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One Free Disabled Veteran Plate at 50%

One free Disabled Veteran plate at a 50%+ service-connected rating — applied for at the county DMV with the DD214 and the VA eligibility letter.

Verified August 20, 2026

What this benefit is

One free Disabled Veteran plate at a 50%+ service-connected rating — applied for at the county DMV with the DD214 and the VA eligibility letter.

What it's worth: One Disabled Veteran plate, free

  • Branch- and award-specific plate designs are available under the same application.

Who is entitled to it

  • Your service-connected disability is 50% or greater.
  • Your home is in Colorado.

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. 1Take the completed Military Licence Plate Application to the county DMV with the DD214 (honorable), the VA letter stating a 50%+ service-connected disability, the registration or title paperwork, and proof of insurance and emissions where required.
  2. 2Ask the clerk about the registration-fee and ownership-tax treatment on the plated vehicle — reported widely, not stated on the Division’s page, and the 2020 bill that would have clarified it failed.
  3. 3Talk to your County Veterans Service Officer first if anything is unclear — the Division routes applicants there by design.
Form
Military Licence Plate Application
File with
Your county DMV office
Documents you will need
dd214 · va benefit summary letter
Annual
Claimed once a year.
Known gapThe registration-fee and specific-ownership-tax exemption on a DV-plated vehicle is consistently reported but is NOT on the Division’s page, and HB20-1190 — which would have decoupled that exemption from the plate — failed in 2020. Ask the county clerk with the statute rather than assuming either way.

Sources

Why only one source type: The Division of Veterans Affairs page — reachable only through a rendered browser — states the free plate, the 50% gate and the county-DMV application in terms. The DMV’s own pages remain unreadable.

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