Miscellaneous

The Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court names military discharge records among the public records kept at the Historic Calcasieu Courthouse, 1000 Ryan Street, Lake Charles; 337-437-3558.

Any veteran with a DD-214. The clerk keeps military discharge records; no rating is needed.

The Caldwell County Clerk (Teresa Rodriguez, Justice Center, 1703 S. Colorado St., Lockhart, 512-398-1804) files military discharges and issues certified copies at no charge - the January 1, 2024 fee schedule prints both under Local Government Code 192.002(b) and Government Code 603.003(a) - and posts a copy request that asks for a photo ID.

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 Caldwell County Commissioners Court (County Judge Hoppy Haden) approved the FY2027 Fund for Veterans' Assistance application (November 25, 2025), ratified the year's Vets First and housing payments on its consent agendas, accepted the $100,000 FY2027 award (September 10, 2026), raised the Veteran Service Officer department to $192,444 for FY2027 and took up the FY2028 application (October 22, 2026); no benefit was narrowed or repealed.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.

Caldwell County's Register of Deeds, 905 West Avenue NW, Lenoir (828-757-1310), records a veteran's DD-214 free and issues a free Thank-a-Veteran discount card on the spot, good at the local businesses on its sponsor list, among them the county Animal Shelter's $35 adoption fee for veterans.

Any veteran with a DD-214. Recording and the card are free; no rating is needed.

The Calhoun County Clerk and Register of Deeds files a resident's DD-214 at the Marshall or Battle Creek office with up to five free certified copies, issues a Veteran ID card for $10, and issues a veteran's peddler licence free.

Any veteran. Any veteran with a discharge. No rating is needed.

The Calhoun County Clerk (Anna M. Goodman, 211 South Ann Street, Suite 102, Port Lavaca, 361-553-4411) files a DD214 and issues certified copies at no charge, and its mail-in copy application quotes Government Code 552.140's list of who may have one; a mailed request needs a notarized proof of 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 Calhoun County Commissioners Court (County Judge Vern L. Lyssy) took up no veterans item in the year to October 2026 beyond a commissioner inviting the public to a veterans service at the Olivia Cemetery (July 29, 2026) and a 2027 budget that keeps the part-time Veterans Service Officer at $49,161; 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.

Calhoun 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 Calhoun County Veterans Service Office.

Veteran with a criminal case in Calhoun County. Eligibility is set by the court and is not published. No rating is needed.

Every county can appoint a county veterans service officer, paid partly by CalVet, who must help any veteran or dependent with a federal or state claim for free. From January 1, 2027 a vacancy must be filled within 12 months and the officer accredited within nine.

Veteran, qualified former member, or dependent. Any veteran, any former member eligible for a federal veterans benefit, and the dependents of a deceased one can use the office. No rating is needed.

Disabled Veteran plates on one vehicle, with registration and license fees waived on that vehicle, plus disabled parking privileges. The test is a 100% rating for a condition that impairs mobility, or loss of use of a limb, or permanent blindness.

100% rated for a condition that impairs mobility. One path is a 100% rating from VA or the discharging service, for a diagnosed disease or disorder that substantially impairs or interferes with mobility. The exemption covers one vehicle at a time.

A free pass covering vehicle day use, family camping, and boat use at over 100 California State Parks units, for a California resident veteran with a 50% or higher wartime service-connected rating, a former prisoner of war, or a Medal of Honor recipient. Valid five years.

Combined rating of 50% or greater, incurred during wartime. The rating path is an overall combined service-connected rating of 50% or greater, incurred during wartime or during operations against a foreign power. A peacetime 50% rating does not qualify, and the rating filter cannot test when the disability was incurred.

No public office in California may charge to record, index or certify a DD-214 or other discharge document, or for a certified record used in a VA or state veterans benefit claim. Only the veteran, family, a representative, a veterans office or a federal official can get a copy.

Discharge papers. Any veteran can record a discharge free. Copies go only to the people the statute names.

A current or former service member charged with a crime and suffering from PTSD, TBI, military sexual trauma, substance abuse or a mental health problem from service can get up to two years of pretrial diversion and a dismissal, or treatment on probation with a path to early termination and dismissal. No discharge test applies.

