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ALABAMA
VETERANS' BENEFITS
STATE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
AD
VALOREM TAX EXCEPTIONS
Homes
of Totally Disabled Persons and Those Over Age 65
Homes
of Veterans/Widows Acquired Under PL 702
Incompetent
Veterans
Motor
Vehicle Paid For By VA Grant
Veterans
Organizations
DISTINCTIVE/COMMEMORATIVE
VEHICLE TAG PROGRAM
Disabled
Veterans
Disabled
Veterans, National Guard or Reserve Forces
Pearl
Harbor Survivors
Recipients of the
Medal of Honor or Purple Hear Medal and Former Prisoners of War
Retired Military
Veterans
Commemorative Tag Program
OTHER
STATE BENEFITS
Armed
Forces Voter Registration and Absentee Voting
Bonus
for Southeast Asian War Prisoners
Business and Occupation License
Exemptions for Disabled Veterans
Business and Occupation
License Exemptions for Veterans of WW II
Commitment of Incompetent
Veterans
Executive, Attestation and
Acknowledgment Certification
Exemption of Debts Incurred
Pursuant to National Housing Act or Veteran's Benefit
Fiduciaries in War Service
Fishing License
Forfeiture of Franchise
Guardianship for
Veterans and Minor Dependents
Hunting License
Job Status and
Reemployment Rights
Membership in State
Employees'/Teachers' Retirement System
Military
Combat Pay Income Tax Exemption
Military
Leave of Absence
Military Retiree Income Tax
Exemption
Notice of Armed Forces Death
Official Report of Persons
Missing, Etc
Peace Officers' Credit for Military
Service
Preference in State Classification
Employment
Public Records
Recording of Discharges
Unemployment
Compensation
Validation
of Marriage of Divorced Persons
Wills
VETERANS'
AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
Alabama
G. I. Dependents' Scholarship Program
American Legion
& Auxiliary Scholarship Program
Disabled
American Veterans' Scholarship Program
STATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Legislative Act No. 173, Regular Session 1945,
approved June 23, 1945, created the State Department of Veterans Affairs
of Alabama, to function under a State Board of Veterans Affairs.
Operation of the Department began officially on October 1, 1945, as
provided in the Act.
The State Board of Veterans Affairs consists of the Governor, as
Chairman, and representatives from veterans organizations in Alabama,
namely: The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American
Veterans, American Veterans, Veterans of World I of the USA, Inc.,
American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc. and Vietnam Veterans of America. Any
other veterans organization having a national charter authorized by an
Act of Congress and operating through local organizations in Alabama may
be represented on the Board, the number of representatives being
determined on a basis of membership of each veterans organization.
Personnel of the Department consists of a State Service
Commissioner (Director), Assistant State Service Commissioners as the
State Board deems necessary; County Veterans Service Officers and
Veterans Affairs Assistants in all of the 67 counties of Alabama;
Veterans Service Officers assigned to the four U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers; Claims Representatives; clerical
and stenographic employees.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Headquarters Office is located in the
RSA Plaza Building, Suite 530, 770 Washington Avenue in Montgomery. The
mailing address is Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, P.O. Box
1509, Montgomery, Alabama 36102-1509. The offices of our County Veterans
Affairs Officers are located in the local courthouse or in the immediate
vicinity. The County Veterans Service Officers and Veterans Affairs
Assistants also perform itinerant service within the counties.
The State Department of Veterans Affairs, acting through the
Director, is the designated agency of the State of Alabama to represent
the State and its veterans before the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs (formerly the Veterans Administration), or any other agency
dealing with the interests of the veteran. The Director, with the
approval of the State Board, is empowered to enter into reciprocal
agreements with other states under which veteran who are residents of
such the states may be rendered service in the State of Alabama.
It is the duty and purpose of the Department to fully
develop and maintain a comprehensive statewide veterans' assistance
program; to assist the veteran and his dependents in all their problems
and to inform them of all their rights and entitlements under
"veterans" laws. It is the duty of the Director to cooperate
with all other departments of the State of Alabama in coordinating plans
and programs of state agencies which affect veterans and their
dependents. Included in such other departments are Military, Education,
Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Planning Board, Board of Health,
Personnel Board and any other state agencies which might furnish
services to veterans. The Department, through its Director, provides a
central contact between federal agencies dealing with the problems of
veterans, such as: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of
the Army, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Navy, Marine
Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. State Department, Social Security
Administration, Selective Service and other government agencies on one
hand, and the said state agencies on the other.
