MONTANA
VETERANS BENEFITS
The State of Montana has the following benefits available to honorably discharged veterans:
- Discharge papers are recorded without charge by the Clerk and Recorder of each county in a book provided for this purpose.
- Copies of recorded Discharges are furnished without charge when needed for Veterans Administration claims, State Bonuses and some other claims by or for the individual veteran.
- There is a payment of $250.00 made by the county in which the veteran was a resident at the time of his death. The County Commissioners make the determination as to residency. This can be paid to any such resident veteran who dies when he is temporarily absent from the State on account of illness, on temporary employment, or vacationing. If any veteran leaves Montana to reside or is residing elsewhere at the time of death, the individual is not eligible for the burial benefit.
- The county of residence at the time of death will pay up to $30.00 toward the setting of a Government grave marker in the cemetery at the grave of an honorably discharged veteran.
- Assistance, without charge, is furnished by Service Officers of the Veterans Affairs Division of the State of Montana.
- Tuition waivers are provided at the units of the University of Montana system. This is available only to wartime veterans no longer eligible for VA educational benefits and who are Montana residents.
- Tuition waivers are provided at the units of the University of Montana system for orphans or children of veterans who dies in service, or dies of service incurred disabilities. The period of eligibility begins on the child's 18th birthday. If this person serves on active duty in the armed forces between his 18th and 23rd birthdays, then the period of eligibility is extended to five years after his first discharge or release from such active duty. In no event can the period of eligibility be extended beyond the 31st birthday.
- Honorably discharged veterans of the United States may receive preference when applying for positions in which they are qualified, in State, County, or Municipal appointments.
- Honorably discharged veterans, who are Montana residents, are eligible to apply for admission to the Montana Veterans Home. Spouses and surviving spouses of honorably discharged Montana veterans are also eligible to apply.
- Veterans with service connected disabilities of 100% are eligible for free automobile license plates for one vehicle.
- Veterans with service connected disabilities of 100% or their surviving spouses may be exempt from real property taxes.
- Certain disabled veterans are eligible for free fishing and reduced hunting licenses.
- Other than dishonorably discharged veterans and their spouses are eligible for burial in the State Veterans Cemetery.