Current or former service member with a service-related condition. The defendant must be or have been a member of the U.S. military and may be suffering from a qualifying condition as a result of service. No rating or discharge test applies.

For tax years 2025 through 2029, up to $20,000 of uniformed-services retired pay or Survivor Benefit Plan annuity income is excluded from California taxable income, for a filer with federal adjusted gross income up to $125,000, or $250,000 on a joint return. Before 2025 California taxed all of it.

Federal adjusted gross income under $125,000, or $250,000 filing jointly. The only eligibility gate is the federal adjusted gross income cap. There is no disability rating test. The rating filter does not hide this benefit.

Every California public animal shelter must waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat when the adopter shows a driver licence or ID card marked VETERAN. A shelter may limit it to one dog and one cat every six months.

VETERAN on a California licence or ID. The only test is a California driver licence or ID card marked VETERAN. No rating is needed.

A 365-day sport fishing license for $10.54 in 2026, against $64.54 for a resident license, plus a matching reduced-fee hunting license, for a veteran with a 50% or higher service-connected rating. A recovering service member pays the same.

Service-connected rating of 50% or greater. The veteran path is an honorable discharge plus a service-connected disability rating of 50% or greater. Prequalification with the department is required before the reduced fee can be charged.

A veteran with an honorable discharge, or a release from active duty under honorable conditions, can hawk, peddle and vend goods the veteran owns without paying any license, tax or fee, city, county or State, and an honorably discharged California veteran who is the sole proprietor of a business selling goods or services pays no local business license fee, charter cities included.

The word VETERAN on the front of a California driver license or identification card. A county veterans service office verifies service on form VSD-001, and DMV charges its normal application fee.

The Callahan County Clerk (Nicole Crocker, Baird, 325-854-5815) posts an 'Application for Certified Copy of Military Discharge' asking the applicant's relationship, purpose and photo ID; its fee schedules name no discharge line, and the free 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 Callahan County Commissioners Court (County Judge Nicki Harle) put no item naming veterans on its 47 agendas and hearing notices of September 2025 to October 2026; its 2026-27 budget, adopted August 24, 2026 by a unanimous record vote, keeps the Veterans Service Officer at about $30,000, 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.

The Callaway County Recorder of Deeds, Christine Kleindienst, 10 E. 5th Street, Fulton (573-642-0787), records military discharges among its documents; recording and copies are free under RSMo 59.480, and copies go only 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.

Cambria County's Veterans Court publishes its requirements, referral form, participant manual and peer mentor training on the county's veterans court page; ask the Veterans' Services Office, 814-472-1590.

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.

Cambria County's Veterans' Services Office in the Courthouse, Ebensburg, is the county director of veterans affairs' office: VA claims, the State real estate tax exemption and Veterans' Temporary Assistance, county death benefit claims and grave flags, by appointment on 814-472-1590 (call 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.).

Veterans, dependents and survivors. Any veteran of any era, family member or survivor can use the office. No rating is needed.

The County Clerk registers DD-214s and Honorable Discharge papers, issues a free veteran photo ID card showing the registration’s book and page, and takes free Veteran Vending License applications from honorably discharged county residents.

Honorably discharged Camden County veterans. Registration, the photo ID card and the vending license are for honorably discharged county veterans; no rating is required.

The Camden County Clerk of Superior Court records military discharges at no fee, per its own cost schedule ("VETERAN DISCHARGE [O.C.G.A. 15-6-77(i)] - No Fee", effective July 1, 2024); the clerk's general duties page lists Military Discharge Recording among its recordings.

Veterans recording a discharge. No fee; the statute governs who may record or obtain a copy.

The county’s own veterans office, led by Director Ted Gallagher at 1 Collier Drive, Blackwood, with a second office site in the Wolverton Library, 3rd Floor, 200 College Drive, Blackwood, (856) 374-5801 or 1-800-464-VETS, files VA claims, verifies Sen-Han transportation eligibility, issues the county’s four service medals and flags the county’s cemeteries; its 2026 budget line is the Veterans’ Service Bureau at $393,317 in salaries plus $309,000 in other expenses.

