2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 13 - Registration of Vehicles
1342 - Veteran plates and placard.

     § 1342.  Veteran plates and placard.
        (a)  Severely disabled veteran plate.--On the application of
     a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at
     100% by the service unit of the armed forces in which the
     veteran served or by the United States Veterans' Administration
     or who has a service-connected disability of the type enumerated
     in section 1338 (relating to person with disability plate and
     placard), the department shall issue a special registration
     plate designating the vehicle as belonging to a severely
     disabled veteran. The registration plate shall have a white
     background, shall have blue numbers or letters as the department
     may determine, shall have the words "disabled veteran" in at
     least ten-point bold type inscribed in red at the bottom of the
     plate and shall include the international symbol for access for
     persons with disabilities. Only one special registration plate
     shall be issued to a veteran under this section. It may be used
     only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight
     of not more than 10,000 pounds. In the case of a motorcycle, the
     department shall issue a decal containing the international
     symbol for access for persons with disabilities and the words
     "disabled veteran" for display on the registration plate.
        (b)  Severely disabled veteran placard.--On the application
     of any person who meets the qualifications of subsection (a),
     the department shall issue one special parking placard of such
     size and design as the department shall specify, designating the
     vehicle in which it is displayed as being used for the
     transportation of a severely disabled veteran. When parking the
     designated vehicle, the severely disabled veteran parking
     placard shall be prominently displayed so that it may be viewed
     from the front and rear of the vehicle by hanging it from the
     front windshield rearview mirror of a vehicle only when that
     vehicle is utilizing a parking space reserved for persons with
     disabilities. When there is no rearview mirror, or the placard
     is not designed in such a manner to accommodate hanging from a
     rearview mirror, the placard shall be prominently displayed on
     the dashboard of the vehicle when it is in use for the
     transportation of such severely disabled veteran. Placards may
     also be issued for use in vehicles when operated for the use and
     benefit of severely disabled veterans provided that a severely
     disabled veteran is being transported in the vehicle.
        (c)  Disabled veteran plates.--On the application of any
     veteran having a disability certified by the service unit of the
     armed forces in which the veteran served or by the United States
     Veterans' Administration as service-connected, the department
     shall issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle
     as belonging to a disabled veteran. The registration plate shall
     have a white background, shall have numbers or letters as the
     department may determine and shall have the words "disabled
     veteran" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom
     of the plate. Only one special registration plate shall be
     issued to a veteran under this section. It may be used only on a
     passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not
     more than 10,000 pounds.
        (d)  Prisoner of war plate.--On the application of an ex-
     prisoner of war whose imprisonment while in the service of the
     armed forces of the United States is certified by the
     appropriate branch of the armed forces, the department shall
     issue a special registration plate designating the vehicle as
     belonging to an ex-prisoner of war. The registration plate shall
     contain the letters "POW" and such other numbers or letters as
     the department may determine and shall have the words "prisoner
     of war" in at least ten-point bold type inscribed at the bottom
     of the plate. Only one special registration plate shall be
     issued to an ex-prisoner of war under this subsection. The
     special registration plate may be used only on a passenger car
     or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000
     pounds.
        (e)  Documentation of eligibility.--The department may
     require current holders of disabled veteran registration plates
     and placards to provide documentation of their eligibility under
     this section where current documentation is not sufficient.
        (f)  Return of plates and placard.--Upon the death of a
     veteran to whom a severely disabled veteran plate or placard has
     been issued under this section, the severely disabled veteran
     plate or placard shall be void 30 days after death and shall not
     be displayed on any vehicle. The personal representative of the
     deceased shall return the plate to the department. If there is
     no personal representative, the spouse or, if there is no
     spouse, the next of kin of the deceased shall return the plate
     or placard to the department.
     (July 11, 1980, P.L.550, No.113, eff. 60 days; July 10, 1981,
     P.L.250, No.82, eff. imd.; May 9, 1986, P.L.158, No.51, eff. 60
     days; Dec. 11, 1986, P.L.1530, No.166, eff. 60 days; Apr. 29,
     1994, P.L.148, No.25, eff. imd.; Dec. 15, 1995, P.L.655, No.72,
     eff. 60 days; Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1126, No.151, eff. 60 days;
     Dec. 18, 2007, P.L.436, No.67, eff. 60 days)

        2007 Amendment.  Act 67 amended subsecs. (a), (c) and (d).
        1998 Amendment.  Act 151 amended subsecs. (a), (b), (c) and
     (d).
        1995 Amendment.  Act 72 added subsec. (f).
        Cross References.  Section 1342 is referred to in section
     1346 of this title.