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Disabled Veteran Plate (100% Non-Service-Connected) — First Plate Free

A veteran certified by the federal VA as 100% non-service-connected disabled receives the white-on-red Disabled Veteran plate at no charge — one additional plate costs $4.00, and one plate can be reissued to the unremarried surviving spouse for $4.00.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

A veteran certified by the federal VA as 100% non-service-connected disabled receives the white-on-red Disabled Veteran plate at no charge — one additional plate costs $4.00, and one plate can be reissued to the unremarried surviving spouse for $4.00.

What it's worth: First plate free; one additional plate $4.00; surviving-spouse reissue $4.00

  • Eligibility is certified by the federal VA under Act 7 of 1949 or Act 30 of 1979 — the 100% non-service-connected route.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are rated 100% disabled.
  • You live in Arkansas.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Get a letter from the federal VA verifying eligibility under Act 7 of 1949 or Act 30 of 1979 — the department's page pins this plate to the 100% non-service-connected certification.
  2. 2Apply through the Specialty License Plate Office; replacements go through the same office and transfers through any Arkansas Revenue Office.
  3. 3An eligible veteran may take one additional plate at $4.00.
  4. 4A surviving spouse not already a joint owner of the vehicle presents the marriage licence and the veteran's death certificate to have one plate reissued at $4.00.
Form
Specialty plate request with VA eligibility letter
File with
Specialty License Plate Office, Department of Finance and Administration
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter
Periodic
Re-confirmed from time to time.
Known gapThis record covers only the plate the department publishes a page for — the 100% NON-service-connected plate. A service-connected disabled veteran plate exists in the Title 27 plate chapters but has no page in the department's specialty-plate gallery (the full Military category was enumerated 23 Aug 2026), and the legislature's code browser and the official code publisher both refused this browser session, so its gate and fees remain a candidate, not a record.

Sources

Why only one source type: The administering department's own plate page carries the eligibility acts, fees and surviving-spouse mechanics in one place; the legislature's code browser and the official code publisher both refused this browser session, so the statute could not be read as a second source.

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.