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Registration Fees Waived for Disabled Veterans

No vehicle registration fee for a veteran who lost the use of a hand, arm or leg, is totally disabled, or meets the statutory blindness test — and for the surviving spouse.

Verified August 19, 2026

What this benefit is

No vehicle registration fee for a veteran who lost the use of a hand, arm or leg, is totally disabled, or meets the statutory blindness test — and for the surviving spouse.

What it's worth: No vehicle registration fee

The related plate sections issue the special plates without fee alongside the exemption.

Who is entitled to it

The VA classifies you as totally disabled.
Your home is in Maryland.

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

1Bring the VA designation showing the qualifying route — total disability, the loss of use of a hand, arm or leg, or the vision test.
2A surviving spouse claims through the §7-208 definition — the same one the property tax exemption uses — rather than proving the disability afresh.

File with: The Motor Vehicle Administration
Documents you will need: va benefit summary letter
Annual: Claimed once a year.

Worth knowingThe gate is functional rather than percentage-based: loss of use of a hand, arm or leg qualifies regardless of the combined rating, and so does the statutory vision test — 20/200 or a field of 20 degrees or less.

Known gapWe model the total-disability route and describe the loss-of-use and vision routes in the claim steps — the question bank does not yet ask about limb use or vision here.

Sources

authority · statuteMd. Transp. §13-903

Why only one source type: The statute on the General Assembly's own site states the routes and the surviving spouse cross-reference in terms.

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