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Four Gold Star Plates — $27.10 to Issue, $22.16 to Renew

Gold Star Family, Gold Star Parent, Gold Star Spouse and Gold Star Survivor are four separate plates, each honouring the family of an honorably discharged veteran who died due to or as a consequence of a service-connected injury, illness or disease. Each is priced at $27.10 for the original and $22.16 at renewal. None of them is free.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

Gold Star Family, Gold Star Parent, Gold Star Spouse and Gold Star Survivor are four separate plates, each honouring the family of an honorably discharged veteran who died due to or as a consequence of a service-connected injury, illness or disease. Each is priced at $27.10 for the original and $22.16 at renewal. None of them is free.

What it's worth: $27.10 original, $22.16 renewal — for each of the four Gold Star plates

  • The catalogue describes the qualifying death identically for all four plates: an honorably discharged veteran who died due to or as a consequence of a service-connected injury, illness or disease.
  • Gold Star Family honours the surviving family; Gold Star Parent the surviving parents; Gold Star Spouse the surviving spouse; Gold Star Survivor the surviving spouses and children.
  • The prices are the catalogue’s own figures for these plates and sit well above the $14.60 / $9.66 charged for most other military plates in the same catalogue.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are family of a veteran who died of a service-connected cause.
  • Your home is 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. 1Choose between the four before you apply. Family, Parent, Spouse and Survivor are separate plates with separate catalogue entries and separate application forms.
  2. 2Budget $27.10 for the original and $22.16 at each renewal. This is not a free plate, and it costs roughly twice what the ordinary military plates in the same catalogue cost.
  3. 3Bring documentation of the death and of your relationship. The catalogue states the qualifying circumstance without listing the documents, so ask the tag agency what they accept before travelling.
  4. 4If the cost is the obstacle, ask about the ordinary registration first — a surviving spouse may separately qualify for one vehicle at the disabled veteran rate on a departmental letter.
Form
Specialty plate application, from the catalogue entry for the plate you want
File with
Service Oklahoma or a licensed operator (tag agency)
Documents you will need
dd214
Annual
Claimed once a year.
CorrectionGuides that list Gold Star plates among a state’s free plates are not describing this state. The agency’s own catalogue prices all four at $27.10 to issue and $22.16 to renew, which is higher than most of the military plates alongside them.
Worth knowingThe qualifying death here is wider than "killed in action". The catalogue’s wording covers a veteran who died as a consequence of a service-connected injury, illness or disease — which can be decades after discharge.
Known gapThe statutory basis could not be read: the state courts network that publishes the statutes refused every connection on 23 August 2026. The eligibility wording and the prices are the agency’s own.

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