Utah veteran benefits
- Verified veteran benefits
- 24
- plus 1 general-law and correction records
- Counties covered
- 29
- every one has its own page
- Veterans in this state
- 0.13M
- Rating thresholds that matter
- 0
- each one opens something different
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See what you may be entitled to
Browse every verified benefit in your state. No questions, no account — everything is open.
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Open any benefit and answer a few questions about that one. We stop as soon as we know.
Get the letter that shows the finding
A VA Benefit Summary Letter configured to show service connection, the rating and permanence satisfies most offices without disclosing any diagnosis.
File before the deadline
Apply with your county by September 1, with proof of service and the disability.
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Two things sharpen this a lot
Both optional. Your county decides where you file and what a property tax exemption is actually worth; your rating decides which thresholds you cross.
Where do you live?
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Your VA disability status
What does my rating actually unlock?
Read the record for the arithmetic that applies in Utah — the exemption is the ceiling times your rating percentage, from a floor of 10%.
32 benefits worth checking
What you appear to qualify for — worth checking.
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Did you serve in the U.S. armed forces?
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The Honorary Diploma — and a Medical Release Counts as Well
Utah school district boards of education award an honorary high school diploma to a veteran who left high school before graduating to serve in WORLD WAR II, THE KOREAN WAR OR THE VIETNAM WAR. The route worth noticing is the alternative to an honorable discharge: A RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY FOR A SERVICE-RELATED DISABILITY ALSO QUALIFIES. The state veterans department will certify the qualifying service on request, which is the practical way to satisfy a district that has never handled one of these.
VeteransApplies statewideAn honorary high school diploma from the school district
Read it and check if you qualifyArmed Forces Exemption — Ceiling × Your Rating
The exemption is a large taxable-value ceiling multiplied by your disability percentage — $535,459 for 2025 — from a floor of just 10%. It reaches survivors too: the unmarried surviving spouse and minor orphans of a veteran with a disability, or of a veteran who died as a result of military service, qualify in their own right.
VeteransApplies statewideTaxable value off equal to $535,459 (2025, indexed) × your disability percentage
Read it and check if you qualifyResident Tuition Without the Wait — but the Window Is Twelve Months
Utah charges resident tuition at its public degree- and certificate-granting institutions to active-duty members and to VETERANS RELEASED FROM SERVICE WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF ENROLMENT. The twelve-month window is the whole constraint and it is tighter than most states': a veteran who takes a year to settle before starting study can fall outside it. If you are thinking about study at all, enrol inside the window or ask the institution what happens after it.
StudentsApplies statewideResident tuition rates at Utah public institutions
Read it and check if you qualifyA Credit Worth 4.5% of Survivor Benefits — New Since 2024
Utah gives the survivor of a member who died on active duty, or of a reserve member who died of a service-connected cause, a NONREFUNDABLE income tax credit equal to 4.5% OF THE SURVIVOR BENEFITS received in the tax year. It is credit code AA and the statute took effect in 2024, so it is new enough that earlier advice will not mention it. Nonrefundable with NO CARRYFORWARD OR CARRYBACK means it can only reduce tax you actually owe that year — it does not bank.
VeteransApplies statewide4.5% of the survivor benefits received in the tax year
Read it and check if you qualifyCDL Skills Test Waived — but You Have Ninety Days
Utah waives the CDL driving skills test for an applicant with discharge papers showing an HONORABLE DISCHARGE WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 90 DAYS, who certifies commercial motor vehicle operation within the TWO YEARS BEFORE DISCHARGE on a DA348, AF2293 or equivalent, and passes all the written knowledge tests. NINETY DAYS IS THE SHORTEST CDL WINDOW IN THIS CORPUS — most states allow a year. If you intend to drive commercially, this is something to arrange before you separate, not after.
VeteransApplies statewideThe CDL driving skills test waived
Read it and check if you qualifyFormer POW Plate — and It Transfers to an Unmarried Surviving Spouse
Utah's Former POW plate carries no initial and no annual contribution, with the ordinary fees still payable: $8.25 for the plate ($7.25 trailer, $6.75 motorcycle), $5.00 special group fee, $4.00 registration certificate, plus shipping. The provision that sets it apart from every other plate in this corpus is that IT TRANSFERS TO AN UNMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSE. Proof is a DD-214 or a VA Statement of Service. No disability rating is required.
