VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
The Orleans Parish Assessor administers the State’s veteran exemption tiers, but its own site answers 403 to every automated fetch, so no parish application text could be read.
Gate: 50-69%, 70-99% and 100% tiers
Orleans Parish Criminal District Court’s Court Intervention Services runs a Veterans Court among its intervention programs; 504-658-9400.
A veteran or military retiree moving to Louisiana pays $90 in state and local vehicle use tax instead of the full amount, on one primary personal vehicle, if it is registered…
A 25% discount on automobile liability insurance for military retirees and veterans at 50% disability or more, on any policy purchased in Louisiana.
Gate: 50% or more on the disabled veteran path
Three tiers on top of the regular homestead exemption: $2,500 more of assessed value at 50%, $4,500 more at 70%, and the entire remaining assessed value at 100% or unemployability.
Gate: Service-connected rating of 50% or more; 70% for the $4,500 tier; Unemployability reaches the full exemption
Five points on the entrance test score for municipal fire and police jobs.
At 50% a veteran gets a free Louisiana driver license or ID and a free specialty plate with mobility-impaired parking privileges.
Gate: Service-connected rating of 50% or more; 100% for the Disabled American Veteran designation
Free hunting and fishing licenses at a permanent 50% service-connected rating, and Louisiana grants this to nonresidents too.
Gate: Service-connected rating of 50% or more
www.wlf.louisiana.gov/assets/Licenses_and_Permits/Files/disabled_veteran_application.pdf
State officials furnish certified birth, marriage and death certificates free when required for VA benefits, and a clerk of court records a discharge free and keeps it…
Up to $10,000 for one need-based claim in a 12-month period, for housing, utilities, some medical care and other essential expenses.
Federal retirement benefits, military retired pay and military Survivor Benefit Plan annuities are all excluded from Louisiana income tax.
A Louisiana Guard member permanently and totally disabled on federal or state active duty since September 11, 2001 may receive a $100,000 or $50,000 state benefit.
Two complementary programs for drilling Louisiana Guard members: STEP exempts all tuition charges for up to five academic years, and the Patriot Scholarship pays all mandatory…
Freezes the homestead assessment at its first qualifying year for a veteran at 50% or more, subject to an income cap of $100,000 indexed to inflation.
Gate: Service-connected rating of 50% or more
Five points on the eligible list for a veteran, ten for a disabled veteran or qualifying family member.
Gate: Any service-connected rating for ten points
www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/files/HRHandbook/Procedure/22-Veterans%20Preference%20Information.pdf
A disabled veteran with a State Park Permit enters every Louisiana park free, and so does everyone riding in the same private vehicle.
Gate: 50% or greater for the free permit
Five state homes at Bossier City, Jackson, Jennings, Monroe and Reserve.
Gate: No monthly fee at 70% to 100%
Not law yet. Act 39 of 2026 goes to Louisiana voters on November 3, 2026.
A child of a living veteran rated 90 to 100% or unemployable attends any Louisiana public college free of tuition and school-imposed fees, including nonresidency fees.
Gate: Living veteran rated 90 to 100%, or unemployable; Unemployability qualifies without a 90% schedular rating
A disabled veteran pays no tolls on state ferries and bridges and no fees at state parking facilities, plus free airport parking at 50%.
Gate: 50% or more for airport and cruise terminal parking
Certification as a veteran-owned small business adds up to 12% of the total evaluation points on a state RFP and lets agencies skip extra bid quotes under $25,000.
Five state cemeteries. Burial of an eligible veteran is free, but a spouse or dependent child is charged a fee equal to the current federal VA plot allowance, which is the detail…
A state medal whose ribbon colour records the circumstance: blue for an honorable discharge, purple for a Purple Heart, black for a prisoner of war, yellow for killed in action.
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.