Any Camden County veteran or family member. The office serves veterans and their family members; no rating is required.

The Camden County Recorder of Deeds records military discharge documents (DD-214) as a free service with free copies, copy requests by notarized form under RSMo 59.480, and indexes land records online through iCounty; the fee schedule prices no discharge filing.

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.

The Cameron County Clerk, Sylvia Garza-Perez, records a DD-214 at no charge under Local Government Code 192.002 - the 2026 fee schedule lists filing and certified copies at no charge - and takes copy requests by email, though its published requester list is narrower than Government Code 552.140's.

Any veteran with a discharge. Recording a discharge is free. Copies go only to the people section 552.140 lists.

Cameron County's Veterans Court is a 12-to-24-month pre-trial diversion programme of the 444th District Court, Judge David Sanchez, for veterans and serving members whose PTSD, traumatic brain injury or service-related mental disorder materially affected the charged conduct; completion dismisses the case. It serves Cameron and Willacy Counties.

Veteran or serving member with a service-connected PTSD, TBI or mental disorder behind the charge. The programme takes veterans and serving members, including Guard, reserve and State Guard, whose PTSD, TBI or service-related mental disorder materially affected the charged conduct. The county adds an honourable-discharge test the statute does not. No rating is needed.

The Camp County Clerk (Sandra Knight, 126 Church Street, Room 102, Pittsburg, 903-856-2731) posts no recording fee schedule and no discharge information; 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 Camp County Commissioners Court (County Judge A J Mason) put on its agendas a resolution supporting Loop 255 as the Camp County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway (February 19, 2025), participation in the Texas Veterans Commission’s Housing for Texas Heroes programme (November 12, 2025) and a grant administration contract for a Fund for Veterans’ Assistance grant (August 5, 2026), and adopted a 2027 budget with $33,397 for the veterans office; the county posts no minutes, so the votes are not on record.

No eligibility - a board record. The record documents the county’s veterans-services administration; it grants no individual entitlement.

Campbell County automatically extends real estate tax on the primary residence and personal property tax on a car of a service member deployed outside the United States, Guard and reserve included, to 90 days after the deployment ends, with no penalty.

Deployed outside the United States. A member of the armed forces, Guard and reserve included, deployed outside the United States. No disability rating is involved.

No Campbell County vehicle license fee on a vehicle of an active-duty member, Guard and reserve included, or on one vehicle of a holder of Disabled Veteran, prisoner of war, Purple Heart, or Medal of Honor plates, or of the holder’s unremarried surviving spouse. Guard plate holders pay half.

Active duty, or the listed plates. An active-duty member, Guard and reserve included, or a holder of Disabled Veteran, prisoner of war, Purple Heart, or Medal of Honor plates, or the holder’s unremarried surviving spouse. Guard plate holders pay half. No rating is set by the county beyond what the plates require.

Kentucky's Department of Specialty Courts runs a Veterans Treatment Court in Campbell County - one of its eight programme counties, with the court at the Campbell County Courthouse, 330 York Street, Newport; a veteran with an open criminal case can be referred by a judge, prosecutor, defence lawyer, probation or pretrial officer, the VA's Veterans Justice Outreach coordinator or the court's team, whatever county the veteran lives in.

Justice-involved veteran. The court is for a veteran with an open criminal case who is referred and accepted. A disability rating is not the test.

The Canadian County Clerk records instruments under the Oklahoma statutes at its El Reno office; its published recording pages and fee schedule name no discharge line, so the State's free DD-214 filing governs - bring the discharge to the clerk and it is recorded without charge under 72 O.S. 22.

Any veteran. Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Under the Canada-U.S. tax treaty, VA disability compensation is exempt from Canadian tax because the United States does not tax it. Military retired pay is taxable in Canada. U.S. Social Security is taxable only in Canada, with 15% of it exempt, even for a U.S. citizen.

No rating requirement. The VA compensation exemption follows from the payment being excluded from U.S. taxable income, which is true at every rating.

