PURPOSE: This rule establishes uniform procedures to be followed in the registration of vehicles for special motor vehicle license plates for disabled veterans. (1) The Department of Revenue shall issue one (1) set of special motor vehicle license plates, known as disabled veteran license plates, to any applicant who meets the following criteria:

1. (A) Has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States;
2. (B) Possesses a service-connected disability of a nature that would, if it had been incurred in service, have entitled him/her to be awarded an automobile by the United States federal government; or
3. (C) Is receiving compensation for total, service-connected disability. Total disability is defined as a disability rated at one hundred percent (100%) by the Veterans Administration or the appropriate Armed Forces of the United States. This disability must also have been received in a serviceconnected activity.

4. (2) The applicant shall submit the initial application for disabled veteran license plates to the Department of Revenue, motor vehicle bureau’s central office along with the following supporting documents:

   1. (A) Proof of his/her service-connected disability as described in subsections (1)(B) and (C). This proof must be no more than six (6) months’ old and in writing from the United States Veterans Administration or the appropriate Armed Forces of the United States;
   2. (B) A copy of a Missouri certificate of title issued in the applicant’s name or proof of ownership of the vehicle;
   3. (C) A current vehicle safety inspection no more than sixty (60) days old (residents of St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Jefferson County and St. Charles County must also provide an emissions inspection);
   4. (D) An original county or City of St. Louis personal property tax receipt or a statement of nonassessment for the preceding year; and
   5. (E) A statement of self-certification verifying that the applicant has and will maintain financial responsibility with respect to each motor vehicle that s/he owns, licenses or operates on the streets or highways.
5. (3) Upon receipt of the required documents, the Department of Revenue shall issue one
6. (1) set of free license plates with the words Disabled Veteran embossed at the bottom of the plate and a registration number consisting of the alpha characters DV followed by four
7. (4) numeric characters.
8. (4) Disabled veteran license plates are subject to annual renewal each year during the month of October. The supporting documents mentioned must be submitted to the central office or a local license office each time the applicant renews disabled veteran license plates. Disabled veterans whose service-connected disability consists in whole or in part of the loss of an eye or a limb are not required to furnish proof of their disability at the time of renewal. However, they must produce all of the other required documentation at the time of renewal.

AUTHORITY: sections 301.071–301.075, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed June 16, 1988, effective Nov. 24, 1988. *Original authority: 301.071–301.075, RSMo 1977.