VeteransApplies statewideNo contribution; transfers to an unmarried surviving spouse
Read it and check if you qualifyPurple Heart Plate — No Contribution, Standard Fees Only
Utah's Purple Heart plate carries NO INITIAL AND NO ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION — the donation most Utah special group plates require is waived. What remains payable is ordinary: $8.25 for the plate ($6.75 for a motorcycle), a $5.00 special group plate fee, $4.00 for the registration certificate, $3.00 more for a set, and shipping. So this is a waiver of the contribution rather than of the fees, and the distinction is worth having straight before you go in expecting a free plate. Proof is a Military Order of the Purple Heart membership card or a DD-214.
VeteransApplies statewideNo initial or annual contribution; standard plate fees still payable
Read it and check if you qualifyDeployed? Your Licence Fees Are Waived and Its Expiry Moves to 90 Days After You Get Back
Utah's Division of Professional Licensing waives INITIAL AND RENEWAL processing fees on request for active duty service members, and waives them again when converting a licence to INACTIVE status. Separately, a licence that EXPIRES DURING ACTIVE DUTY IS AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED until 90 days after the last date of that duty. Automatic matters: you do not lose the licence by being unreachable. But the FEE WAIVERS ARE ON REQUEST, so those you do have to ask for.
Serving membersApplies statewideLicence fees waived on request; expiry extended to 90 days past active duty
Read it and check if you qualifyDiscounted Hunting and Fishing From 20% — Apply Once, Keep Forever
A resident veteran with a service-connected disability of 20% or greater buys hunting, fishing or combination licences at a discount — and after the first approval, never reapplies: the discounted rate renews automatically.
VeteransApplies statewideDiscounted hunting, fishing or combination licences from a 20% rating
Read it and check if you qualifyState Parks Honor Pass — or Just Your VA Benefits Letter, Until the Lifetime Pass Launches
The Veterans with Disabilities Honor Pass admits an honorably discharged resident veteran with a service-related disability to state parks — the department states no percentage threshold. A lifetime Veterans Honor Pass is being prepared and is pending final federal approval; until it launches the department says to keep using the 2025 pass together with a VA summary of benefits letter showing residency or ANY disability rating, and that the letter stays a valid entry method after the new pass arrives.
VeteransApplies statewideState park entry with the Honor Pass — or with the VA benefits letter itself
Read it and check if you qualifyPurple Heart Tuition Waiver — Through a Master's Degree
A Purple Heart recipient attends any public institution of higher learning in the state tuition-free — and the waiver runs beyond a bachelor's, up to and including a master's degree.
VeteransApplies statewideTuition waived at every public institution, bachelor's through master's
Read it and check if you qualifyThe Tuition Gap Program — Final Year of a First Bachelor's Degree
A state supplemental grant for a veteran in the FINAL YEAR of a first bachelor's degree whose federal education benefits are exhausted or unavailable — the rare programme aimed precisely at the veteran the GI Bill has stopped helping. It covers tuition, fees, books, education-related supplies and a housing allowance, at six public universities and four private nonprofits, subject to funding.
VeteransApplies statewideTuition, fees, books, supplies and a housing allowance in the final year of a first bachelor's degree
Read it and check if you qualifyDisabled Veteran Plate — No Contribution, Standard Fees Still Apply
Utah's Disabled Veteran honor plate carries a $0 initial and $0 annual contribution — but it is not a free plate: the standard plate fee, the special group plate fee and the registration certificate fee all still apply, and the DMV's fee table waives no registration fee with it.
VeteransApplies statewide$0 initial and annual contribution; $8.25 standard plate fee + $5.00 special group plate fee + $4.00 registration certificate still due ($6.75 motorcycle, $7.25 trailer)
Read it and check if you qualifyUtah Veterans Homes — No Cost at 70 Percent or Higher
Four state veterans homes. A veteran rated 70 percent or higher service-connected pays nothing; below that the VA contributes a per diem of about $120 a day toward the cost.
