How this works
The four steps
You can stop at any point, and you can start in the middle.
See what you may be entitled to
Browse every verified benefit in your state. No questions, no account — everything is open.
Check whether you qualify
Open any benefit and answer a few questions about that one. We stop as soon as we know.
Get the proof your county accepts
One statute, 67 counties, different answers. Find the easiest document that works where you live.
File before the deadline
March 1 decides the whole year. File even if your VA letter has not arrived yet.
Three things worth knowing first
The number on your letter is not always the test. Florida's largest property tax exemption asks whether your VA letter says "permanent" — not what percentage it shows. Texas's asks whether you are paid at the 100% rate, and its statute says a determination of individual unemployability counts. In both states, veterans rated 70% are turned away from a benefit they are entitled to because a clerk saw a number below 100.
A deadline you think you missed is often still open. Florida law preserves your application date if you file before the deadline without documentation. Texas goes further: a late application is accepted up to five years after the delinquency date, and within a year of the VA approving your disability. Almost nobody is told either.
Free help exists, and you should use it. County veterans service officers are accredited and cost nothing. Anyone charging you a fee to file a VA disability claim is a warning sign.
What makes these records different from other benefit lists?
Most benefit lists are copied from other benefit lists, and errors propagate. Every record here was checked against the statute, rule or agency page behind it, and each page shows you that source and the date we checked.
That process turns up mistakes in official sources too. Florida's own veterans' benefits guide states that a surviving spouse keeps a property tax exemption if they remarry — the statute says the opposite. It says the free hunting and fishing licence needs a 100% rating; the law lowered it to 50% in July 2024. We publish records specifically to correct both.
It also turns up the reverse: benefits that exist and are under-claimed. Texas's Disabled Veteran licence plate needs a 50% rating, not 100%, and it is what makes tolls free on TxDOT roads and metered parking free statewide — so veterans in the 50 to 90% band who assume they are ineligible lose three benefits at once.
And we publish records to say a thing does not exist. Florida has no toll exemption for disabled veterans, because aggregators keep advertising one that does not. The Texas Veterans Land Board's land loan carries no disability discount, though its home and home improvement loans do — which is not what "VLB loans are discounted for disabled veterans" leads you to expect at closing.
What this tool will not do
It does not decide whether you qualify. Only the responsible agency can do that, so everything here says "may qualify" and means it.
It does not file anything for you. It helps you assemble what you need and tells you exactly where to take it.
It does not touch federal VA disability claims. Those require an accredited representative, and we hand you to one rather than guessing.
Questions people ask
- Is this a government website?
- No. Veterans Alliance is privately owned and operated, and is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. We publish information about benefits the government administers; the responsible agency always makes the actual decision on your application.
- Does it cost anything?
- No. It is free for all US veterans. There is no account, no email required to browse, and nothing to buy. Nobody should ever charge you to claim the state and local benefits listed here.
- Do I have to answer questions before I can see anything?
- No. Every benefit is open to browse without answering anything. Questions only appear when you choose to check your eligibility for one specific benefit, and then we ask only what that benefit depends on.
- What do you do with my answers?
- Nothing leaves your browser. There is no account and no profile. We never ask for a street address unless a benefit genuinely depends on a utility service area, and even then we use it once and discard it.
- Can you help with my VA disability claim?
- No, and we will not pretend otherwise. State and local benefits are outside VA accreditation, so we help with those all the way through. Federal VA disability claims require an accredited representative — we hand you off to a County Veteran Service Officer or VSO, who are free.
- How current is this information?
- Every record was checked against the statute, rule or agency page behind it, and each benefit page shows the date it was last verified. We cover Florida, Texas, California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington, Arizona, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Indiana, Missouri, Maryland, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, South Carolina, West Virginia, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming today: Florida — Florida state-level corpus after three research passes, plus a ten-record local layer, reviewed through August 15, 2026; Texas — Texas state-level source corpus plus a small local proof layer across transit and toll authorities, reviewed through August 17, 2026; California — California state-level source corpus — property tax, education, vehicles, recreation, housing and burial, reviewed through August 18, 2026; New York — New York state-level source corpus — the three local-option property tax exemptions, the military pension income tax exclusion, education awards, annuities, recreation and burial, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Pennsylvania — Pennsylvania statewide first pass — the two records that decide the most money, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Illinois — Illinois statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Ohio — Ohio statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Georgia — Georgia statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; North Carolina — North Carolina statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Michigan — Michigan statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; New Jersey — New Jersey statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Virginia — Virginia statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Washington — Washington statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Arizona — Arizona statewide — property tax, income tax and the tuition waiver, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Tennessee — Tennessee statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Massachusetts — Massachusetts statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Indiana — Indiana statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Missouri — Missouri statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Maryland — Maryland statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 18, 2026; Minnesota — Minnesota statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Wisconsin — Wisconsin statewide first pass — property tax and income tax, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Oklahoma — Oklahoma statewide first pass — the homestead exemption and the sales tax card, reviewed through August 19, 2026; South Carolina — South Carolina statewide first pass — the total property tax exemption, reviewed through August 19, 2026; West Virginia — West Virginia statewide first pass — the refundable property tax credit, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Nevada — Nevada statewide first pass — the tiered disabled veteran exemption, reviewed through August 19, 2026; New Mexico — New Mexico statewide first pass — both 2024-amended exemptions, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Oregon — Oregon statewide first pass — the escalating disabled veteran exemption, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Utah — Utah statewide first pass — the proportional armed forces exemption, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Alabama — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Alaska — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Arkansas — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Colorado — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Connecticut — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Delaware — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; District of Columbia — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Hawaii — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Idaho — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Iowa — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Kansas — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Kentucky — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Louisiana — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Maine — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Mississippi — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Montana — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Nebraska — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; New Hampshire — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; North Dakota — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Rhode Island — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; South Dakota — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Vermont — Vermont statewide first pass — the veterans exemption, reviewed through August 19, 2026; Wyoming — Statewide first pass — the property tax relief, reviewed through August 19, 2026.