It is the duty of the State Service Commissioner (Director),
Assistant State Service Commissioners, County Veterans Service Officers
and Veterans Affairs Assistants to inform members of the armed forces,
veterans, and their dependents of all federal, state and local laws
enacted for their benefit. To aid all residents of the State of Alabama
who served in the armed forces of the United States, their relatives,
beneficiaries and dependents to receive from the United States and the
State of Alabama any and all compensation, pension, hospitalization,
insurance, educational, employment pay and gratuity, loan guarantee or
any other aid or benefit to which they may be entitled under existing
laws and laws to be enacted. Veterans in Alabama have the advantage of
being in position to personally contact and receive service from the
Veterans Service Officer or Veterans Affairs Assistants of the
Department in the veteran's home county.
There is no charge to any individual for any service performed
by the Alabama State Department of Veterans Affairs.
Under Act No. 302, General Acts, 1947, the Department with the approval
of the State Board of Veterans Affairs, may contract with any veterans
organization which has maintained regularly for a period of five years
next preceding the date of such contract an established committee or
agency to render certain services to veterans and their dependents and
be reimbursed therefor. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 31-5-5)
AD
VALOREM TAX EXEMPTIONS
HOMES
OF TOTALLY DISABLED PERSONS OR THOSE OVER AGE 65.
Exemption
is provided from ad valorem taxation of the home of any person who is
totally disabled or who is 65 years of age or older, and who had a net
annual income of $7,500.00 or less for income tax purposes for the last
preceding year. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-9-21)
HOMES OF VETERANS/WIDOWS ACQUIRED
UNDER PUBLIC LAW 702
The
home of any veteran which is or was acquired by him pursuant to the
provisions of Public Law 702, 80th Congress (specially adapted housing
grant) as amended by (38 USC) regardless of its value shall be exempt as
long as the same is owned and occupied as a home by the veteran or his
un-remarried widow. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-9-20)
INCOMPETENT VETERANS
The
property of all incompetent veterans to the value of $3,000.00 is exempt
from ad valorem taxation. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-9-1 (17)
MOTOR VEHICLE PAID FOR BY VA
GRANT
Any
disabled veteran of WW II or of any hostilities in which the United
States was, is or shall be engaged against any foreign state who owns an
automobile which has been, is or shall hereafter be all or partly paid
for with funds furnished for such purposes by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA), under the authority of any act of the Congress of
the United States is entitled to exemptions from all license fees and ad
valorem taxes on such motor vehicle provided the veteran keeps the
vehicle only for private use. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-12-254)
VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS
All
property owned by the American Legion or by Veterans of Foreign Wars or
by the Disabled American Veterans, or any post thereof; provided, that
such property is used and occupied exclusively by their organization.
(Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-9-1(4)
DISTINCTIVE/COMMEMORATIVE
VEHICLE TAG PROGRAM
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DISABLED
VETERANS
Any veteran
resident requiring special mechanical control devices to operate a
vehicle because of service-connected disabilities; or a veteran whose
service-connection exceed 50%, may be entitled to a special license
plate for all vehicles owned by the veteran (solely or jointly). A tag
fee must be paid, plus ad valorem taxes. The tag shall not be
transferable. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 32-6-130 as amended)
DISABLED
VETERANS, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES FORCES
Service-connected disabled veterans, any active or retired
member of the Alabama National Guard or any resident of Alabama at the
time of entering the United States armed forces reserve organization who
are still residents of Alabama at the time the exemption is claimed,
shall be exempt from the operation of the privilege or license tax and
registration fee now and hereinafter to be levied on automobiles and
motor vehicles by the State of Alabama. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section
40-12-244)
PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR
Any
person who was a member of the United States armed forces on December 7,
1941, was on station or offshore at a distance not to exceed three
miles, during the attack on the Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and
received an honorable discharge from the United States armed forces may
be issued a distinctive motor vehicle license tag identifying said
persons as Pearl Harbor Survivors upon the payment of the regular fee
and the additional payment of $3.00 for each plate issued. (Code of
Alabama 1975, Section 32-6-310)
RECIPIENTS OF THE MEDAL
OF HONOR OR PURPLE HEART MEDALS AND FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR
A
distinctive permanent license plate shall be issued to any resident of
the state who is a recipient of the Medal of Honor or Purple Heart Medal
or who is a duly recognized American prisoner of war, or who is an
American who was a duly recognized prisoner of war while serving with a
formal American ally force, for use on a private motor vehicle
registered in the recipient's name. There shall be no fee or tax except
Purple Heart Medal recipients shall pay ad valorem taxes and no
recipient shall receive a plate for more than one vehicle. The recipient
may keep the tag for life and does not need to re-register each year.
