North Dakota Dependent Tuition and Fee Waiver
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.
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North Dakota
Free help with a VA claim
- North Dakota County Veterans’ Service Officers. Every county must appoint and pay a service officer, accredited within twelve months. They are the front door to every state grant and loan North Dakota offers, and they cost nothing. ndlegis.gov/cencode/t37c14.pdf
- North Dakota Veterans Aid Loan. A loan of up to $8,000 from a permanent state trust fund at 8 percent over up to four years, with half the interest refunded if it is repaid on time. Current Guard and reserve members qualify. ndlegis.gov/cencode/t37c14.pdf
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
North Dakota benefits
North Dakota Disabled Veterans Property Tax Credit
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
North Dakota Funeral Honors, Memorial Coin and Burial Medallion
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…
North Dakota Hardship Assistance Grants
Needs-based grants paid straight to the provider for dental, optical, hearing, medical travel and housing costs, capped at $5,000 a year.
North Dakota Highly Rural Transportation for Veterans
Free rides to VA-authorized medical appointments for veterans in North Dakota’s highly rural counties, which is most of them.
North Dakota Homestead Exemption for Paraplegic and Adapted-Housing Veterans
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.
North Dakota Honorary High School Diploma for Veterans
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.
North Dakota Hunting and Fishing Licenses for Veterans and Service Members
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
North Dakota Income Tax Exemption for Military Pay
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…
North Dakota Military Leave and Reemployment Rights
Twenty paid workdays a year for a public employee, and thirty paid days for a mobilization or emergency state active duty.
North Dakota Military Retirement Income Exemption
Military retired pay is subtracted from North Dakota taxable income in full, with no cap, no age test, no residency window and no sunset.
North Dakota Motor Vehicle Excise and Registration Exemption
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
North Dakota National Guard Death Benefit for State Active Duty
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.
North Dakota National Guard Tuition Waiver and Grants
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.
North Dakota Occupational Licensing for Military Members and Spouses
A board that does not decide within thirty days must automatically issue a provisional licence, free of charge, valid up to two years.
North Dakota Private Employer Veteran Preference
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.
North Dakota Property Tax Credit for a Surviving Spouse
A surviving spouse receiving DIC gets the full 100 percent credit on the first $9,000 of taxable valuation.
North Dakota Resident Tuition Status for Veterans and Military Families
A veteran, a serving member, a Guard or reserve member, and their spouses and dependents are resident students for tuition purposes immediately.
North Dakota State Park Entrance Permit for Disabled Veterans
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
North Dakota Veteran License Plates and Driver’s License Indicator
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.
North Dakota Veterans Cemetery
One state cemetery, at Mandan beside Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park.
North Dakota Veterans Home
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.
North Dakota Veterans’ Bonus Programs Are Closed
Three adjusted compensation chapters are still printed in the Century Code and all three application windows have shut, the last on June 30, 2021.
North Dakota Veterans’ Employment Preference
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
Who Counts as a Veteran in North Dakota
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.