                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS; FEES (§ 46.2-739)

A. On receipt of an application, the Commissioner shall issue special license
plates to applicants who are veterans who have been certified by the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs to have a service-connected disability or
unremarried surviving spouses of disabled veterans as defined in &#xA7;
46.2-100. Any special license plate issued to a disabled veteran pursuant to
this subsection may be transferred, upon his death, to his unremarried surviving
spouse. These license plates shall be special permanent red, white, and blue
license plates bearing the letters &#8220;DV.&#8221; The application shall be
accompanied by a certification from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that
the veteran&#8217;s disability is service-connected. License plates issued under
this subsection shall not permit the vehicles upon which they are displayed to
use parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities that limit or impair
their ability to walk.

B. On receipt of an application, the Commissioner shall issue special DV
disabled parking license plates displaying the international symbol of access in
the same size as the numbers and letters on the plate and in a color that
contrasts to the background to veterans who are also persons with disabilities
that limit or impair their ability to walk as defined in &#xA7; 46.2-100. The
Commissioner shall require that such application be accompanied by a
certification signed by a licensed physician, licensed podiatrist, licensed
chiropractor, licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed physician
assistant to that effect. Special DV disabled parking license plates issued
under this subsection shall authorize the vehicles upon which they are displayed
to use parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities that limit or
impair their ability to walk.

C. No annual registration fee, as prescribed in &#xA7; 46.2-694, and no annual
fee, as set forth in subdivision B 3 of &#xA7; 46.2-725, shall be required for
any one motor vehicle owned and used personally by any disabled veteran as
defined in &#xA7; 46.2-100 or the unremarried surviving spouse of such disabled
veteran, provided that such vehicle displays license plates issued under this
section.

D. The provisions of subdivisions B 1 and 2 of &#xA7; 46.2-725 shall not apply
to license plates issued under this section.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 80, § 46.1-149.1; 1976, c. 410; 1977, c. 167; 1989, c. 727;
1994, c. 866; 1995, c. 747; 1997, cc. 774, 816; 2007, c. 715; 2015, c. 457;
2022, c. 20; 2023, c. 183.