Upon the death, the surviving spouse shall be entitled to retain the
tag, at no fee or tax except the surviving spouse of Purple Heart Medal
recipients shall pay ad valorem taxes due for one private motor vehicle
owned by the surviving spouse for the remainder of the said spouse's
lifetime or until remarriage. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 32-6-250 as
amended)
RETIRED
MILITARY
Those
persons who are non-disability retirees from active duty in the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard of the United States may be
issued distinctive motor vehicle tags identifying these persons with
such retirement. Retirees are entitled to a distinctive tag for each
vehicle registered in their name and must pay regular license fee and
the additional payment of $3.00 for each tag issued. (Code of Alabama
1975, Section 32-6-290 thru 295)
VETERAN
COMMEMORATIVE TAG PROGRAMS
The
commemorative tags for Atomic Veterans NUKED are for veterans of the
U.S. armed forces exposed to dangerous levels of radiation due to atomic
bomb and weapons testing from 1946 to 1962, the Veteran Tag Program for
Vietnam veterans, Korean War veterans, WW II veterans, veterans of the
Battle of the Bulge, and Veterans of Desert Shield/Storm. This
commemorative tag fee shall have an annual fee of $3.00 plus the normal
tag and issuance fee and ad valorem taxes.
An applicant for an Atomic Veterans NUKED or for any other
veteran tag shall be a veteran of the appropriate conflict or otherwise
qualified for a veteran tag and the Alabama Department of Veterans
Affairs shall certify that the veteran is eligible for the appropriate
veteran commemorative tag. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 32-6-150 as
amended)
OTHER STATE BENEFITS
ARMED FORCES VOTER REGISTRATION
AND ABSENTEE VOTING.
Members of the armed forces of the United States and
their dependents may register and receive an absentee ballot for voting
in the county of their Alabama permanent address by completing the
federal postcard application form, "Federal Post Card Registration
and Absentee Ballot Request" (Standard Form 76). This form may be
obtained from the military unit's voting officer. The completed form
should be mailed to the Board of Registrars in the county of his/her
Alabama permanent address. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 17-10-3)
BONUS FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN WAR PRISONERS
A gratuity in the amount
of $500.00 shall be paid to any person who entered the armed services
while a bona fide resident of the state of Alabama and who was
imprisoned as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos or
Cambodia. If the person qualified for the payment of this bonus died
while a prisoner, the gratuity shall be paid to the next of kin. All
applications for bonus or gratuity payments must be made to the State
Department of Veterans Affairs. No payment shall be made except on
applications duly received and approved by the said agency. (Code of
Alabama 1975, Section 31-7-1 thru 5)
BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION LICENSE
EXEMPTIONS FOR DISABLED VETERANS
Any bona fide permanent
resident of Alabama who is a veteran of the Spanish American War, WW I,
WW II or at any time past, present or future, when the United States
was, is or shall be engaged in hostilities with any foreign state and
who has physical disabilities of 25% or more whether service-connected
or not, who conducts their business as a means of livelihood through
their personal efforts and has no more than one employee and whose
property (both real and personal) is valued at less than $5,000.00 and
net income is less than $2,500.00 is entitled to businesses and
occupations license exemptions of $25.00 for each state, county and
municipality. There is not a deadline on these exemptions. (Code of
Alabama 1975, Section 40-12-340 thru 352)
BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION LICENSE EXEMPTIONS
FOR VETERANS OF WW II
Alabama veterans who served in the armed forces of
the United States between September 16, 1940 and the termination of WW
II or at any subsequent time when the United States was, is or shall be
engaged in hostilities with any foreign state are entitled to exceptions
on business of occupation license of $35.00 for each the state, county
and municipality for a period, as to WW II veterans, or six years from
July 24, 1953, or six years after date of discharge from military
service, whichever is later. Post Korean veterans (Vietnam) have for a
period of six years from January 1, 1964 until May 7, 1975, or six years
after date of discharge, whichever is later. Such veterans whose
property is valued at $7,000.00 or more, or whose net annual income is
$3,000.00 or more, is limited to $15.00 exemptions from the state,
county and municipality. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-12-370 thru
377)
COMMITMENT OF INCOMPETENT VETERAN
Whenever it appears that an incompetent veteran of
any war, military occupation or expedition is eligible for treatment in
a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center is necessary
for the proper care and treatment of such veteran, the courts of this
state are hereby authorized to communicate with the administration with
reference to available facilities and eligibility and, upon receipt of a
certificate from the administration stating that there are facilities
available in a VA Medical Center is entitled to hospitalization therein,
the court may then direct such veteran's commitment to such hospital.
