VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
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The Northeast Central Judicial District runs a veterans treatment court from the Grand Forks courthouse for veterans residing there or in Nelson County, with coordinator Kim…
Grand Forks County takes the state disabled veteran property tax credit application through its Tax Equalization office and county auditor, with the April 1 deadline carried on…
Gate: The credit follows the state gate: 50 percent or more, or the unemployability route; Individual unemployability qualifies on the statute
Free tuition and fees at a North Dakota state institution for the spouse or child of a veteran killed, totally disabled, unemployable, a prisoner of war or missing.
A credit on the first $9,000 of taxable valuation of the homestead, scaled to the disability percentage, from 50 percent up.
Gate: A service-connected disability of 50 percent or greater; Individual unemployability is an express alternative
A commemorative coin presented to the family during military funeral honors, a $50 stipend to the veterans organization that provides them, and a burial medallion for a Guard…
Needs-based grants paid straight to the provider for dental, optical, hearing, medical travel and housing costs, capped at $5,000 a year.
Free rides to VA-authorized medical appointments for veterans in North Dakota’s highly rural counties, which is most of them.
The first $120,000 of true and full value of the buildings is exempt for a paraplegic veteran or any veteran awarded VA specially adapted housing.
An honorary high school diploma for a veteran who left school to serve in the Second World War, Korea or Vietnam. It may be awarded posthumously.
A $10 fishing licence and a $10 combined hunting licence for a resident veteran at 50 percent or more.
Gate: Fifty percent for the discounted licences; Individual unemployability is an express alternative
Military pay is subtracted from North Dakota taxable income, and the definition reaches pay for training, education, mobilization, bonuses, and state pay for emergency state…
Twenty paid workdays a year for a public employee, and thirty paid days for a mobilization or emergency state active duty.
Military retired pay is subtracted from North Dakota taxable income in full, with no cap, no age test, no residency window and no sunset.
No registration fee on two vehicles and no motor vehicle excise tax for a veteran at 100 percent or paid at the 100 percent rate.
Gate: A 100 percent service-connected disability; Individual unemployability is an express alternative
The ceiling on the state death benefit for a Guard member who dies on state active duty rose from $15,000 to $100,000 in 2025. It is discretionary and subject to available funds.
A 35 percent tuition waiver at state schools, a 25 percent waiver plus a grant at private ND schools, and a grant of up to 100 percent for out-of-state and online study.
A board that does not decide within thirty days must automatically issue a provisional licence, free of charge, valid up to two years.
A private employer may prefer a veteran in hiring, and may prefer the spouse of a veteran with a permanent and total service-connected disability.
A surviving spouse receiving DIC gets the full 100 percent credit on the first $9,000 of taxable valuation.
A veteran, a serving member, a Guard or reserve member, and their spouses and dependents are resident students for tuition purposes immediately.
A free lifetime park pass for a resident veteran at 50 percent or more and for a former prisoner of war, and a $28 annual pass for a resident veteran with any service-connected…
Gate: Fifty percent for the free lifetime pass; Any service-related disability buys the $28 rate
The veterans plate is gated on cemetery eligibility, not on the general veteran definition, and costs $15 plus $10 a year that funds the cemetery.
One state cemetery, at Mandan beside Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park.
Basic and skilled care at Lisbon, with fees capped at 49 percent of the average daily cost per member and set on adjusted income. Dying without a will hands the estate to the home.
Three adjusted compensation chapters are still printed in the Century Code and all three application windows have shut, the last on June 30, 2021.
Outside a competitive system a qualified veteran must be hired unless the agency documents justifiable cause in writing.
Gate: Ten points instead of five for any compensable rating
The core definition is 180 days, but a discharge for expiration of term of service qualifies a shorter tour.
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.