VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
Nassau County's Property Appraiser lists what it needs for each veteran exemption: a VA letter with the percentage and decision date for the $5,000 exemption (10% or more), a VA…
Gate: 10% for the $5,000 exemption; total and permanent for the full exemption
ncpafl.com/exemptions-classifications/military-veterans-exemption
The Fourth Judicial Circuit's Nassau County Veterans Treatment Court, under County Judge Jenny Higginbotham, sits every other Friday at 3 p.m. at the Judicial Annex, 76347…
Property to the value of $5,000 is exempt for an honorably discharged Florida resident ex-servicemember disabled to a degree of 10% or more by misfortune or during wartime service.
Gate: At least 10% disabled
A homestead discount equal to the permanent service-connected disability percentage, for an honorably discharged veteran age 65 or older whose disability is at least partly…
Every Florida county park or recreation department must give a partial or full discount on park entrance fees to current members, honorably discharged veterans, disabled…
One disabled veteran plate, without the registration license tax, for an honorably discharged veteran with a service-connected 100% rating for compensation, or a VA automobile…
Gate: Service-connected 100% rating for compensation
No driver-license fee under section 322.21 for an honorably discharged veteran with a 100% total and permanent service-connected rating, or a department identification card…
Gate: 100% total and permanent; Permanent and total
Every Florida clerk of the circuit court records a veteran's discharge certificate without cost to the veteran, the county paying the fee, and may not show the image on its…
A servicemember with a Florida homestead who was deployed outside the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii in a designated operation gets an extra exemption the next…
The homestead of an honorably discharged veteran with a service-connected total disability, who has received VA specially adapted housing assistance and must use a wheelchair, is…
An honorably discharged veteran, the spouse or unremarried surviving spouse, and the spouse of an active duty member moved by a permanent change of station order owe no county or…
A five-year resident hunting and fishing license at no cost for an honorably discharged veteran with a service-connected rating of 50% or more, or for a resident VA certifies as…
Gate: At least 50% service-connected; Totally and permanently disabled
Florida does not levy a personal income tax on natural persons. Military retirement pay, VA compensation, and other personal income are not taxed by the state.
A state scholarship for a spouse or dependent child of a Florida veteran who died from a service-connected disability, or who is 100% service-connected permanent and total.
Gate: 100% permanent and total; Permanent and total on the 100% path; Permanent individual unemployability; Permanent on the unemployability path
A free lifetime entrance pass, with the same use as a family annual pass, for an honorably discharged veteran with a service-connected disability.
www.floridastateparks.org/learn/florida-state-parks-annual-pass
Eight state nursing homes and the Lake City assisted living home for a Florida veteran who needs that level of care and is approved by VA.
A county tax collector that issues driver licences and ID cards may not charge a veteran its $6.25 service fee on any licence or ID transaction.
A disabled veteran or surviving spouse buying a Florida home can ask the county property appraiser, on form DR-501V, to say in advance whether the total and permanent exemption,…
A full ad valorem exemption on the homestead of an honorably discharged veteran whom VA certifies as having a service-connected total and permanent disability.
Gate: 100% permanent and total; Permanent and total on the 100% path; Permanent individual unemployability; Permanent on the unemployability path
Florida public colleges waive out-of-state tuition for an honorably discharged veteran who lives in the state, and waive undergraduate tuition for a Florida recipient of the…
The state and its political subdivisions give preference in hiring and retention to disabled veterans, wartime veterans, and listed family members.
Any Florida court with criminal jurisdiction may run a veterans treatment court for misdemeanors and felonies, open to anyone who has served in the military and to current…
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.