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Registration Fees Waived — Two Vehicles at 100%

A veteran rated 100% disabled — or paid at the 100% rate — registers two non-commercial vehicles exempt from all motor vehicle registration fees, and takes two sets of veteran special plates without the cemetery fee. Former POWs share the full waiver; a 50%+ veteran with a Purple Heart gets the registration fee waiver but still pays the cemetery fee. Unremarried surviving spouses keep each route.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

A veteran rated 100% disabled — or paid at the 100% rate — registers two non-commercial vehicles exempt from all motor vehicle registration fees, and takes two sets of veteran special plates without the cemetery fee. Former POWs share the full waiver; a 50%+ veteran with a Purple Heart gets the registration fee waiver but still pays the cemetery fee. Unremarried surviving spouses keep each route.

What it's worth: All registration fees waived on two non-commercial vehicles, plus two sets of special plates without the cemetery fee

  • Commercial-use vehicles are outside the waiver; the eligibility is verified with official federal veterans affairs documentation.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are rated 100% — or paid at the 100% rate — for a service-connected disability.
  • You are a resident of this state.

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How to claim it

  1. 1Register at the county treasurer with official documentation that you are currently rated 100% disabled — or paid at the 100% rate — for a service-connected disability. The waiver covers all registration fees on two vehicles not used commercially.
  2. 2The waiver also applies to any of the veteran special plate designs, and drops the veterans' cemetery fee on two sets — provided you meet that plate's own eligibility.
  3. 3A former POW (with service documentation) holds the same full waiver. A veteran rated 50% or more who holds a Purple Heart waives the registration fees but still pays the cemetery fee.
  4. 4An unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran in these groups — or of a service member killed on active duty or dead of a service-connected cause — keeps the waiver.
Form
Vehicle registration with official disability documentation
File with
County treasurer's motor vehicle office
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter
Periodic
Re-confirmed from time to time.
Worth knowingThe statute reaches veterans PAID at the 100% rate, not only those rated 100% — individual unemployability is inside the waiver on the plain text.

Sources

Why only one source type: The code section itself states every route, the two-vehicle limit and the cemetery-fee treatment; it was read directly on the legislature's site, and no separate agency page adds an operative term.

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