VETERAN on Your Licence, Free
North Carolina prints VETERAN on a driver licence or ID at NO COST FOR THE DESIGNATION — you pay only whatever the ordinary renewal or duplicate would have cost. Proof is a DD-214 or equivalent discharge documentation. Its use is as everyday evidence of prior service at a counter, which in North Carolina is worth having: the camping discount, the lake day-entry rate and the trout waters exemption are all checked in person.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
North Carolina prints VETERAN on a driver licence or ID at NO COST FOR THE DESIGNATION — you pay only whatever the ordinary renewal or duplicate would have cost. Proof is a DD-214 or equivalent discharge documentation. Its use is as everyday evidence of prior service at a counter, which in North Carolina is worth having: the camping discount, the lake day-entry rate and the trout waters exemption are all checked in person.
What it's worth: VETERAN printed on the licence or ID at no cost for the designation
- NO COST FOR THE DESIGNATION ITSELF. Ordinary renewal and duplicate fees still apply.
- Proof is a DD-214 or equivalent discharge documentation.
- Available on a driver licence or an ID card.
- Its practical use is as everyday proof at a counter.
- Several North Carolina benefits — camping, lake entry, trout waters — are checked in person, which is where this earns its place.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- Your discharge meets the test.
- North Carolina licences and IDs.
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How to claim it
- 1Ask at your next renewal, so the ordinary renewal fee covers the visit.
- 2Take your DD-214 or equivalent discharge documentation.
- 3Once it is on, use it for the camping discount, the lake day-entry rate and the trout waters exemption.
- 4Keep the DD-214 anyway for anything with a statutory documentation requirement.
- 5An ID card carries the designation too, if you do not drive.
- Form
- Requested at a Division of Motor Vehicles office
- File with
- NC Division of Motor Vehicles
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyNCDMV — military and veterans services
- operating · published policyNC Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
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