Notice of such pending proceedings shall be furnished the person so
committed, and his right to appear and defend shall not be denied. (Code
of Alabama 1975, Section 26-9-13)
EXECUTIVE, ATTESTATION AND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT CERTIFICATION
Acknowledgments, proof of conveyance and affidavits
may be taken by certain government, state or municipal officials or by
any commissioned officer of any of the armed forces of the United
States, within or outside the limits of the United States, and when such
acknowledgment is taken by the latter, no seal of office is required and
the signature of such commissioned officer is prima facie proof of his
authority, and is retroactive as of December 7, 1941. (Code of Alabama
1975, Section 35-4-26)
EXEMPTION OF DEBTS INCURRED PURSUANT TO
NATIONAL HOUSING ACT OR VETERANS' BENEFITS
All debts or extensions of credit incurred pursuant
to any provision of the act of Congress known as the National Housing
Act, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended or supplemented,
and all debts or extensions of credit incurred pursuant to any act of
Congress relating to veterans' benefits, as the same now exists or may
hereafter be amended or supplemented, are exempt from any law of this
state relating to usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates. (Code
of Alabama 1975, Section 8-8-6)
FIDUCIARIES IN WAR SERVICE
Any fiduciary engaged in war service may be removed
from this office as such upon petition filed in the proper court having
jurisdiction and again serve as such fiduciary at any time after the
termination of their war service upon petition of the court. (Code
of Alabama 1975, Section 19-2-2)
FISHING LICENSE
Any person who is totally disabled and who has been a
bona fide resident of this state for not less than six months preceding
the date of application may, upon the payment of a license fee of $1.00,
procure a special annual fishing license.
DISABLED MILITARY VETERAN'S APPRECIATION (Resident):
Allows a resident age 16 - 64 to fish the freshwaters of Alabama.
Must be certified by the U.S. Veterans Administration to be 20% or more
disabled. Present VA certification letter to your local probate
office for issuance. Code of Alabama 1975, Section 9-11-54)
FORFEITURE OF FRANCHISE
No corporate franchise shall be forfeited for
non-use, if any of the managing officers of such corporation become
engaged in military service of the United States and as a result thereof
the corporation suspends operations, if the corporation has paid all its
franchise and other taxes to the State. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section
10-2-211)
GUARDIANSHIP FOR VETERANS
AND MINOR DEPENDENTS
The Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act provides for
the appointment of a guardian for veterans and their minor dependents
who are mentally or physically incapacitated. This Act outlines the
appointment process, duties, responsibilities, limits, taxing of costs
and fees of guardianship. The control and accountability of the
beneficiary's estate and income include only moneys received by the
guardian from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and all
earnings, interest and profits derived. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section
26-9-1)
HUNTING LICENSE
No exemption is available for hunting license due to
disability.
