Little River County (Arkansas) Circuit Clerk: Free Recording of DD-214s
The Little River County Circuit Clerk, as ex officio Recorder, files a veteran's DD-214 free at the courthouse in Ashdown: the court filing fee list on the Circuit Clerk's page…
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Little River County, Arkansas
Free help with a VA claim
- Little River County (Arkansas) Veterans Service Officer. Little River County's veterans service officer, Gerren Griffin, at 351 N. 3rd St. in Ashdown ((870) 898-7261), helps county veterans, dependents and survivors with VA claims, records, jobs and housing free, Monday to Wednesday; the 2025 budget gave the office $25,231.02. lrcounty.org/departments/veterans
- Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Service Officers. The cabinet-level Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs runs the homes, cemeteries and a network of state, district and county veterans service officers who help with VA claims at no charge. Since 2025 jails and prisons must check every new inmate's veteran status and tell the department, and employers with 50 or more employees must post a veterans benefits notice. arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT506.pdf
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
Little River County benefits
Little River County (Arkansas) Collector: Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption
The Little River County Collector, Bobby Walraven, at the courthouse, 351 N. Second St., Ste.
Arkansas benefits that apply here
Arkansas Benefits for Surviving Spouses and Gold Star Families
An Arkansas surviving spouse can keep the full property tax exemption while unmarried, pays no income tax on a Survivor Benefit Plan annuity, receives state hiring preference,…
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT340.pdf
Arkansas Disabled Veteran Homestead and Personal Property Tax Exemption
No property tax at all on the home, the land around it (160 acres for 2025; from 2026 two acts of the same session conflict, one at 160 and one at 40), and personal property such…
Gate: 100 percent service-connected; Permanent and total; Or total through individual unemployability; Permanent and total, on the unemployability route too
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT407.pdf
Arkansas Disabled Veteran License Plate and Parking
A free disabled veteran plate, with disabled parking privileges, for an Arkansas resident VA rates at least 30 percent service-connected or permanent and total.
Gate: At least 30 percent service-connected; Or permanent and total
www.dfa.arkansas.gov/specialty-plates/disabled-veteran-license-plate-free
Arkansas Disabled Veteran Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Lifetime hunting and fishing licences from the Game and Fish Commission for resident disabled veterans: $1.50 for hunting or fishing and $3 for both at 100 percent permanent and…
Gate: At least 50 percent, which needs a Purple Heart below 70; Or permanent and total through unemployability
Arkansas Heroes Scholarship for Spouses and Children
Tuition, mandatory fees and on-campus housing for a first bachelor's degree, for up to eight semesters, for the spouse or child of an Arkansan who is a prisoner of war, missing…
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT340.pdf
Arkansas High School Diploma for World War II, Korea and Vietnam Veterans
A school board may grant a high school diploma to an Arkansas resident veteran who left school to serve in World War II, Korea or Vietnam, was honorably discharged, and served 18…
dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/20201103153726_Diplomas_for_Veterans_Final_Rule_CLEAN.pdf
Arkansas In-State Tuition for Veterans, Service Members and Families
A public Arkansas college, trade school or vocational school must charge in-state tuition, whatever the student's residence, to a veteran honorably discharged after at least 90…
uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3679&num=0&edition=prelim
Arkansas Income Tax on Military Pay and Military Spouses
Active duty pay is fully exempt from Arkansas income tax, including annual training and other full-time duty.
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT508.pdf
Arkansas Military Leave and Service Credit for Public Employees
State and local government employees in the Guard or reserves get 15 days of paid military leave a year, carrying over up to 30, and 30 working days of paid leave when called up…
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT572.pdf
Arkansas Military Retiree Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Licenses
A resident military retiree aged 60 or older can buy a lifetime fishing licence for $10.50, hunting for $25 or both for $35.50 from the Game and Fish Commission, after one year…
Arkansas Military Retirement Income Tax Exemption
All military retired pay, including Guard and reserve retirement, and Survivor Benefit Plan annuities are exempt from Arkansas income tax.
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FACT358.pdf
Arkansas Military, Veteran and Gold Star License Plates
Arkansas issues its military and veteran plates, including Armed Forces Veteran, Purple Heart, Medal of Honor, ex-POW and retiree plates, free of charge apart from a renewal fee…
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT51.pdf
Arkansas National Guard State Active Duty Protections and Death Benefit
An Arkansas Guard member on state active duty is a covered public employee: the state pays $50,000 to beneficiaries if the member is killed in the line of duty and $10,000 for a…
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT414.pdf
Arkansas National Guard Tuition Waiver
Tuition-free study for up to 120 semester hours at a public Arkansas college for a Guard soldier or airman in good standing without a bachelor's degree.
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT14.pdf
Arkansas Occupational Licensing for Service Members, Veterans and Military Spouses
An Arkansas licensing board must grant an automatic licence to a service member stationed here, a veteran who lives here, or the spouse of either, who holds a licence in good…
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT508.pdf
Arkansas Property Tax Penalty Relief for Deployed Members and Disabled Veterans
A service member deployed out of state on federal orders owes no late penalty on property tax during the deployment and one tax year after it.
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT550.pdf
Arkansas Sales Tax Exemption for VA-Assisted Adapted Vehicles
A disabled veteran pays no Arkansas sales tax on a vehicle or adaptive equipment bought with VA's automobile allowance.
arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=HB1738&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R
Arkansas State Parks Camping Discount for Disabled Veterans
Half-price standard campsites at Arkansas State Parks for a U.S. citizen with a 100 percent or permanent and total disability, including veterans, shown by a VA award letter from…
Gate: 100 percent disabled; Or permanent and total; Or total through unemployability
Arkansas State Veterans Cemeteries at North Little Rock and Birdeye
Free burial for an eligible veteran, with an $807 fee for a spouse or dependent, at the state veterans cemeteries in North Little Rock and Birdeye.
Arkansas State Veterans Homes in North Little Rock and Fayetteville
Two state veterans nursing homes, in North Little Rock and Fayetteville, for veterans who need long-term care, with priority at 70 percent.
Gate: Priority in admission at 70 percent
Arkansas State and School Employment Veterans Preference
Five points for a veteran, ten for a disabled veteran, in state agency, college and school district hiring, with preference also in interviewing, promotion and layoffs.
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT116.pdf
Arkansas Veteran Designation on a Driver License or ID
The word "Veteran" on an Arkansas driver licence or ID for anyone whose discharge document shows honorable or general under honorable conditions.
www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/driver-services/licenses-ids-permits/military-veterans
Arkansas Veterans Treatment Courts
Circuit courts may run veterans treatment courts, with a VA veterans justice outreach specialist on the team, for a veteran or service member aged 18 or older with a substance…
arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT691.pdf
Arkansas Veterans' Child Welfare Service
Emergency help with basic living expenses, once a fiscal year, for the minor children of an honorably discharged Arkansas veteran who has died or is medically incapacitated.
Gate: The department reads incapacitated as 30 percent or more
Arkansas Voluntary Veterans Preference for Private and Local Employers
Arkansas lets a private employer, city, county or township adopt a written veterans preference for hiring, promotion or layoffs without breaking discrimination law.
codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-11-labor-and-industrial-relations/ar-code-sect-11-15-102
Who Counts as a Veteran in Arkansas
Arkansas has no single definition of veteran. State hiring counts six years of honorable Guard or reserve service.
web.archive.org/web/2025/https://www.veterans.arkansas.gov/s/Veterans-Home-Rule-Edit-V2-p27c.pdf
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.