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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 or send
a stamped, self addressed envelope to: The American Legion and Auxiliary, P.O. Box 1069,
Montgomery, AL 36101-1069.
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