JOB STATUS AND REEMPLOYMENT
RIGHTS
County and municipal officials who enter the military
or naval service at a time when a state of national emergency has been
declared to exist by the President of the United States, have
preservation of job status and reemployment rights. (Code of Alabama
1975, Section 36-8-1 thru 6)
Any teacher entering the military service of the United States, who is
not on continuing service status but who has accumulated one or more
years of teaching experience immediately prior to entering military
service, shall be given credit for such experience if such teacher is
reimposed within one year after release from military service. (Code of
Alabama 1975, Section 16-24-13)
MEMBERSHIP IN STATE EMPLOYEES'/TEACHERS'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Retirement benefits rights of state employees and
teachers who enter the armed forces and return to state employment after
discharge are preserved. A member who enter the armed services and does
not withdraw contributions, and who returns to said employment within
one year after being honorably discharged, may be granted credit for
military service up to four years, provided the employee pays an amount
equal to four percent of the average compensation paid to a state
employee during each claimed year of full-time military service, plus
and together there with eight percent interest compounded from the last
date of such claimed military service. The contributions must be made
within a period of time equal to the length of service in the armed
forces or before attainment of age 60, or in the case of a state
policeman, age 56, whichever occurs first. No credit for military
service shall be granted if such member is receiving military service
retirement benefits. (Code of Alabama, Section 36-27-4 & 16-25-3)
MILITARY COMBAT PAY INCOME TAX EXEMPTION
Money paid by the United States to a person as
compensation for active service as a member of the armed forces of the
United States in a combat zone designed by executive order of the
President of the United States shall not be subject to income taxes
levied by the State of Alabama for the calendar year 1965 or any
subsequent year. (Code of Alabama 1974, Section 40-18-3)
MILITARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE
All officers and employees of the State of Alabama,
or of any county, municipality, or other agency or political subdivision
thereof, who shall be active members of the Alabama National Guard or
naval militia, or of the Officers' Reserve Corps of the United States
Army, or of the reserve components of the United Stated armed forces,
shall be entitled to military or naval leave of absence from their
respective civil duties and occupations on all days that they shall be
engaged in field or coast defense or other training or on other service
ordered under the provision of the below cited statute, or of the
National Defense Act, or of the federal laws governing the United States
reserves, without loss of pay, time, efficiency rating, annual vacation,
or sick leave, but no such person granted such leave of absence with pay
shall be paid for more than 21 working days at any one time. (Code of
Alabama 1975, Section 31-2-13)
MILITARY RETIREE INCOME TAX
EXEMPTION
Effective January 1, 1989, and for all successive tax
years, all retirement or compensation received as retirement benefits by
any person retired from the military service of the United States of
America and survivor benefits derived therefrom is hereby exempt from
any state, county or municipal income tax or like tax whatever name
called. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-18-19 as amended)
NOTICE OF ARMED FORCES DEATH
A written notice or communication from the Department
of Defense, the Adjutant General of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy
or other officer charged with the duty of sending such notice or
communication to the effect that any person in the armed forces of our
country, or serving as auxiliary thereto, is dead shall be accepted as
evidence of the death of such person. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section
12-91-90)
OFFICIAL REPORT OF PERSON MISSING,
ETC
An official written report or record or duly
certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action,
interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged or captured by
an enemy or is dead or is alive, made by any officer or employee of the
United States authorized by any law of the United States to make same,
shall be received in any court, office or other place in this State as
evidence as to the status of the person. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section
12-21-91)
PEACE OFFICERS' CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE
Any peace officer who becomes a member of the fund
and who left employment and entered directly into the armed forces of
the United States and who returned to work as a peace office within six
months after release or discharge shall receive prior employment service
credit for service in the military not to exceed five years. (Code of
Alabama 1975, Section 36-21-69)
PREFERENCE IN STATE CLASSIFIED
EMPLOYMENT
All persons who have been honorably discharged from
the United States armed forces at any time shall have five points added
to any earned ratings in examination for entrance to the state
classified service. Those honorably discharged veterans with the present
existence of a service-connected disability and entitled to pension,
compensation or disability allowance under existing laws shall have 10
points added to any earned ratings. Wives and widows of certain disabled
or deceased veterans may have the 10 point preference extended to them
and added to any earned ratings. (Code of Alabama, Section 36-26-15)
PUBLIC RECORDS
One copy of any public record (birth or marriage
certificate, divorce decree, etc.) is furnished free of charge when
required by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be used in
determining the eligibility of any person to participate in benefits
made available by their federal agency. (Code of Alabama 1975, Section
26-9-12)
RECORDING OF
DISCHARGES
Honorable discharges and certificates of honorable
service are recorded free of charge by probate judges. (Code of Alabama
1975, Section 31-1-1)
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
A person who served in the armed forces of the United
States and who is unemployed may be entitled to unemployment
compensation based on their honorable military or naval service. Contact
the nearest State Employment Compensation Claims Office. Pension or
disability payments provided by the United States to the individuals who
have completed the period of military service may disqualify such
individual from receiving unemployment compensation. (Code of Alabama
1975, Section 25-4-78)
VALIDATION
OF MARRIAGE OF DIVORCED PERSONS
Marriages of all persons subsequent to a divorce
decree granted in the State and not prohibiting the person from
remarrying, are declared to be valid, notwithstanding that the decree of
divorce did not specifically confer on such person the right to remarry.
