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Brooks County, Georgia

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Brooks County benefits

Brooks County Board of Commissioners (Chair Myra Exum): the 2025-2026 documents read whole - 174 files - with the VFW’s courthouse flags, the FLOST IGA, and VFW Post 5659 in Quitman

The Brooks County Board of Commissioners - Chair Myra Exum (District 4), Vice Chair James Maxwell (District 5), District 1 Lee Larko, District 2 Patrick Folsom and District 3…

brookscountyga.gov

Brooks County Clerk of Superior Court (Belinda Parker): the county’s recorder of military discharges

The Brooks County Clerk of Superior Court - Belinda Parker ([email protected]), Clerk of the Superior, State and Juvenile Courts, "an elected official, a constitutional…

brookscountyga.gov/county-courts

Brooks County Tax Commissioner (Becky Rothrock): the route through Chief Appraiser Wayne Waldron’s office and the FLOST the board approved to offset property taxes

The Brooks County Tax Commissioner - Becky Rothrock (229-263-4586, fax 229-263-9020, [email protected], brookscountytax.com) - and the Tax Assessor's Office (Chief…

brookscountyga.gov/taxes

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.