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Vermont Disabled Plates and Placards — No Extra Fee, and the DV Plate Needs the Same Medical Form
Any Vermont resident may apply for disabled registration plates or a disabled windshield placard on a Universal Medical Evaluation/Progress Report signed by a licensed physician, certified physician assistant or licensed advanced practice registered nurse. Plates are issued without additional fees. The disabled veteran plate needs the same medical form unless one has been filed within the last four years.
Verified August 23, 2026
What this benefit is
Any Vermont resident may apply for disabled registration plates or a disabled windshield placard on a Universal Medical Evaluation/Progress Report signed by a licensed physician, certified physician assistant or licensed advanced practice registered nurse. Plates are issued without additional fees. The disabled veteran plate needs the same medical form unless one has been filed within the last four years.
What it's worth: Disabled plates issued without additional fees; permanent credentials recertified medically every four years
- The Department states: "Application for either (special) disabled registration plates or disabled windshield placards may be made to this Department by any person residing within the state of Vermont."
- The application must include "A Universal Medical Evaluation/Progress Report (form #VS-113)" completed by "a licensed physician, certified physician assistant, or licensed advanced practice registered nurse".
- Medical re-certification is required "every four years in the case of placards and at every third registration renewal for plates".
- The Department states that disabled plates are issued "without additional fees".
- A temporary placard "will be valid for up to six months".
- The Department states that a vehicle displaying special registration plates or a removable windshield placard from any state, or holding a disabled parking card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, may use the special parking spaces when the card or placard is displayed on the interior rear-view mirror or the plate is legally mounted.
- Organisations may also apply where the vehicle is "primarily used to transport persons who have an ambulatory disability or are blind".
- On the military plates page the Department lists, under Disabled Veteran, the required forms as the Vermont Certificate of Veteran Status (form #VG-168) and the "Universal Medical Evaluation/Progress Report (form #VS-113) unless a medical has been filed within the last four years", and notes that active duty applicants must submit a copy of their military ID.
Who is entitled to it
- The application is open to any person residing in Vermont.
- Nothing in the disabled plate and placard route turns on military service.
- Your home is in Vermont.
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How to claim it
- 1Book the medical evaluation first. Form VS-113 is what the Department acts on, and it can be signed by a licensed physician, a certified physician assistant or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse.
- 2Ask whether a medical is already on file before repeating it. For the disabled veteran plate the Department waives the VS-113 where one has been filed within the last four years.
- 3A veteran wanting the disabled veteran plate needs both forms — the certificate of veteran status and, ordinarily, the medical evaluation. Service alone does not carry it.
- 4The plates carry no additional fee. The Department says so, so do not accept a surcharge.
- 5Diarise the recertification. Placards need a new medical every four years, and plates at every third registration renewal.
- 6A temporary placard runs for up to six months, so plan for a fresh evaluation if the condition outlasts it.
- 7An out-of-state plate or placard works in Vermont spaces. The Department accepts special registration plates and removable windshield placards from any state.
- Form
- Universal Medical Evaluation/Progress Report (VS-113); for the disabled veteran plate, also the Certificate of Veteran Status (VG-168)
- File with
- Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles
- Periodic recertification
- Confirmed at intervals rather than annually.
CorrectionA Vermont disabled veteran plate is not issued on a rating letter. The Department asks for the same medical evaluation form as any other disabled plate, with a four-year grace where one is already on file.
Worth knowingThe recertification cycles differ between the two credentials — four years for a placard, every third registration renewal for plates. Someone holding both will be asked at different times.
Known gapNo placard fee is stated on the Department’s page; the "without additional fees" wording read this session attaches to the plates. legislature.vermont.gov refused retrieval, so the statutory fee provision was not read.
Sources
- authority · agencyVermont Department of Motor Vehicles, Disabled Plates & Placards (read 23 August 2026: "Application for either (special) disabled registration plates or disabled windshield placards may be made to this Department by any person residing within the state of Vermont"; the application must include "A Universal Medical Evaluation/Progress Report (form #VS-113)" completed by "a licensed physician, certified physician assistant, or licensed advanced practice registered nurse"; medical re-certification is required "every four years in the case of placards and at every third registration renewal for plates"; disabled plates are issued "without additional fees"; a temporary placard "will be valid for up to six months"; organisations may apply where the vehicle is "primarily used to transport persons who have an ambulatory disability or are blind"; and vehicles with special plates or removable placards from any state, or a disabled parking card issued by the Department, may use the special spaces when displayed on the interior rear-view mirror or legally mounted)
- operating · agencyVermont Department of Motor Vehicles, Military License Plates (read 23 August 2026: under "Disabled Veteran" the required forms are given as the "Vermont Certificate of Veteran Status (form #VG-168)" and the "Universal Medical Evaluation/Progress Report (form #VS-113) unless a medical has been filed within the last four years. Active Duty applicants must submit a copy of their military ID.")
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