Disabled Veteran license plates feature "DV" as part of the license plate number.
To qualify:
- You must be a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, with a service-connected disability of at least 50 percent, or at least 40 percent due to the amputation of a lower extremity.
- You must be receiving compensation from the U.S. government as a result of such disability.
- Proof of eligibility may be provided with signed approval by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on an Application for Disabled Veteran License Plates and Parking Placards (Form VTR-615), or a letter from Veterans Affairs stating eligibility.
- Texas cities may provide parking privileges, such as free parking at the airport. Check with your local city officials. For information about campus parking privileges, please contact the institution of higher education.
In addition to the Disabled Veteran plate, certain military honors license plates are also eligible for exemptions from payment of certain parking fees, including:
- Air Force Cross
- Air Medal
- Air Medal with Valor
- Army Distinguished Service Cross
- Bronze Star
- Bronze Star with Valor
- Congressional Medal of Honor
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Former Prisoner of War
- Legion of Merit
- Legion of Valor
- Medal of Honor
- Navy Cross
- Pearl Harbor Survivor
- Purple Heart
- Silver Star
- World War II Veterans
Disabled Veteran Plates and Parking Privileges
Anyone parking in a disabled parking space must have a disabled person license plate or a disabled parking placard that features the International Symbol of Access (ISA). Disabled veteran license plates that do not include the ISA do not authorize the owner to park in a disabled parking space.
Texans with disabled veteran license plates wishing to use disabled parking spaces may apply for a disabled parking placard or for a new disabled veteran license plate featuring the ISA. The veteran must meet the eligibility requirements for a disabled parking placard or disabled person license plate featuring the ISA. Not all disabilities that qualify a veteran for disabled veteran license plates will qualify a veteran for a disabled veteran license plate featuring the ISA.
You may apply for a disabled parking placard and/or disabled veteran license plate at the office of your local county tax assessor-collector:
- For a disabled parking placard, download the Application for Persons with Disabilities Parking Placard and/or License Plate (Form VTR-214).
- For a disabled veteran license plate with or without the ISA, download the Application for Disabled Veteran License Plates and/or Parking Placard (Form VTR-615).
- Have your doctor or health care provider complete the Disability Statement section of the application or provide an original prescription.
- Submit the completed application(s) and payment (if applicable) to your county tax office.
Currently issued disabled parking placards will remain valid; however, the new requirements must be met at time of renewal.
