran rated 50% or more. Free camping is rare, and Wyoming gives it at a comparatively low rating threshold.
Service-connected rating of 50% or more. The free lifetime pass requires a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or greater, and covers both day use and camping. A veteran below 50 percent pays the ordinary fees.
Emergency grants for a Wyoming service member or dependent facing hardship connected to state or federal active duty, including reimbursement for dependent care for up to 39 days a year.
Hardship connected to state or federal active duty. The gate is a financial hardship arising from state or federal active duty service, for a Wyoming service member or dependent. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
A free VETERAN designation on a Wyoming driver license or identification card. The license expiration is waived for an active duty member on production of a military identification card.
A discharge document. The designation requires a DD-214 or equivalent proof of service. No disability rating is involved, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
A free Disabled Veteran plate at a 50% rating, carrying exemption from registration fees. Purple Heart and Gold Star Family plates are free. A general Veteran plate costs $50.
50% for the free Disabled Veteran plate and fee exemption. The free Disabled Veteran plate and the registration fee exemption require a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or greater. A veteran below that may buy the general Veteran plate for $50, which carries no fee exemption.
State Veteran Service Officers serve Laramie County from the Wyoming Veterans Commission offices at 5800 Central Ave., Cheyenne: one officer for Goshen and Laramie Counties at 307-256-1778 and another for Platte and Laramie Counties at 307-274-7747, helping with federal and state benefits, health care, VA disability and pension claims.
Any Wyoming veteran, by commission assignment. The commission’s officers help with federal and state benefits without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
The Wyoming Veterans Commission's State Veteran Service Officer line for Natrona, Converse and Niobrara Counties works from 5905 CY Ave., Casper: 307-258-1100 or 307-315-4187, helping veterans with federal and state benefits, health care, VA disability and pension claims.
Any Wyoming veteran, by commission assignment. The commission’s officers help with federal and state benefits without a rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
Wythe County taxes tangible personal property at $2.22 per $100 for 2026, levied unchanged from 2025, and applies the statewide one-vehicle exemption through the Commissioner of the Revenue.
100% permanent and total. One owned motor vehicle used mainly by or for the veteran. Wythe accepts the 100% service-connected, permanent and total test; the county publishes no narrower rule. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.
Wythe imposes an annual vehicle license tax whose amount the Board sets in the budget process - $425,000 booked for FY2027 with no per-vehicle figure published - and exempts one vehicle owned or leased and personally used by a disabled veteran or former prisoner of war.
The Yadkin County Board of Commissioners’ minutes from October 2025 to August 2026 hear the Veterans Council on its Lance Corporal Daniel Swaim scholarship fundraiser, reclassify the assistant veteran services post to a full Veteran Services Officer with the officer as director, and approve the VetraSpec contract that connects the office to the VA; no veteran benefit was narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veteran items; it grants no individual entitlement.
The Yadkin County Register of Deeds (101 S. State Street, Yadkinville; 336-849-7904) records military discharges (DD-214s), prints certified copies free for veterans who have recorded there, and gives a recorded veteran a free “Thank You for Your Service” photo discount card for participating local businesses.
A veteran with a discharge to record. Recording, veterans’ certified copies and the discount card are free; no rating is needed.
Yakima County's Veterans Program, a Human Services division at 223 N 1st Street in Yakima, runs the Veterans Relief Fund entirely on county money and donations - vouchers for food, gas, utilities, transportation, rent, deposits, dental and burial - plus homeless outreach, a weekly housing class and a Veterans Incarcerated Program. An eleven-member Veterans Advisory Board advises the commissioners, who in October 2026 took up a recommendation on separating a veterans assistance levy.
Meets RCW 73.08 and county policy, indigent. A veteran or family member meeting RCW 73.08 and Yakima County policy, with proof of service, residency and indigent status verified; the county policy is not published. No rating is needed.
Yamhill County's veteran office provides its services at no cost to the veteran or family, at 400 NE Baker St., McMinnville; 503-434-7503, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a noon-1 p.m. lunch closure, and points veterans to the DAV van to the Portland VA hospital (503-721-7804, four business days ahead).
