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Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

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Anchorage Municipality benefits

Anchorage Veterans Court

A specialized court of the Alaska Court System for veterans charged with criminal offenses, serving veterans who reside in the Municipality of Anchorage, with judicial monitoring…

public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/pub-121.pdf

Alaska benefits that apply here

Alaska Disabled Veteran Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Card

A free permanent card to hunt, sport fish and trap for a resident rated 50 percent or more, with king salmon and waterfowl stamps included.

Gate: Rated fifty percent or more

www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=license.proxy

Alaska Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption

The first $150,000 of assessed value is exempt for a veteran rated 50 percent or more.

Gate: Rated fifty percent or more

www.kgbak.us/163/Exemption-Information

Alaska Disabled Veteran and Military License Plates

A disabled veteran plate at 50 percent, plus Purple Heart, veteran and Gold Star Family plates. The wheelchair logo is a separate application on a separate medical test.

Gate: Rated fifty percent or more

dmv.alaska.gov

Alaska Has No State Income Tax and No State Sales Tax

Alaska levies neither, so military retired pay, VA compensation and SBP have no Alaska answer.

tax.alaska.gov

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Veterans Interest Rate Preference

A one percent interest rate reduction on the first $50,000 of an AHFC mortgage, for a veteran who applies within 25 years of discharge. It stacks with most AHFC loan programs.

www.ahfc.us

Alaska Marine Highway Disability Pass

Half off the passenger fare on the state ferry system for a disabled veteran with a service-connected disability, year round and between all Alaska ports.

dot.alaska.gov/amhs

Alaska National Guard and Naval Militia Retirement System

A state pension of $100 a month for each month of satisfactory Alaska Guard or Naval Militia service, on top of any federal reserve retirement.

drb.alaska.gov/employee/ngnmrs.html

Alaska Senior and Surviving Spouse Property Tax Exemption

The same $150,000 exemption reaches a resident 65 or older, and a widow or widower who is at least 60 and whose spouse qualified.

www.kgbak.us/163/Exemption-Information

Alaska State Employee Military Leave and Reemployment

Sixteen and a half days of paid military leave a year for a Guard or reserve member employed by the state, five more for duty the governor orders, and a statutory right to the…

drb.alaska.gov

Alaska State Park Camping Pass for Disabled Veterans

A free camping pass valid at every developed Alaska State Park campground for a veteran with a service-connected disability.

dnr.alaska.gov/parks

Alaska Veteran Death Gratuity

A $750 payment to the surviving spouse of a qualified veteran, or to the estate’s personal representative if there is none.

veterans.alaska.gov

Alaska World War II Veteran High School Diploma

A high school diploma for a veteran who left school to serve between August 1940 and July 1947, Territorial Guard members included.

education.alaska.gov

Recording a Discharge with the Alaska State Recorder

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.

dnr.alaska.gov/ssd/recoff

Which Alaska Benefit Uses Which Test

Alaska has no single definition. Fifty percent runs the three big programs, the employment preference runs on a period list with a fourteen-year hole in it, and several programs…

Gate: Fifty percent: property tax, the plate, and the recreation card

veterans.alaska.gov

79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.