2005 Idaho Code - 49-403A — PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT -- LICENSE PLATES

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 4
                          MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
    49-403A.  PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT -- LICENSE PLATES. (1) Purple heart
recipient license plates are available to any applicant who is a veteran or an
active or retired member of any of the armed forces of the United States,
reserve forces or Idaho national guard, and who furnishes proof of entitlement
by providing one (1) of the following documents:
    (a)  A copy of form DD214 or equivalent document showing an award of the
    purple heart medal;
    (b)  A copy of the certificate presented with the medal; or
    (c)  A copy of the military order describing the award of the medal to the
    applicant.
    (2)  In addition to the regular registration fee, the applicant shall be
charged the plate fee required in section 49-450, Idaho Code. Whenever title
or interest in a vehicle registered under the provisions of this section is
transferred or assigned, the registration shall expire, but the purple heart
recipient may transfer his plates to another vehicle upon payment of the
required transfer fees. He may only display the plates after receipt of new
registration from the department. A purple heart recipient shall not register
more than two (2) vehicles under the provisions of this section. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle with a registered
maximum gross weight over twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds, nor to any
vehicle registered under section 49-434(5), Idaho Code.
    (3)  Purple heart recipient license plates may be retained and displayed
on vehicles owned by the surviving spouse of a deceased purple heart
recipient. In addition, the surviving spouse of a deceased purple heart
recipient is eligible to reapply for and shall be issued purple heart
recipient license plates if the deceased purple heart recipient died on or
after January 1 of the five (5) years preceding the date of reapplication for
the plates. Such plates shall be used on a vehicle owned by the surviving
spouse.
    (4)  The purple heart recipient license plates shall be of a color and
design acceptable to the military order of the purple heart association and
approved by the department, utilizing a numbering system as determined by the
department.