Veterans and families of Yamhill County. The office charges no fees and takes no rating test, so the rating filter never hides this benefit.
The Yavapai County Recorder records a military discharge free with three certified copies, against $30 for other documents, and later copies of a recorded discharge are free too. A recorded DD-214 is kept out of public view under ARS 11-465.
Any veteran with discharge papers. Recording a discharge, with three certified copies, and later copies are free. No rating is needed.
The Yavapai County Superior Court runs a Veterans Court, one of its three specialty courts, for veterans in the criminal justice system, with a treatment plan built by the judge, prosecutor, defence and VA. The court publishes no eligibility rules or page of its own; ask the Superior Court in Prescott.
Veteran with a criminal case in Yavapai County. A veteran in the Superior Court whom the court accepts. No rating is needed.
Yellowstone County employs no veterans service office of its own; state claims help for the county runs through the Montana Veteran Services Program office in Billings, (406) 248-8579. The county commissioners fund the Billings nonprofit Veterans Navigation Network from PILT and crisis-diversion sources, approving its $10,000 PILT request on March 17, 2026.
State claims help is free to any veteran. The Montana Veteran Services Program assists veterans, spouses and dependents with federal claims at no charge; the county funding items are recorded for what the county itself does.
Yolo County's Veterans Services Office, in the Health and Human Services Agency, files VA and CalVet claims and appeals free and arranges volunteer rides to some VA medical facilities, from 137 N. Cottonwood Street, Woodland (530-406-4850, Monday to Thursday), with monthly hours at the West Sacramento and Davis senior centres.
Veterans and families. Any veteran, dependant or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.
Yolo Superior Court grants military diversion under Penal Code 1001.80 for 12 or 24 months on its own Military Diversion Findings and Order (September 2026): the case is paused while the defendant follows an attached treatment plan, files progress reports before each review, and keeps conditions such as no drugs, alcohol or weapons.
Current or former service member with a service-related condition. The court must find a qualifying condition from service; no rating is needed.
York County's Department of Veterans Affairs, at 2401 Pleasant Valley Road in York, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: its accredited service officers file VA claims, pay the county burial allowance, place grave flags and take the State tax exemption, temporary assistance and pension applications. It also records discharges and holds outreach hours in Hanover, New Oxford, Delta, Stewartstown and Spring Grove.
Veterans, surviving spouses and families. Any veteran or family member can use the office. No rating is needed.
The York County Recorder of Deeds records a DD-214 free and, through the Hometown Heroes programme, gives a York County veteran with an honorable discharge a free photo ID card that participating local merchants honour for a discount. Both are done at the Department of Veterans Affairs on Pleasant Valley Road, with free parking.
A York County veteran; an honorable discharge for the card. Recording is free for any final discharge; the discount card needs an honorable discharge. No rating is needed.
York County taxes one vehicle of a veteran with limb loss, blindness, or a permanent and total service-connected disability at $1.00 per $100. The limb loss and blindness routes need no rating.
Permanent and total, as certified by DVS. One route in County Code § 21-7.9 and Code of Virginia § 58.1-3506(A)(19). No percentage is named. The rate is $1.00 per $100 on one vehicle.
No York County $23 vehicle registration fee on one vehicle of any disabled veteran as defined for Disabled Veteran plates, on one vehicle of a former prisoner of war, or on vehicles of nonresident service members.
Disabled veteran under 46.2-739. One vehicle of a veteran with a VA-certified service-connected disability at any rating. Former prisoners of war and nonresident service members qualify without a rating.
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York County’s Veterans Service Office on the first floor of the York courthouse, under Veterans Service Officer Nick Wollenburg, files federal, state and county claims, combed the county’s veteran lists ahead of the State’s 2026 vehicle tax exemption, and by an interlocal agreement since 2017 also serves Fillmore County one day a week.
Any veteran or dependent in York or Fillmore County. Claims help and benefit reviews need no rating; the rating filter never hides this entry.
