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Pierce County, Georgia

County · Printed 2026-11-06 · Intel current as of 2026-11-03 · localhost:3000/geos/county-ga-pierce

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Pierce County benefits

Pierce County Board of Commissioners (Chairman Neal Bennett): the 2025-2026 minutes read whole - 62 files - with the House Bill 581 opt-out that kept the county’s own floating homestead, the Army-veteran County Manager and the homestead workload

The Pierce County Board of Commissioners - Chairman Neal Bennett, District 1 Troy Mattox, District 2 Graham Raley, District 3 Randy Dixon and District 4 David Lowman, with County…

piercecountyga.gov/district-commissioners

Pierce County Clerk of Superior Court (Melissa A. Howard): the county’s recorder of military discharges under the statute, whose own services list prints no discharge line

The Pierce County Clerk of Superior Court - Melissa A. Howard, first elected 2025, 3550 Hwy 84, P.O.

www.gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=113

Pierce County Tax Commissioner (Nicole Scurry): the county’s own floating homestead freeze the board kept over House Bill 581, whose own pages print no veteran row - the amounts rest on the State entries

The Pierce County Tax Commissioner - Nicole Scurry, P.O. Box 192, 312 Nichols Street, Suite 4, Blackshear, GA 31516 (912-449-2026, fax 912-449-2006, piercegatax.com) - takes the…

piercecountyga.gov/tax-commissioner

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.