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The Peddler's Licence Fee, Waived for a Disabled Veteran and Their Spouse

A service-connected disabled veteran, and their unremarried spouse, may be exempt from the fee for a peddler's licence. It is a small provision with an unusual reach — it is aimed at someone trading for themselves rather than at someone taking a job.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

A service-connected disabled veteran, and their unremarried spouse, may be exempt from the fee for a peddler's licence. It is a small provision with an unusual reach — it is aimed at someone trading for themselves rather than at someone taking a job.

What it's worth: Exemption from the peddler's licence fee for a service-connected disabled veteran and their unremarried spouse

  • The department states the exemption for service-connected disabled veterans and their unremarried spouse.
  • No minimum rating percentage is stated on the department's page.

Who is entitled to it

  • Your discharge characterisation is within the range these programmes run on.
  • You are in this state.

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. 1Raise the exemption when you apply, not afterwards. A fee already paid is far harder to recover than a fee not charged.
  2. 2Bring a VA letter showing the service connection. The exemption is written around service-connected disability, so the letter is the operative document rather than the DD214 alone.
  3. 3Cite the section by number if the counter staff have not seen the exemption before — this is a provision that surfaces rarely.
  4. 4If you are the unremarried spouse of a service-connected disabled veteran, you are named in the exemption in your own right. Say so rather than applying as an ordinary applicant.
  5. 5Ask what the exemption actually covers on your particular licence. Application fees, renewal fees and any bond or inspection cost are different lines, and a fee waiver does not necessarily reach all of them.
Form
Peddler licence application, with proof of service-connected disability
File with
The office that issues the licence for your trade
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter · dd214
Periodic
Re-confirmed from time to time.
Worth knowingFee exemptions for hawkers and peddlers are among the oldest veteran benefits on any statute book — they date from a period when a disabled veteran's realistic route to a living was trading on their own account. The provision has outlived its era and still works.
Known gapThe veterans department cites RSA 320:11 but does not name the office that issues the licence, and the Secretary of State's own list of public services, read this session, does not mention peddler licences. Ask your town or city clerk who issues it locally before making a trip.
Known gapNo minimum disability rating is published for this exemption, and no fee amount is published either — so the value of the waiver is unknown. Ask the issuing office for both figures.

Sources

Why only one source type: RSA 320 could not be read — the legislature's statute server refuses connections — and no operating page for the licence itself could be found: the Secretary of State's public services list, checked this session, does not mention peddler licences. The administering department's benefits page is the only source that states the exemption.

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