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The Veteran Marker on Your Licence — and What It Is Not Good For

New Jersey will put a veteran designation on a driver licence or non-driver ID for anyone honorably discharged from active service, proved by a DD-214 or federal activation orders under 10 U.S.C. 672 or 12301. Read the limitation carefully, because New Jersey states it plainly and most states do not: THE MARKER IS NOT VALID PROOF OF VETERAN STATUS WHERE A STATUTE REQUIRES DOCUMENTATION. It is convenient at a shop counter and it will not do for a property tax deduction or a licence application. Keep the DD-214 for those. The fee is not published.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

New Jersey will put a veteran designation on a driver licence or non-driver ID for anyone honorably discharged from active service, proved by a DD-214 or federal activation orders under 10 U.S.C. 672 or 12301. Read the limitation carefully, because New Jersey states it plainly and most states do not: THE MARKER IS NOT VALID PROOF OF VETERAN STATUS WHERE A STATUTE REQUIRES DOCUMENTATION. It is convenient at a shop counter and it will not do for a property tax deduction or a licence application. Keep the DD-214 for those. The fee is not published.

What it's worth: Veteran designation on a New Jersey licence or non-driver ID

  • Available on a driver licence or non-driver ID.
  • Proof: a DD-214, or federal activation orders under 10 U.S.C. 672 or 12301.
  • THE MARKER IS NOT VALID PROOF OF VETERAN STATUS WHERE A STATUTE REQUIRES DOCUMENTATION. New Jersey states this expressly.
  • So it will not serve for the property tax deduction, the peddler licence, or anything else with a statutory documentation requirement.
  • THE FEE IS NOT ESTABLISHED from the sources reviewed.
  • Its use is everyday convenience — retailer discounts and the like.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served in the U.S. armed forces.
  • Your discharge was honorable.
  • New Jersey licences and IDs.

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. 1Take a DD-214, or federal activation orders under 10 U.S.C. 672 or 12301, to an MVC agency.
  2. 2Ask what the fee is — it is not published.
  3. 3Keep your DD-214 accessible afterwards. The marker does not replace it where a statute requires documentation.
  4. 4Request it at renewal to avoid paying for a duplicate licence if a fee applies.
  5. 5Do not rely on it at an assessor's office or a licensing board.
Form
Requested at a Motor Vehicle Commission agency
File with
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingThis limitation is probably true in other states too and simply unstated. New Jersey's candour is the useful thing here: treat a licence marker anywhere as convenience, not evidence.

Sources

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