Delaware County Veterans Court
Delaware County's Veterans Court, a certified problem-solving court under Judge John M.
VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
Delaware County, Indiana
Free help with a VA claim
- Delaware County Veterans' Service Office. Delaware County's Veterans' Service Office, third floor of the County Building, 100 West Main Street, Muncie (765-747-7810), Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:00, with Veterans Service Officer Brian Wilson, Nate Jones and Ronnie Allen, files compensation and pension claims and appeals, enrols veterans in VA health care and the GI Bill, helps survivors with DIC, requests military records, and helps with State benefits and… delawarecounty.in.gov/departments/veterans-service-office
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
Delaware County benefits
Indiana benefits that apply here
Indiana $2.75 Hunting and Fishing License for Disabled Veterans
An Indiana resident veteran with any service-connected disability, or a Defense Department disability retirement, can buy a yearly hunting and fishing licence for $2.75 or a…
Indiana $350 and $250 Property Tax Credits for Disabled Veterans
From taxes due in 2027, a wartime veteran with a service-connected rating of 10 percent or more gets a $350 credit, and a veteran of any period aged 62 or older with a disability…
Gate: A disability of 10 percent or more
Indiana 100 Percent Property Tax Deduction for Totally Disabled Veterans
Since the 2026 assessment date, a veteran with a total disability, 90 days of service, an honorable discharge and a year of Indiana residence deducts the whole assessed value of…
Gate: A total disability; Or paid at the total rate through individual unemployability
Indiana County Veteran Burial Allowance
The county board of commissioners pays up to $1,000, in an amount set by county ordinance, toward the burial or cremation of an Indiana resident veteran with an acceptable…
Indiana County Veterans Service Officers and Free Discharge Records
Every Indiana county must employ a veterans service officer, and since July 1, 2026 that officer must hold state accreditation.
Indiana Deduction for a Home Donated to a Disabled Veteran
A veteran rated 50 percent or more whose home was given to him or her free by a tax-exempt charity deducts a share of its assessed value equal to the rating band, from 50 percent…
Gate: 50 percent or more
Indiana Disabled Hoosier Veteran License Plate
A free plate with accessible parking and free metered parking for a veteran whose service-connected disability affects walking, sight or the hands, or who is rated 50 percent or…
Gate: 50 percent with 60 percent of it for mobility
Indiana Free Peddler and Transient Merchant Licence for Veterans
A veteran with an acceptable discharge gets a free county licence to vend, hawk and peddle goods, and in Marion County municipalities a free transient merchant licence.
Indiana Green Alert for Missing Veterans at Risk
When a veteran or service member with a service-related physical or mental health condition goes missing, police treat it as a high risk missing person case and can broadcast a…
Indiana High School Diploma for Wartime Veterans
A veteran who left an Indiana high school to serve in World War I, World War II, Korea or Vietnam may receive a diploma, including posthumously at a surviving relative's request.
Indiana Hoosier Veteran, Purple Heart, POW, Medal of Honor, Guard and Gold Star Plates
Indiana has a Hoosier Veteran plate with a $15 fee that funds the Military Family Relief Fund, free metered parking for Purple Heart, former POW and Medal of Honor plates, and…
Indiana Income Tax Deduction for Military Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits
All military retired pay and military survivor benefits are deducted from Indiana adjusted gross income, at any age, since the 2022 tax year.
Indiana Income Tax Exemption for Military Pay
An Indiana resident pays no Indiana income tax on active duty pay from 2024, on reserve and National Guard pay including state active duty from 2023, or on Public Health Service…
Indiana Military Family Relief Fund Grants
Short-term grants for rent, utilities, food, medical bills, transport, childcare and funeral costs for Indiana resident service members, veterans and their dependents with a…
Indiana Military Leave, Family Military Leave and Guard Protections
Public employees who are Guard or reserve members get 15 days of paid military leave a year.
Indiana National Guard Injury, Death and Survivor Benefits
A Guard member hurt in state service is a state employee for workers' compensation and can be placed on a state pension.
Indiana National Guard Tuition Supplement Grant
An Indiana Guard member in active drilling status with no AWOL in the past year gets full undergraduate tuition at an Indiana public college, usable for graduate study, or up to…
Indiana Occupational Licences for Service Members, Military Spouses and Veterans
Indiana licensing boards must license a service member whose military training is equivalent, and a military spouse or dependent licensed for a year elsewhere, and must give a…
Indiana Private Employer Veterans Preference and Ban on Refusing to Hire Veterans
Indiana makes it an unlawful employment practice to refuse to hire someone because he or she is a veteran, a Guard member or a reservist, and lets private employers adopt a…
Indiana Resident Tuition for Veterans, Their Families and Guard Members
An honorably discharged veteran, and his or her spouse or children, pay in-state tuition at Indiana public colleges if they enrol within 12 months of discharge and show Indiana…
Indiana State Park Passes for Disabled Veterans, Former POWs and Gold Star Families
A veteran eligible for the disabled Hoosier veteran plate buys a $25 annual state park pass instead of $50.
Gate: Eligible for the disabled Hoosier veteran plate
Indiana Tuition and Fee Exemption for Children of Disabled Veterans, Purple Heart Recipients and POW/MIAs
Children of Indiana veterans with any service-connected disability from wartime or campaign-medal service get up to 124 credit hours of tuition and fees at Indiana public…
Gate: Full exemption for a post-June 30, 2011 enlistee at 80 percent
Indiana Vehicle Excise Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans
A disabled veteran who owns no property to which the veteran property tax deduction can be applied may take up to $70 off the vehicle excise tax on each of two vehicles.
Gate: A disability of 10 percent or more
Indiana Veteran Designation on Driver Licenses and ID Cards
A veteran with any discharge other than dishonorable may have a veteran designation on an Indiana driver licence, permit or ID card, and a surviving spouse may have a surviving…
Indiana Veteran Owned Small Business Contracting Goal and Price Preference
Indiana aims to award at least 3 percent of state contracts to Indiana veteran owned small businesses and gives them a 15 percent price preference on supplies bought by…
Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Free burial for veterans eligible for a national cemetery, their spouses, and Guard and reserve members discharged other than dishonorably, at the state cemetery in Madison.
Indiana Veterans Preference in State and Local Government Jobs
State agencies must interview veterans in the qualified pool, give them a hiring preference and count military time toward layoff seniority.
Indiana Veterans Treatment Courts
Indiana courts may run veterans' courts that link veterans charged with offences to treatment and services under intensive judicial supervision, and a veterans' court may take a…
Indiana Veterans' Home in West Lafayette
The state nursing home in West Lafayette admits veterans of all eight uniformed services and their spouses who have a disability and live in Indiana or move there within six…
Who Counts as a Veteran in Indiana
Indiana has a code-wide definition of Hoosier veteran and a separate test in almost every program.
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.