Hardin County Clerk: DD-214 Recording, Private Forever
The Hardin County Clerk records a DD-214 and returns the original immediately; the record is private, kept out of the public record forever, and any certified copy issued is as…
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Hardin County benefits
Hardin County PVA: Homestead and Disability Exemption
The Hardin County PVA takes the homestead and disability exemption on the Department of Revenue's 62A350 application, sworn and filed with the PVA by December 31 of the year…
Gate: 100% disabled under a government programme
Hardin County Veterans Treatment Court
Kentucky's Department of Specialty Courts operates a Veterans Treatment Court in Hardin County, one of its seven programme counties, taking referrals from judges, prosecutors,…
kycourts.gov/Court-Programs/Specialty-Courts/Pages/Veterans-Treatment-Court.aspx
Kentucky benefits that apply here
Kentucky County Clerks: Free, Confidential Discharge Recording
Every Kentucky county clerk must record a resident's DD-214 or other discharge papers free; the recorded papers are not public records (only the index of names is), copies go…
Kentucky Death Benefit for National Guard and Reserve Members
An $80,000 lump sum from the state general fund when a Guard or Reserve member dies in the line of duty, split into an immediate payment and a trust when children are under 18.
Kentucky Disabled Sportsman's License
A resident veteran rated 50% or more buys a $12.68 license bundling hunting, fishing, all deer permits, both turkey permits, waterfowl, and trout.
Gate: Service-connected rating of 50% or more
fw.ky.gov/Licenses/Pages/Resident-Senior-and-Disabled-Licenses.aspx
Kentucky Disabled Veteran License Plates
Free at 100% service-connected or with a VA vehicle grant. $23 initial and renewal between 50% and 99%, falling to $17 on January 1, 2027.
Gate: Service-connected rating of 50% or more for the reduced-fee plate; 100% makes the plate free
Kentucky Gold Star License Plates
A Gold Star mother, father, or spouse receives up to two plates free of charge, which most summaries of this benefit omit entirely.
Kentucky High School Diploma for WWII, Korea, and Vietnam Veterans
A local board of education shall award a diploma to a veteran who left high school to serve in WWII, Korea, or Vietnam.
Kentucky Homeless Veterans Program
State grants for immediate needs and rent or utility assistance for veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk, with no rating requirement.
Kentucky Homestead Exemption for Totally Disabled Veterans
Kentucky has no veteran-specific property tax exemption. A totally disabled veteran claims the same $49,100 homestead exemption as a 65-year-old, and the only veteran-specific…
Gate: Total service-connected disability; Unemployability is not settled here
Kentucky Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Veterans with TBI or PTSD
A 2026 law added PTSD to Kentucky's hyperbaric oxygen therapy statute. It creates a right of access, not a right to payment - the provider may charge the veteran the full cost.
Kentucky In-State Tuition Rates for Nonresident Veterans and Guard Members
An active Kentucky National Guard member gets resident tuition by statute.
Kentucky Income Tax Exemption for Active Duty Military Pay
All active duty pay is exempt, including drill and annual training pay for Guard and Reserve members, and a servicemember with no other income need not file a Kentucky return at…
Kentucky Medal for Freedom
A state medal for a servicemember killed in action on or after January 1, 1991, reaching members of any state's Guard or Reserve who named Kentucky as home of record.
Kentucky Pension Income Exclusion for Military Retired Pay
Up to $31,110 of retired pay is excluded, and service before January 1, 1998 can push the exempt share higher through Schedule P.
Kentucky Purple Heart, Former POW, and Pearl Harbor License Plates
$23 to start and $11 a year after, the cheapest renewal of any Kentucky military plate. A surviving spouse may keep a Purple Heart or POW plate and renew it indefinitely.
Kentucky State Employment Interview Preference
Kentucky gives veterans a guaranteed interview rather than points.
Kentucky State Park Free Camping for Former Prisoners of War
A resident former POW camps free in any Kentucky state park or campground, with no annual limit, no peak-period restriction, and no rating requirement.
Kentucky State Park Free Lodging for Totally Disabled Veterans
Three free overnight stays a year at any Kentucky state park for a resident veteran rated 100% permanent and total, covering only the veteran, bookable only by phone and no more…
Gate: Total service-connected disability; Permanent and total, not merely 100%
Kentucky State Veterans Cemeteries
Five state cemeteries, free to the veteran, with a $500 spousal fee payable only at death.
Kentucky State Veterans Centers
Five state-run skilled nursing homes for Kentucky veterans. At a 70% rating or higher the VA per diem covers the whole cost and the veteran pays nothing out of pocket.
Gate: 70% or higher means no out-of-pocket cost
Kentucky Tuition Waiver for a Child Disabled by the Veteran's Service
A child whose own disability is a direct result of the parent's service gets a tuition waiver with no age limit at all, and the veteran parent needs no disability rating.
Kentucky Tuition Waiver for the Family of a Deceased Veteran
Two statutes, not one. The general deceased-veteran waiver runs 45 months and stops at 26 for a child; the killed-in-service waiver under KRS 164.505 carries neither limit.
Kentucky Tuition Waiver for the Family of a Totally Disabled Veteran
Tuition waived at Kentucky public institutions for the spouse at any age and children under 26 of a veteran rated 100% service-connected, with no wartime service needed.
Gate: Veteran rated 100% service-connected, wartime service not required; Unemployability is not settled here
Kentucky Veteran Designation on a Driver's License or ID Card
An honorably discharged veteran can have a veteran designation added to a Kentucky license or ID card, which is proof of service for discounts without carrying a DD-214.
Kentucky Veterans Program Trust Fund
A grant fund for organizations, not a source of aid to individual veterans. Funded mainly by the $5 earmark in veteran license plate fees, part of which was redirected in 2026.
Kentucky Veterans' Personal Loan Program (statute with no visible program)
KRS 40.650 authorizes $10,000 loans to veterans for a home, business, education, medical or funeral costs, or debt consolidation.
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.