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Free Registration on Two Vehicles for Former POWs and Medal of Honor Recipients

CGS 14-49(o) and 14-21d exempt former prisoners of war and Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from the registration fee on TWO vehicles. A surviving spouse may retain the registration for life, or until remarriage. There is no disability requirement.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

CGS 14-49(o) and 14-21d exempt former prisoners of war and Congressional Medal of Honor recipients from the registration fee on TWO vehicles. A surviving spouse may retain the registration for life, or until remarriage. There is no disability requirement.

What it's worth: Registration fee exempt on two vehicles

  • The exemption covers TWO vehicles, where most such provisions cover one.
  • There is no disability requirement — the routes are prisoner of war status and the Medal of Honor.
  • A surviving spouse may retain the registration for life, or until remarriage.
  • Registration fees are set by the department and change, so no figure is published.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are the veteran, or their surviving spouse.
  • You are in one of the two groups this covers.
  • The veteran was a prisoner of war.
  • The veteran holds the Congressional Medal of Honor.
  • You register a vehicle in Connecticut.

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How to claim it

  1. 1Claim at registration or renewal, citing CGS 14-49(o) and 14-21d.
  2. 2Ask for both vehicles. Two are covered and a one-vehicle assumption costs you the second.
  3. 3A surviving spouse should claim retention rather than paying — it runs for life or until remarriage.
  4. 4Take proof of prisoner of war status or of the Medal of Honor. No rating letter is needed.
Form
Claimed at the DMV
File with
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles
Documents you will need
dd214
Annual
Claimed once a year.
Known gapVerified in a 2016 legislative research report. The current DMV page was not opened when this was written, so confirm the two-vehicle allowance at the counter.

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