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Bosnia Veteran
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Available to: Honorably Discharged Veterans who served in Bosnia with the United States Armed Forces.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: Proof of service in Bosnia required.
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Bronze Star - Meritorious
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Available to: Tennessee residents who are recipients of the Bronze Star Meritorious.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: Applicant must provide a letter or DD214 from the Department of Veterans Affairs indicating they are a recipient of one of the applicable medals.
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Bronze Star - Valor
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Available to: Tennessee residents who are recipients of the Bronze Star-Valor.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: Applicant must provide a letter or DD214 from the Department of Veterans Affairs indicating they are a recipient of one of the applicable medals.
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Congressional Medal of Honor
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Available to: Tennessee residents who are recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross or the Legion of Valor. This plate is also available for motorcycles at no charge. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: Free
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: Applicant must provide a letter or DD214 from the Department of Veterans Affairs indicating they are a recipient of one of the applicable medals.
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Desert Storm Veteran
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Available to: Honorably Discharged Veterans of Desert Storm.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: Proof of service in Desert Storm required.
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Disabled Veteran
Available to: In accordance with T.C.A. 55-4-237, a veteran having served in the military services of the United States who is a resident of Tennessee and is entitled to compensation under the laws administered by the Veteran's Administration due to disability incurred in or aggravated by active military services of the U.S.
The application for title and registration should be accompanied by an approval letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs stating a disability of the following:
- Loss or permanent loss of use of one (1) or both feet
- Loss or permanent loss of use of one (1) or both hands
- Permanent impairment of vision of both eyes as enumerated by statute
- Service connected disability which is determined by the Veterans Administration to constitute 100% permanent total disability.
- Additional plates (over and above two free plates) may be obtained upon payment of the regular fee for plates and the actual cost of production ($25.75 first year, $21.50 for renewal).
This plate is also available for motorcycles at no charge, if the conditions for the free plate are satisfied. Otherwise, the cost is $16.75 for the initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Notes: If applicant chooses to have a plate without the without the wheelchair emblem, such plate may be issued; however, only the license plate with a wheelchair emblem entitles the disabled veteran to park in disabled parking areas. The applicant should be made aware that they would be relinquishing disabled parking privileges by choosing a plate without the wheelchair emblem.
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Enemy Evadee
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Available to: Tennessee residents certified as an enemy evadee by the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: The application must be accompanied by discharge papers from the United States Armed Forces that have been certified by the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
A copy of the death certificate should be supplied in the event a surviving spouse wishes to renew such plate.
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Gold Star Mothers
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Available to: A woman whose son or daughter served and died in the line of duty in the armed forces of the United States or its allies, or died as a result of injuries sustained in such service.
Initial Fee: First plate will be free, additional plates will be $25.75 initial issuance and $21.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: Free (First Plate)
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: Applicant must provide a DD Form 1300 Report of Casualty.
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Handicapped Veteran
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Available to: A veteran who has served in the United States Armed Forces who is a resident of Tennessee and who has a service-connected disability which is determined by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to constitute less than one hundred percent (100%) permanent total disability.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: This plate does not have handicapped parking privileges with it.
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Honorably Discharged
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Available to: Honorably Discharged Veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: Proof of service required.
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Korean War Veteran
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Available to: Honorably Discharged Korean War Veterans.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: Proof of service required.
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Legion of Valor
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Available to: Tennessee residents who are recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Air Force Cross or the Legion of Valor. This plate is also available for motorcycles at no charge. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: Free
Personalized Plate Available: No
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Notes: Applicant must provide a letter or DD214 from the Department of Veterans Affairs indicating they are a recipient of one of the applicable medals.
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Military
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Available to: Any Tennessee resident that is an active duty member of the United States military and the United States military reserves in good standing.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50 Personalized Plate Available: No
Honorably Discharged and Retired Members in good standing, Click Here.
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Notes: Accompanying the application for registration for active military will be an active military ID card. For retired forces, one of the following current and valid forms: DD Form 2A (RES), DD Form 2N (RES), DD Form 2MC (RES), DD Form 2AF (RES), DD Form 2CG (RES) or DD214 which reflects 20 years of honorable military service.
Military decals currently available are:
Army |
Navy |
Air Force |
Marine Corps |
Marine Corps League |
Coast Guard |
Reserve Forces |
Retired |
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Military Retired and Honorably Discharged
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Available to: Any Tennessee resident who is a retired member or an honorably discharged member of the United States military and the United States military reserves in good standing.
