Military and Veteran Recognition Plates — $25
Maryland issues military-service recognition plates for a $25 application fee, to veterans and service members with qualifying service or medals. Proof is a DD-214, medal certification, or National Personnel Records Center documentation. These are recognition plates — the FREE disabled veteran plates are a separate benefit tied to the registration fee exemption.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
Maryland issues military-service recognition plates for a $25 application fee, to veterans and service members with qualifying service or medals. Proof is a DD-214, medal certification, or National Personnel Records Center documentation. These are recognition plates — the FREE disabled veteran plates are a separate benefit tied to the registration fee exemption.
What it's worth: Military recognition plates for a $25 application fee
- The application fee is $25. These are RECOGNITION plates and carry no fee waiver of their own.
- The FREE disabled veteran plates are a separate benefit, tied to the registration fee exemption record. Do not confuse the two.
- Proof is a DD-214, medal certification, or National Personnel Records Center documentation. The records centre route helps where the DD-214 is lost.
- Eligibility turns on qualifying service or medals.
- There is no disability requirement.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- You register a vehicle in Maryland.
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How to claim it
- 1Apply at the Motor Vehicle Administration with the DD-214, medal certification, or National Personnel Records Center documentation.
- 2Budget the $25 application fee. These plates are recognition, not a saving.
- 3If you have a qualifying disability, ask about the FREE disabled veteran plate instead — that one carries the registration fee exemption.
- 4If your DD-214 is lost, National Personnel Records Center documentation is accepted.
- Form
- MVA special plate application
- File with
- Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · published policyMaryland Department of Veterans and Military Families — motor vehicles
- operating · published policyMaryland Motor Vehicle Administration
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