Mansfield Municipal Court Veterans Court
The Municipal Court's Veterans Court, established November 1, 2009 and presided over by Judge Michael J.
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VetTOC · Veteran benefits reference
Richland County, Ohio
Free help with a VA claim
- Richland County Veterans Service Commission: Temporary Financial Assistance. Walk-in, first-come-first-served temporary help with the necessities of life for a Richland County veteran or family of three months, with applications completed in the office by noon every Thursday and any approved payment made straight to the landlord, bank or mortgage company. The commission publishes no dollar caps; the county's 2026 Relief Allowance line is $200,000. richlandcountyvets.org/financial-aid
- 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
Richland County benefits
Richland County Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption
The Auditor takes the State's disabled veteran homestead application, DTE 105I, but Richland County publishes no homestead page at all - richlandcountyauditor.org and .com are a…
Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at 100%
Richland County Recorder: Discharge Recording and the Veterans ID Card
The statute requires the Recorder to record a discharge free and would let it charge up to $2 for the Ohio veterans ID card, but Richland County's Recorder publishes nothing…
Richland County Veterans Service Commission: Rides to the Wade Park and Parma VA
Free rides for Richland County veterans to the Cleveland VA Medical Center at Wade Park and the Parma outpatient clinic, Mondays to Thursdays, and to the Ohio Veterans Home at…
Richland County: Veterans Honor Grounds and Honor Wall at Mansfield Cemetery
The commission buries an honorably discharged veteran and spouse in its Veterans Honor Grounds at Mansfield Cemetery - lot, headstone and flag-holder footer at a minimal cost,…
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.