The Cape Girardeau County Recorder of Deeds, #1 Barton Square, Suite 203, Jackson (573-243-8123), files a veteran's DD-214 and gives copies free; the records are closed, so a copy needs the Recorder's notarized request form (county offices in the building notarize free) or a visit.

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 County Clerk’s office records veterans’ Honorable Discharges (DD-214) free of charge with access limited by N.J.S.A. 38:25-6 to the veteran and listed family, issues a free Veteran’s Photo ID Card with a participating-merchant discount program, processes the free veterans’ Vendor License for statewide vending (6 months NJ and 3 months county residency), and issues a Gold Star Family Member Photo ID Card.

Cape May County veterans and Gold Star families. The recording, photo ID card, vendor licence and Gold Star card are for veterans and the families of the fallen. No rating is required.

The county’s Division of Veterans Services at 3801 Route 9 S, Unit 4, Rio Grande, (609) 886-2762, answers veterans’ questions on VA compensation, disability claims, pensions, healthcare, Aid and Attendance and discharge copies through its own FAQ pages, and registers veterans for burial in the county’s Gerald M. Thornton Veterans’ Cemetery.

Any Cape May County veteran or family member. The division answers VA benefits questions and registers veterans for cemetery burial; no rating is required.

The Court of Common Pleas of the 56th Judicial District has run a Veterans Treatment Court in Jim Thorpe since 2017 for veterans 18 or older with a substance use disorder and a clinical need such as PTSD, TBI or military sexual trauma: about 18 months in five phases on a diversionary or plea track, with VA's justice outreach specialist and veteran mentors. Any discharge but dishonorable or a bad-conduct other than honorable qualifies if the veteran is VA-eligible.

A veteran or service member charged in Carbon County. Any discharge except dishonorable or a bad-conduct other than honorable, if VA-eligible; the team decides admission. No rating is needed.

Caroline County taxes one vehicle of a veteran with limb loss, blindness, or a permanent and total service-connected disability at 70% of the vehicle rate, $2.45 per $100 against $3.50 in 2026, at any rating. A veteran who takes the statewide 100% exemption cannot also use it.

Permanent and total, as certified by DVS. One route in Caroline County Code § 103-46.5 and Code of Virginia § 58.1-3506(A)(19). No percentage is named. A veteran using the statewide 100% exemption is excluded.

The Carroll County Circuit Clerk, as Recorder, records a veteran's DD-214 free - its table of the Recorder's uniform filing fees lists "DD2-14 Forms $0" against $15 for the first page of other instruments; 870-423-2422.

Veteran or family member with a discharge to record. Recording the discharge is free; no rating or service test applies.

Carroll taxes vehicles at $2.30 per $100 with a depreciation-factor schedule for machinery and tools, and exempts the one vehicle of a qualified disabled veteran; its pages publish no separate vehicle application, so the Commissioner’s office is the route.

100% permanent and total. One owned motor vehicle used mainly by or for the veteran. Carroll accepts a disability compensated at the 100% rate; no county page narrows or widens it. One path is a VA rating of 100% that is service-connected, permanent, and total.

The Carroll County Recorder of Deeds, Circuit Clerk Janet Horine, 8 S. Main Street, Suite 3, Carrollton (660-542-0615, ext. 6), records military discharge papers at no charge on presentation of the original DD-214; RSMo 59.480 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.

Free help from the county Division of Aging and Disabilities for a Carroll County veteran, dependent, or survivor applying for federal and state veterans benefits, including preparing and processing the forms.

Carroll County government publishes no veteran program, office, discount, ID card or budget line of its own; every benefit that applies in Carroll 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 Carroll County.

A veteran with a service-connected disability of 50% or more gets free drop-in, punch-card, monthly and annual entry at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center and the Aquatic Facility, and a free annual pass to the Carson City Rifle and Pistol Range, on showing a VA card that shows the rating.

50% or more. A service-connected disability rating of 50% or more, shown on a VA card.

None of the 26 posted agendas of the Carson County Commissioners Court (County Judge Dan Looten) for September 8, 2025 through October 26, 2026 names veterans, a veterans officer or a veterans benefit; the county posts no minutes, and the 2026-2027 budget adopted on August 24, 2026 has no veterans line. 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.