VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
The Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Rhett Stringer, District 1 Commissioner Tucker Greene, District 2 Commissioner Dr.
The Lumpkin County Clerk of Superior Court - Rita Harkins, 325 Riley Road, Room 108, Dahlonega, GA 30533 (706-864-3736, fax 706-864-5298, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) - is the…
The Lumpkin County Tax Commissioner - Mike Young, 99 Courthouse Hill, Suite E, Dahlonega, GA 30533 (706-864-2666, fax 706-867-6010, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the…
Lumpkin County is building its own Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Blackburn Park: at the August 5, 2025 work session, Veterans Affairs Committee chairman Stan Kelley presented the…
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…
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
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
One vehicle is exempt from title ad valorem tax, or from annual vehicle ad valorem tax, for a veteran compensated at 100%.
Gate: Compensated at 100%; Unemployability paid at the 100% rate
dor.georgia.gov/motor-vehicles/vehicle-taxes-title-ad-valorem-tax-tavt-and-annual-ad-valorem-tax
The clerk of superior court in a veteran's home county records a DD-214 or other discharge certificate free of charge and keeps it closed to the public for 50 years.
An unremarried surviving spouse of a service member killed in or dying from a war or armed conflict gets a homestead exemption of the greater of $32,500 or the federal specially…
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.
The 2024 department benefits booklet gives a 25% reduction on entrance fees at state parks, historic sites, and recreational areas to an honorably discharged Georgia veteran with…
veterans.georgia.gov/document/document/2024-georgia-veterans-benefits/download
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.
A one-time free sportsman license for a Georgia resident discharged on or after July 1, 2005 after 90 days of federal active duty.
Any Georgia court with criminal jurisdiction may set up a veterans court division as an alternative to the ordinary process for a defendant who is a veteran, meaning any former…
No charge for the gravesite, vault, marker, or committal chapel at the state veterans cemeteries in Glennville and Milledgeville.
veterans.georgia.gov/services/memorial-cemeteries/requirements-burial
Five points are added to the passing score of an honorably discharged wartime veteran on any competitive civil service examination for the State or any county, city or other…
codes.findlaw.com/ga/title-45-public-officers-and-employees/ga-code-sect-45-2-21
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.
Skilled nursing care in Augusta and Milledgeville for a Georgia war veteran who meets the residency and medical rules.
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.