This plate was designed to enable Retired & Honorably Discharged Military & United States Military reserve personnel to renew their registration without being required to present proof of retirement and/or proof of being honorably discharged from the military in good standing. After the initial plate is issued, recipients of this plate may apply for their yearly renewal without proof of required documentation via U. S. mail or if their local county clerk offers on line registration renewal, they may renew on line.
Fees, Funds Distribution and Personalization are the same as the regular Military Plate.
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National Guard
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Available to: Officers and enlisted members of the Tennessee National Guard and their spouses.
Initial Fee: $25.75
Annual Fee: $21.50 (Officers); Free (First plate for enlisted members); $21.50 (Additional plates for enlisted members); $21.50 This plate is also available for motorcycles at no charge, if the conditions for the free plate are satisfied. Otherwise, the cost is $16.75 for the initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Personalized Plate Available: No
Expiration Period: Enlisted and Officers- September 30
Retired and Honorably Discharged- Staggered |
Notes: County clerks will receive an eligibility list provided by the Adjutant General from the Title and Registration Warehouse.
National Guard officer's plates are produced annually. Only one plate per officer will be produced. The officer will provide a letter of eligibility indicating the plate number. These plates are only issued in September since there are no statutory provision to prorate the registration fee. If an officer fails to register in September, they must use a passenger vehicle registration until the following September. Each year the lettering embossed on the plate will change from red to blue to distinguish the year of issuance.
Each National Guard enlisted member must provide a letter of eligibility identifying them by name, social security number, indicating they are in good standing with the unit and are eligible to have National Guard plates issued if they are not on the eligibility list.
If discharged from the guard prior to the expiration of the registration under which it was issued, the special plate may remain valid for display on the vehicle until the expiration date of the registration by the provision of TCA § 55-4-228(e).
National Guard retirees may obtain this plate with a retired decal affixed. Application must be accompanied by a current and valid armed forces of Tennessee card stating retired status.
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Operation Enduring Freedom
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Available to: Honorably Discharged Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and active members of the United States armed forces serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No |
Notes: Honorably Discharged - DD214 indicating receipt of campaign ribbon (Afghanistan); Active Duty - award certificate indicating receipt of campaign ribbon (Afghanistan).
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Available to: Honorably Discharged Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and active members of the United States armed forces serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No |
Notes: Honorably Discharged - DD214 indicating receipt of campaign ribbon (Iraqi); Active Duty - award certificate indicating receipt of campaign ribbon (Iraqi).
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Pearl Harbor Survivor
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Available to: Any Tennessee resident who was a member of the armed forces of the United States and present at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 and who is the owner of a motor vehicle designated for private use.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No |
Notes: A copy of the membership card from the Pearl Harbor Survivor's Association, Inc. must be provided for eligibility.
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Former P.O.W.
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Available to: Residents of Tennessee who are former prisoners of WWI, WWII, the Korean War or the Vietnam War or the surviving spouse of such former prisoner of war.
Annual Fee: Free (First two plates); $21.50 (additional plates) This plate is also available for motorcycles at no charge, if the conditions for the free plate are satisfied. Otherwise, the cost is $16.75 for the initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Personalized Plate Available: No |
Notes: The application should be accompanied by a certificate from the U.S. Defense Department stating the period of time the applicant was a prisoner of war. In the case of an application for continuation of a license plate or plates held by a deceased spouse of the prisoner of war, a copy of the death certificate should be submitted. A surviving spouse is entitled to the plates until such time as they remarry.
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Purple Heart
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Available to: Tennessee residents that are holders of The Purple Heart Medal at no charge. This plate is also available for motorcycles at no charge. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Personalized Plate Available: No |
Notes: A copy of Form DD-214 or the equivalent prior to 1951 (WWK 53-55), indicating the individual has been awarded the Purple Heart should accompany the application for registration. In the event neither form is available and there is other documentation which indicates the awarding of the Purple Heart, that documentation should be forwarded to the Division prior to issuing the plate in order that the Department may consult with veterans' groups to ascertain eligibility.
A disabled veteran may have two plates.
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Silver Star-Valor
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Available to: Tennessee residents who are recipients of the Silver Star.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No |
Notes: Applicant must provide a letter or DD214 from the Department of Veterans Affairs indicating they are a recipient of one of the applicable medals.
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Vietnam Veteran
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Available to: Honorably Discharged Vietnam War Veterans.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No |
Notes: Proof of service required.
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World War II Veteran
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Available to: Honorably Discharged World War II Veterans.
Initial Fee: $25.75. This plate is also available for motorcycles at a cost of $16.75 for initial issuance and $14.50 for renewal. Contact your county clerk's office for more details.
Annual Fee: $21.50
Personalized Plate Available: No |
Notes: Proof of service required.
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This plate is permanent at no fee up to two plates. 