VeteransApplies statewideNo cost at 70% or higher; otherwise about $120 a day of VA per diem
Read it and check if you qualifyUtah Veterans Cemetery — Free for the Veteran, $1,002 for a Spouse
A state-operated cemetery at Bluffdale, north of Camp Williams. There are no fees for a veteran’s burial; a spouse or dependent child costs $1,002.00, adjusted annually. The mortuary, not the family, files the paperwork.
VeteransApplies statewideNo fee for the veteran; $1,002.00 for an eligible spouse or dependent child
Read it and check if you qualifyFirst-Time Homebuyer Grant — $2,500, Within Five Years of Separating
A $2,500 state grant toward a first home purchase here, for a veteran who separated within the last five years or is still serving. Owning a home in another state does not disqualify you.
VeteransApplies statewide$2,500 toward the purchase of a first home here
Read it and check if you qualifyVeterans Business Resource Center — One-to-One Advice, No Fee
A state-created centre at Salt Lake Community College giving veterans one-to-one help forming a company, testing an idea, writing a business plan, working out the financial need and building a marketing approach.
VeteransApplies statewideOne-to-one business advice for veterans, arranged by appointment
Read it and check if you qualifyGuard State Tuition Waiver — Full-Time Tuition, Deadline 30 April
A waiver equivalent to the cost of full-time tuition — 12 to 18 credit hours — for the academic year, for a Utah National Guard member accepted at a Utah state public college or university. The packet is due no later than 30 April.
VeteransApplies statewideFull-time tuition, 12 to 18 credit hours, for the academic year
Read it and check if you qualifyGuard State Tuition Assistance — $7,000 a Fiscal Year, Two-Year Commitment
Up to $7,000 a fiscal year toward tuition, fees and course materials, paid directly to the institution, for a Guard member who has applied for, maximised or been ineligible for the state waiver and federal tuition assistance. Signing incurs a two-year commitment to the Guard.
VeteransApplies statewideUp to $7,000 a fiscal year, paid to the institution
Read it and check if you qualifyScott Lundell Military Survivors Tuition Waiver
A tuition waiver at state schools for surviving dependants of servicemembers killed in action on or after 11 September 2001.
VeteransApplies statewideTuition waived at state schools
Read it and check if you qualifyState Employment Preference — Five Points, Ten With a Disability or Purple Heart
Preference points added to a passing score for state jobs open to the public: five points or five percent of the total possible score for a veteran or service member, ten for a veteran with a disability or a Purple Heart recipient, and the same percentage for a spouse or surviving spouse.
VeteransApplies statewideFive points or 5%, ten points or 10% with a disability or Purple Heart
Read it and check if you qualifyUtah@EASE — Free Lawyers for Debt, Consumer Fraud, Predatory Lending and Tenancy
A referral programme run by the Attorney General’s office with the veterans department and the state bar, connecting servicemembers, veterans and Guard and Reserve members with volunteer attorneys free of charge. Cases against a government body are excluded, and so are criminal, family law, personal injury and VA claims work.
VeteransApplies statewidePro bono representation in covered civil matters, free of charge
Read it and check if you qualify200 Days Deployed Out of State — the Whole Taxable Value of Your Home, Exempt
An active or reserve member on active duty outside the state for 200 days in a continuous 365-day period beginning in the prior year may claim an exemption equal to the total taxable value of their primary residence. Apply by 1 September of the following year, and reapply for each year of eligibility.
VeteransApplies statewideAn exemption equal to the total taxable value of the primary residence
Read it and check if you qualifyMilitary Retirement Credit — 4.5% of the Pay, Not an Exclusion
A nonrefundable income tax credit equal to 4.5% of taxable military retirement pay, including a survivor benefit received from a deceased retiree. It cannot be claimed alongside the general retirement credit or the Social Security Benefits Credit. A survivor of a member who died on active duty claims a different credit instead.
