Eligible veterans and surviving spouses would receive annual vehicle-fee waivers

Virginia would waive annual registration and special-plate fees for one vehicle owned and used personally by an eligible veteran or surviving spouse. The waiver covers veterans and surviving spouses eligible for special plates under this section. The vehicle must display plates issued under this section, and a surviving spouse must not have remarried. Applications for ordinary DV plates require U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs certification that the veteran’s disability is connected to military service. Ordinary DV plates do not allow accessible parking. Separate DV parking plates require a disability that limits walking and certification from a listed health professional.

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles would issue special plates to eligible relatives, charge the standard plate cost, and waive the annual special-plate fee. The service member must have died while on active duty or assigned to a Reserve or National Guard unit during drill duty. Relatives must apply for the plates. Eligible relatives include spouses, parents, children, and siblings, with step, adoptive, foster, and half-sibling relationships included. Spouses may have remarried; foster parents must have acted as parents. The plates would also be exempt from the rules referenced in § 46.2-725 B 1 and B 2. Eligibility requires the service member’s death to have occurred on or after March 29, 1973.

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles would issue special plates to eligible vehicle-owning relatives, charge the standard plate cost, and waive the annual special-plate fee. The plates cover immediate relatives of service members who died in the listed wars, armed conflicts, terrorist attacks, or overseas peacekeeping operations. Applicants must apply and provide written evidence of vehicle ownership and eligibility. Eligible relatives include spouses, parents, children, and siblings, with step, adoptive, foster, and half-sibling relationships included. Spouses may have remarried; foster parents must have acted as parents. Terrorist attacks must have been recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Peacekeeping deaths must involve military operations outside the United States, its territories, and its possessions. The plates would also be exempt from the rules referenced in § 46.2-725 B 1 and B 2. Covered deaths include wartime deaths before July 1, 1958; deaths during specified enemy actions or armed conflicts after June 30, 1958; and deaths from recognized terrorist attacks or overseas peacekeeping after March 28, 1973.