VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
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Forrest County's Board of Supervisors carried the Veterans Service Office's monthly reports through the year, recorded the death of Veterans Service Officer Gerald Britt (May 8,…
The Forrest County Tax Office takes homestead exemption applications January 2 to April 1 and publishes the exemption's tiers - $300 for the regular route, the first $7,500 of…
Gate: Service-connected total as VA finds it
Any service-connected disability, at any percentage, exempts a veteran from concealed carry permit and renewal fees.
Gate: Any service-connected disability, at any percentage
A complete exemption from all ad valorem taxes on the homestead, with no dollar cap and no acreage cap, for an honorably discharged veteran with a service-connected total…
Gate: Service-connected total disability
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/HB/4000-4099/HB4044SG.pdf
Two motor vehicle plates and one motorcycle tag at one dollar each, for a veteran at 100% permanent service-connected disability or at least 70% nonpermanent.
Gate: At least 70% nonpermanent service-connected disability; 100% permanent service-connected disability; Permanence on the 100% path
Mississippi furnishes birth and death certificates, marriage licenses, divorce and adoption decrees, and other records free of charge when needed to establish a VA dependency,…
A complete ad valorem exemption on the homestead for the unremarried surviving spouse of a servicemember who was killed or died on active duty, including a reserve or National…
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/HB/1300-1399/HB1380SG.pdf
A complete ad valorem exemption for an honorably discharged veteran with no rating at all, based only on age.
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/pdf/HB/4000-4099/HB4044SG.pdf
A local school board may award an honorary high school diploma to a veteran who left school to serve, on two specific timelines tied to 1941 to 1955 and 1963 to 1973.
A resident adjudged by VA as having a total service-connected disability needs no hunting or fishing license.
Gate: Service-connected total disability
Any veteran under Title 38, or anyone entitled to Title 38 education benefits including a transferee, pays in-state tuition in Mississippi.
billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/SB/2500-2599/SB2526SG.pdf
Mississippi taxes no military retired pay, no VA compensation, no Social Security, and no combat zone hazardous duty pay, and excludes the first $15,000 of Guard and reserve pay.
Up to $10,000 a state fiscal year at a Mississippi college or university, or $5,000 at a community college, for an actively serving Guard member.
Listed in the state veterans guidebook, but the income ceiling is $900 a year, unchanged for decades.
A Mississippi statute names PTSD explicitly. A veteran diagnosed with PTSD who uses a trained support animal has a state law right of access to public accommodations with no…
Eight semesters of tuition at no cost at any state-supported college or university in Mississippi, for a child of a servicemember whose home of record is Mississippi and who is…
Since 2019 the State Personnel Board implements the statutory preference by placing veterans at the top of the eligible list, disabled veterans first, rather than by adding points.
Gate: 30% for the disabled veteran preference
A 15% discount off camping and lodging rates for veterans and active service members, excluding holidays and special events.
Gate: 100% service-connected for the disabled park permit rates
No daily charge at all for a resident of a Mississippi State Veterans Nursing Home with a combined service-connected rating of 70% or more, or a total rating based on individual…
Gate: Combined service-connected rating of 70% or more; Total rating based on individual unemployability
Five state-run skilled nursing homes, at Collins, Jackson, Kosciusko, Oxford, and the newest at Tradition in Biloxi.
The credit for employing an unemployed post-9/11 veteran was repealed effective January 1, 2018. Mississippi Veterans Affairs still lists it as a current benefit.
A state-run mortgage at 4.50% for 5 to 15 years or 5.00% for 16 to 30 years as of March 1, 2026, up to $400,000, at 100% loan to value, serviced by the state for the life of the…
A state medal for any honorably discharged Mississippi veteran, wartime or peacetime, including Guard and Reserve.
Two state cemeteries, at Newton and Kilmichael, burying veterans, spouses, and dependent children at no cost.
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.