Washington House Democrats

June 12, 2008
10:50 a.m.

Starting today, family members of eligible veterans and military personnel can show their pride with an Armed Forces license plate. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Washington National Guard license plates have been available for veterans and surviving spouses since 2006, but the Legislature expanded the specialty plates in 2008 at the request of military family members.

Qualifying family members eligible to purchase one of the armed forces license plates now include spouse, child, parent, sibling, aunt, uncle or cousin.

The Armed Forces plate costs $40 plus any applicable licensing fees. The Veterans Stewardship Account receives $28 from the purchase and renewal of each plate. The Veterans Stewardship Account is used for activities that benefit veterans, such as maintaining the future state veteran’s cemetery in eastern Washington authorized by Rep. Don Barlow’s 2007 law, and providing programs and services for homeless veterans.

For additional information, please call 1-800-562-0132 option 1, or visit the WDVA website at http://www.dva.wa.gov and click on Armed Forces License Plates in Quick Links.

Read the press release from the Department of Veterans Affairs: Armed Forces License Plates available to families (PDF)

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