Many claims for pension and compensation against the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) have been made effective by this law. (Code of
Alabama 1975, Section 30-2-9)
WILLS
The
will of a person, executed while in the armed forces, is admitted to
probate when subscribing witness or witnesses are out of the state at
the time the will is offered for probate; or when places of address of
witnesses are unknown, upon oath of at least three persons that the
signature to said will is in the handwriting of the person whose will it
intends to be. Such will is acceptable when so proved. (Code of Alabama
1975, Section 43-8-167)
VETERANS'
AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL
BENEFITS
Alabama
G.I. and Dependents' Scholarship Program
This program is
administered by the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and is
governed by the Code of Alabama 1975, Section 31-6-1. The veteran must
meet the following qualifications to establish eligibility of his/her
dependents:
Military Service: The veteran must have honorably served at least 90 or
more days of continuous active federal military service or honorably
discharged by reason of service-connected disability after serving less
than 90 days.
Disability Requirements:
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The veteran must be
rated 20% or more due to service-connected disabilities or have held
the qualifying rating at the time of death or
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be a former prisoner
of war (POW) or
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declared missing in
action (MIA) or
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died as the result
of a service-connected disability or
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died while on active
military service in the line of duty.
Residency Requirements: The
veteran must have been a permanent civilian resident of the State of
Alabama for at least one year immediately prior to (a) the initial entry
into active military service or (b) any subsequent period of military
service in which a break in service occurred and the Alabama civilian
residency was established.
Permanently service-connected veterans rated at 100% may qualify
after establishing at least five years of permanent residency in Alabama
prior to filing of an application or immediately prior to death, if
deceased.
Dependent: Child, stepchild, spouse or un-remarried widow(er).
Entitlement: Four standard academic years or part-time
equivalent at any Alabama state-supported institution of higher learning
or a prescribed course of study at any Alabama state-supported technical
school without payment of any tuition, required textbooks or laboratory
fees.
Exception:
A
spouse or un-remarried widow(er) of a veteran who is rated 20 - 90% due
to service-connected disabilities are only entitled to two standard
academic years without payment of tuition, required textbooks and
laboratory fees or a prescribed technical course not to exceed 18 months
of training.
Widow(er) forfeits benefits upon remarriage. Spouse forfeits benefits
upon divorce from veteran in which the spouse derived their eligibility.
These entitlements may be applied at the undergraduate or
graduate level.
Age Deadline: The child or stepchild must initiate training
prior to their 26th birthday. Age 30 deadline may apply in certain
situations.
There is no age deadline for submission of the application by
the spouse or un-remarried widow(er).
Application Assistance: Our Veterans
Service Officers maintain an office in each county of the State. They
can furnish information and assist in filing your application. Their
office is located in the county courthouse or in the immediate vicinity.
You may received additional information by writing: Alabama Department
of Veterans Affairs, P.O. Box 1509, Montgomery, Alabama 36102-1509.
THE AMERICAN
LEGION AND AUXILIARY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The American Legion and Auxiliary, Department of Alabama,
offers one hundred fifty $850.00 scholarship at Alabama state-supported
colleges.
Eligibility: Sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters of veterans
of W.W.I, W.W.II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon/Grenada, Panama and Persian
Gulf.
Residency Requirements: Resident of Alabama.
Application Deadline: May 1.
Application/Information: Contact your Veterans Service Office
in your local county
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