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Dodge County, Georgia

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

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Dodge County benefits

Dodge County Board of Commissioners (Chairman Dan McCranie): the 2024-2026 minutes read whole - 147 files - with the House Bill 581 opt-out and local-exemption promise, the John L. Battle, Sr. Day proclamation for the Purple Heart combat veteran, and the June 2026 LHOST request

The Dodge County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Dan McCranie, Vice-Chair Brian Watkins (District 3), District 1 Sharon Cobb Flanagan, District 2 Leigh Ann Greene and District…

dodgecountyga.com/commissioners

Dodge County Clerk of Superior Court (Rhett Walker): the county’s recorder of military discharges under the statute, whose own services list prints no discharge line

The Dodge County Clerk of Superior Court - Rhett Walker, first elected 2000, 643 Pearl Bates Ave., P.O.

www.gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=45

Dodge County Tax Commissioner (Jackie Smith): the county’s own House Bill 581 opt-out and its promised local flat homestead exemption for the 2026 tax bills - whose own pages print no veteran row, so the amounts rest on the State entries

The Dodge County Tax Commissioner - Jackie Smith, 5016 Courthouse Circle (478-374-2154, fax 478-374-9236, per the county's own services directory), with the Tax Assessors' office…

dodgecountyga.com/services

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.