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Berrien County, Georgia

County · Printed 2026-11-05 · Intel current as of 2026-11-03 · localhost:3000/geos/county-ga-berrien

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Berrien County benefits

Berrien County Board of Commissioners (Chairman Jimmy Parker): the 2025-2026 minutes read whole - 37 scanned files OCR’d - with the Jon’s Mission for 22 Day proclamation for veteran suicide and loss and the Veterans Day holiday

The Berrien County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Jimmy Parker (District 3), District 1 John Nugent, District 2 Ronnie Gaskins, District 4 Kylon Fort and District 5 David…

berriencountygeorgia.com/commissioners

Berrien County Clerk of Superior Court (Shawna C. Hughes): the county’s own services list naming Military Discharges

The Berrien County Clerk of Superior Court - Shawna C. Hughes, 201 N Davis Street, Room 230, Nashville, GA 31639 (229-686-5506, fax 229-543-1032, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

berriencountygeorgia.com/superior-court-clerk

Berrien County Tax Commissioner (Catherine Barnes, interim) and Board of Tax Assessors (Greg Nimmo): the homestead route with the board’s own homestead-review window

The Berrien County Tax Commissioner - Catherine Barnes, Interim Tax Commissioner, 201 N Davis Street, Suite 105, first floor of the Administration Building, Nashville, GA 31639…

berriencountygeorgia.com/tax-assessor

Georgia benefits that apply here

Georgia Disabled Veteran Business Occupation Tax Exemption

A disabled veteran who is a Georgia resident and owes no Georgia income tax can run one business, peddle, or practise a profession in any county or city without paying the local…

veterans.georgia.gov/book/export/html/1496

Georgia Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

An exemption of the greater of $32,500 or the current specially adapted housing grant maximum, on the home an honorably discharged disabled veteran owns and lives in.

Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at the 100% rate

veterans.georgia.gov/disabled-veteran-homestead-tax-exemption

Georgia Disabled Veteran License Plates

Free disabled veteran plates for up to two passenger cars or motorcycles, with no registration fee, manufacturing fee, or annual fee, for a veteran who qualifies for the…

Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at the 100% rate

veterans.georgia.gov/license-plates-disabled-veteran

Georgia Military Retirement Income Exclusion

For tax year 2026, a retiree under 62 can exclude up to $17,500 of military retirement income, and another $17,500 when Georgia earned income exceeds $17,500.

dor.georgia.gov/retirement-income-exclusion

Georgia Veteran Driver License

No fee for a veteran driver license. The Department of Veterans Service certifies an honorable discharge or a medical discharge, and certain National Guard service.

veterans.georgia.gov/book/export/html/1496

Georgia Veterans Preference in State Employment

On a scored state entrance exam, ten points are added to a passing score for a service-connected disability of at least 10%, and for the other people the personnel rule lists.

rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/478-1-.18

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