Form Mvd-10353 - Application For Military Service Special Plate (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Application for Military Service Special Plate - General Information and Instructions

All applications for a Military Service special plate are processed by mail by the Vehicle Services

Bureau in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Any application received without the required information,

certification, documentation or payment (if applicable) will be returned to the applicant. If an applicant

does not have the necessary military service documentation to support his or her request, the

applicant should contact the nearest field office of the New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services

for assistance prior to completing the application. Applicants for a Pearl Harbor Survivor plate must use

application form MVD-11019. New Mexico National Guard plate applicants must use form MVD-10247

“Application For National Guard Plate.”

Only passenger vehicles, light trucks, RVs (including motor homes, travel trailers and truck campers),

and in some cases motorcycles, are authorized to display a Military Service special plate. The vehicle

must be currently titled and registered in New Mexico in the applicant’s name, or be registered and

titled at the same time the application for a Military Service special plate is made. If the vehicle is

currently registered in New Mexico, a copy of the current Certificate of Registration must accompany

the application for the Military Service special plate, along with any other required documentation. If

the vehicle is not currently registered in New Mexico, the vehicle must be taken to a local Motor

Vehicle Division field office for inspection, titling and registration before applying for a Military Service

special plate.

The Military Service Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, Ex-Prisoner of War and Disabled Veteran special

plates are issued to qualifying applicants without the payment of any special plate fee or statutory

registration fees. Applicants who are applying for these plates must provide a DD-214 showing proof of

the Medal of Honor, the Purple Heart Medal, or POW status. The Department of Veterans’ Services can

confirm the eligibility of those applicants who are still on active duty status. For the Disabled Veteran

special plate, proof must be provided by showing the award letter from the Department of Veterans

Affairs showing 100% service-connected disability. Any veteran qualifying for these plates is allowed

only TWO free special plates.

To receive the Military Service Armed Forces Veteran special plate, you must pay a one-time $17.00

special plate fee ($9.00 for a veteran motorcycle), as well as the statutory registration fee. Any

veteran who is qualified to receive one of the free Military Service Special plates may also purchase the

Armed Forces Veteran special plate for use on other vehicles they own.

To receive the new Disabled Veteran special plate with the wheelchair symbol for use on a motor

vehicle owned by the person, the applicant must provide satisfactory proof that he or she has suffered

the loss, or the complete loss of use of one or both legs at or above the ankle of one or both arms at

or above the wrist. If the disability is not of this nature, the qualified disabled veteran can apply for the

Disabled Veteran plate without the wheelchair insignia.

The free Military Service special plates have the word “PERMANENT” in the lower right corner instead

of an annual validation sticker. The Armed Forces Veteran special plate must be renewed annually and

is issued an annual validation sticker. The $17.00 special plate fee ($9.00 for veteran motorcycle) for

the Armed Forces Veteran special plate is waived for each year a sticker is issued.

REMINDER: If a person who has been issued any Military Service special plate dies, the plate becomes

invalid and a regular license plate, for applicable fees, must be obtained for the vehicle(s). However,

the surviving spouse of the holder of an Ex-Prisoner of War plate may apply to keep the plate.

It is against the law to falsely represent yourself as being the recipient of a military award or to claim

armed forces veteran status in order to obtain any Military Service special plate.

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