DV Tags Free at 100% P&T — and a $10 Plate for Every Veteran
Disabled veteran tags are free for veterans with the federal auto grant or a 100% permanent and total rating; POWs, Purple Heart recipients and Pearl Harbor survivors have their own plates; and every other honorably discharged veteran gets the veterans plate for a one-time $10 over the regular fee.
Verified August 21, 2026
What this benefit is
Disabled veteran tags are free for veterans with the federal auto grant or a 100% permanent and total rating; POWs, Purple Heart recipients and Pearl Harbor survivors have their own plates; and every other honorably discharged veteran gets the veterans plate for a one-time $10 over the regular fee.
Who is entitled to it
- Your discharge was honorable.
- You are a resident of this state.
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How to claim it
- 1Any honorably discharged veteran: the veterans plate costs a one-time $10 on top of the regular registration fee (§17A-3-14) — the application is on the motor vehicles military plates page.
- 2Free disabled veteran tags go to veterans who qualify for the federal VA auto grant or hold a 100% permanent and total rating.
- 3Former POWs, Purple Heart recipients and Pearl Harbor survivors each have their own special plate with its own documentation.
- Form
- Military plate application
- File with
- Division of Motor Vehicles, local office
- Documents you will need
- dd214 · va benefit summary letter
- At each renewal
- Claimed again whenever the underlying licence or registration renews.
Sources
- authority · published policyDepartment of Veterans Assistance — state benefits, veteran license plates (W. Va. Code §17A-3-14)
Why only one source type: The state veterans department's page states each tier and the $10 fee; the code site renders empty and the DMV form is the operating document.
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