VeteransApplies statewide4.5% of taxable military retirement pay, as a nonrefundable credit
Read it and check if you qualifyEmployer Credit for Hiring a Recently Deployed Veteran — $2,400 Then $4,800
A nonrefundable credit for an employer who hires a qualified recently deployed veteran: up to $2,400 in the first year and up to $4,800 in the second, carried forward up to five years. The veteran must have separated with an honorable or general discharge within the two years before employment begins.
VeteransApplies statewideUp to $2,400 to the employer in year one and $4,800 in year two
Read it and check if you qualifyThe Veterans Department Holds Discharge Records — If This Was Your Home of Record
Where the home of record on release from active duty was in this state, the veterans department may hold a copy of the discharge document in its archive. A search needs your full name, date of birth and the last four digits of your social security number.
VeteransApplies statewideAn archive search for your discharge document
Read it and check if you qualifyUtah Honors Veterans Plate — $25 to Start, $10 a Year, and the Money Goes to Veterans
A special group plate inscribed "UTAH HONORS VETERANS" carrying branch decal emblems. It is available to any person willing to make the contribution — $25 for the initial plate and $10 at each annual renewal — and the contribution funds the state veterans department’s work.
VeteransApplies statewideNot a veteran benefitA special group plate for a $25 initial and $10 annual contribution
Read it and check if you qualifyVeterans Information System — Registering So the State Can Find You
A registry launched by the veterans department in 2012 with the state technology department, designed to improve the department’s ability to provide information and services. Registration is by an online application, and the department states it enhances its ability to serve you.
VeteransApplies statewideRegistration with the state veterans department
Read it and check if you qualifyFree Claims Assistance — the Department, Plus Three Service Organisations Down the Corridor
The veterans department offers free help to veterans and their family members with claims, applications and appeals to the federal department. It also publishes direct numbers for three national veterans service organisations, all on the same telephone exchange as the department itself.
VeteransApplies statewideFree accredited help with a claim, an application or an appeal
Read it and check if you qualifyGold Star Plate — No Contribution, and Four Ways to Prove the Award
An honour special group plate for the family of a member killed while serving. There is no contribution to make, initial or annual — the cost is the ordinary plate fees: $8.25 standard plate fee, $5.00 special group plate fee and $4.00 for the registration certificate, with $3.00 more for a set. The documentation list is wide: a classification of death, a casualty report, a telegram from the Secretary of Defense, or any other document verifying the Gold Star award.
VeteransApplies statewideNo contribution; $8.25 plate fee, $5.00 special group fee, $4.00 registration certificate
Read it and check if you qualifyVeteran Indicator on a Licence or ID — In Person Only, Never at an Online Renewal
A veteran of at least 21 who can show acceptable proof of honorable discharge may add a veteran indicator to a driver licence or identification card. The catch is procedural and costs people a renewal cycle: the indicator can only be added when applying in person, never during an online renewal.
VeteransApplies statewideA veteran indicator printed on your licence or identification card
Read it and check if you qualifyThe Disabled Placard Has No Veteran Route — and a DV Plate Will Not Park You
Disabled plates and placards here run on a six-limb medical test certified by a practitioner. There is no veteran shortcut and no rating that substitutes. Only a vehicle showing a disabled person’s plate or placard may use a space reserved for a disabled person — a disabled veteran plate is not one of those credentials. The paper placard is free; a durable one is $2.50.
VeteransApplies statewideNot a veteran benefitNo veteran route — medical certification only; paper placard free, durable $2.50
Read it and check if you qualify
Does my county change the answer?
For the statewide records, no — the same law applies in all 29 counties. What changes is the office you file with and the local tax arithmetic, which we do not yet hold for Utah.
- Beaver County
- Box Elder County
- Cache County
- Carbon County
- Daggett County
- Davis County
- Duchesne County
- Emery County
- Garfield County
- Grand County
- Iron County
- Juab County
- Kane County
- Millard County
- Morgan County
- Piute County
- Rich County
- Salt Lake County
- San Juan County
- Sanpete County
- Sevier County
- Summit County
- Tooele County
- Uintah County
- Utah County
- Wasatch County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Weber County
Every benefit here was checked against the statute or rule behind it, and each page shows the date. This is an informational match, not a government eligibility determination — the responsible agency decides your application.