Belmont County (Ohio) Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption
The Belmont County Auditor, Cindi Henry, 101 West Main Street, St.
Gate: 100 percent or paid at 100 percent for unemployability
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Belmont County, Ohio
Free help with a VA claim
- Belmont County (Ohio) Veterans Service Commission. Belmont County's Veterans Service Commission, 400 Imperial Plaza, Bellaire (740-325-1042), with a Thursday satellite office in the St. Clairsville VA clinic, files VA claims, runs two vans daily to the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, gives limited emergency help with utilities and groceries to county veterans and surviving spouses under its income limits, makes free veteran ID cards and gives flag cases to families;… www.belmontcountyveterans.org/index.html
- Ohio County Veterans Service Commissions. Every Ohio county must have a veterans service commission, funded by a county levy of up to half a mill, that gives temporary financial help to a veteran discharged under honorable conditions, a service member or their family after three months in the county, files VA claims free, arranges rides to VA medical centers and buries an indigent veteran. codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-5901
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
Belmont County benefits
Belmont County (Ohio) Recorder: Free Discharge Recording and Copies
The Belmont County Recorder, Jason Garczyk, 101 West Main Street, St.
Belmont County (Ohio) Treasurer: Property Tax Extension for Activated Guard and Reserve Members
A National Guard or reserve member called to active duty, or the member's spouse or dependent parent, can ask the Belmont County Treasurer to put off the property tax on the home…
www.belmontcountytreasurer.org/extended-payment-dates-for-military-personnel
Ohio benefits that apply here
Ohio Civil Service Examination Credit for Veterans
A veteran who passes an Ohio classified civil service exam gets 20% of the grade added, and a Guard or reserve member who has finished initial training gets 15%.
Ohio County Recorders: Free Discharge Recording and the Ohio Veterans ID Card
Every county recorder must record a discharge free, keep it out of the public record for 75 years, give one free certified copy, and expunge it or the separation code on request.
Ohio Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption
A larger homestead credit, with no income test, for a veteran rated 100% service-connected or paid at 100% for individual unemployability.
Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at the 100% rate
tax.ohio.gov/help-center/faqs/real-property-tax-homestead-means-testing
Ohio Disabled Veteran License Plates and Driver License
No registration fee, service fee, or local motor vehicle tax on the first vehicle for a veteran rated or compensated at 100% service-connected, or awarded a VA vehicle allowance.
Gate: Rated or compensated at 100%
www.bmv.ohio.gov/military-veterans-with-disabilities-plates.aspx
Ohio Free Hunting and Fishing Licenses for Disabled Veterans
Free hunting and fishing licenses, plus deer, turkey, fur taker, and the wetlands stamp, for an Ohio resident veteran whose disability VA has found permanently and totally…
Gate: Permanently and totally disabled; 100% plate path
ohiodnr.gov/buy-and-apply/hunting-fishing-boating/hunting-resources/hunting-licenses-permits
Ohio Military Retirement Pay Deduction
Ohio deducts uniformed-services retirement pay, including reserve and Ohio National Guard retirement, from Ohio income.
tax.ohio.gov/individual/military/military-servicemembers-and-ohio-income-taxes
Ohio Veterans Homes
State nursing care at Sandusky and Georgetown for an honorably discharged Ohio veteran who served in wartime, or holds a listed expeditionary medal, and who cannot earn a living…
Ohio War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarship
Tuition help for a child, age 16 through 24, of a deceased veteran or of a veteran disabled at 60% or more service-connected, who served in a covered war period.
Gate: Parent rated at least 60% service-connected
highered.ohio.gov/students/pay-for-college/ohio-grants-scholarships/wos
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.