The York County Court of Common Pleas runs a Veterans Wellness Court, a treatment court for veterans with substance dependency or mental illness charged with a crime. It lasts at least 18 months, with a $5 weekly fee, 50 hours of community service, and the chance of reduced or dismissed charges. The referral must be filed within 30 days of arraignment.
A veteran with a York County criminal case. The court takes veterans with a substance dependency or mental illness, case by case. No rating is needed.
York County keeps a Veterans’ Aid fund under section 80-102 that has paid little: $1,359.50 in 2024-2025 and one $600 claim in November 2025, leaving $23,535.82 in it through October 2026; the county’s page does not mention it.
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 York County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.
The Young County Clerk (Tina Gilliam, 516 Fourth Street, Room 104, Graham, 940-549-8432) issues DD214 copies at no charge on its DD214 Policy and Request Form, which keeps the records confidential for 75 years and releases them after identification and proof of relationship are verified.
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 Young County Commissioners Court (County Judge Win Graham) moved $400 within the veterans office’s budget to business travel on May 11, 2026, put converting the Veterans Service Officer from part time to full time on its June 8, 2026 agenda, and adopted an FY2027 budget on August 24, 2026 that keeps the office at $50,280; 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.
The Yuba County Clerk-Recorder, 915 8th Street, Suite 107, Marysville (530-749-7850), records a military discharge and gives certified copies with no fee, but only to the veteran, family or a legal representative, a veterans' benefits office or a federal official (Government Code 6107(b)); a discharge recorded from 1980 to 2017 can be moved to the nonpublic index on a second form.
A veteran with a recorded DD-214, or family. Copies go only to the people Government Code 6107(b) names; no rating is needed.
Yuba County honours the California State Parks Distinguished Veteran Pass at its Sycamore Ranch campground: one individual campsite free for up to five consecutive days in a three-month period, with the pass shown to staff and matching the person on the reservation; reservations (530) 749-5641.
Distinguished Veteran Pass holder. The State pass: a 50% or higher wartime service-connected rating, a former prisoner of war or a Medal of Honor recipient, resident in California.
In a Yuba County family law case where the respondent is in the military and has not appeared after the time to answer runs out, the petitioner must apply on the court's mandatory local form FL03004 for the court to appoint an attorney for the service member under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act before a default; the form still cites the old appendix section 520, which the Code has carried as 50 U.S.C. 3931 since 2015.
Service members who are respondents in Yuba County family cases. Active military service when the case is filed; no rating is involved.
The Yuma County Recorder records documents under state law and answers at 298 S. Main Street, Yuma, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; its published pages name no discharge-specific practice, so the statute governs: the Recorder records discharge papers without charge.
Any veteran. Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.
The Zapata County Clerk (Mary Jayne Villarreal-Bonoan, 200 E. 7th Avenue, Suite 138, Zapata, 956-765-9915) lists "Military Discharges - No Charge" on its fee schedule and military discharge among its services; 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 Zapata County Commissioners Court (County Judge Joseph Rathmell) raised the wage of its Texas Veterans Commission-funded housing grant outreach specialist on October 14, 2025 and September 14, 2026, took up support for The Signal Run, a veteran-driven suicide prevention initiative, on June 8, 2026, and on September 14, 2026 took up a FY 2026-2027 budget that raises the Texas Veterans Assistance fund to $300,000; it posts no recent 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.
The Zavala County Clerk (Michelle B. Urrabazo, 200 E. Uvalde St., Suite 7, Crystal City; 830-374-2331) posts recording fees of $25 for a first page and $4 for each further page (effective January 1, 2024) 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 Zavala County Commissioners Court (County Judge Jesse Gonzales) took up building an EMS and Veterans Affair office in La Pryor - advertising on April 1, 2026, RFQs on April 29, construction bids on May 27 and the bid award on June 24 - a proclamation for returned MIA veteran CPL Eriverto Ortiz (May 22, 2026), a Veterans Community Fair at the Nutrition Center (October 17, 2025), and the 2026-27 budget with a $33,201 Veteran's Office (September 2, 2026); it posts no minutes after 2023. No benefit is known to have been narrowed or repealed.
No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.