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DAV Plates — Registration Fees Waived on Two Vehicles

A veteran with a 100% service-connected disability — or eligible under Public Law 79-663 — registers up to two vehicles of 26,000 lbs or less exempt from registration fees, with the distinctive DAV plate. The same two vehicles are also exempt from the motor vehicle excise tax when acquired, which on a new vehicle is worth far more than the annual fees: that exemption has its own record at nd-vehicle-excise-tax-exemption.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

A veteran with a 100% service-connected disability — or eligible under Public Law 79-663 — registers up to two vehicles of 26,000 lbs or less exempt from registration fees, with the distinctive DAV plate. The same two vehicles are also exempt from the motor vehicle excise tax when acquired, which on a new vehicle is worth far more than the annual fees: that exemption has its own record at nd-vehicle-excise-tax-exemption.

What it's worth: Registration fees exempt on up to two vehicles of 26,000 lbs or less, plus the excise tax exemption when the vehicles are acquired

  • The two-vehicle ceiling counts vehicles owned at any one time; the excise exemption tracks the same limit.

Who is entitled to it

  • Your service-connected disability is 100%.
  • You are a resident of 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. 1Get a certification letter from the federal veterans affairs department confirming 100% service-connected status — or eligibility under Public Law 663 of the 79th Congress — and submit it with the SFN 2872 title application.
  2. 2The registration fee exemption and the distinctive DAV plate cover up to two vehicles at a time, each of 26,000 lbs registered gross weight or less, owned and operated by the veteran (N.D.C.C. §39-04-18(2)(j)).
  3. 3Vehicles the exemption covers are also exempt from the motor vehicle excise tax at acquisition, again up to two (N.D.C.C. §39-04-19(3)).
  4. 4A veteran who also has a mobility impairment can request the DAV Mobility Impaired variant, which adds the parking privileges of N.D.C.C. §39-01-15.
Form
SFN 2872 Application for Certificate of Title, with the VA certification letter
File with
Motor Vehicle Division, Department of Transportation
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter
Periodic
Re-confirmed from time to time.
Worth knowingThe registration exemption and the excise exemption travel together and are usually reported separately or not at all. The excise exemption applies to the purchase price of the vehicle itself, so it dwarfs the annual fees whenever a vehicle changes hands — the headline is the purchase, not the plate.

Sources

Why only one source type: The state veterans affairs page quotes the code sections in terms — eligibility, the two-vehicle limit, the 26,000 lb ceiling and both exemptions. The century code PDF on the legislature's site would not yield machine-readable text this session.

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