CA Veteran Plates Again Available

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CA Vet License Plates ► Sales Low | Production Uncertain

California veterans were quick to voice their disappointment when the state’s VETERAN license plate was replaced by an HONORING VETERANS version that appealed to family and friends of veterans. A bill, sponsored by the County Veterans Service Officers and the California State Commanders Veterans Council and signed by the Governor authorized the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to recreate the specialty plate. The law requires CalVet to collect and hold pre-paid VETERAN license plate applications until 7,500 are received before DMV will actually produce the plate. CalVet has until the end of this year to accomplish that task. Once that threshold is crossed, DMV will produce the plates and take responsibility for processing future applications. That same “hold and wait” process applies to all new specialty license plates in California. As of June 30, CalVet had received fewer than 200 of the 7,500 hundred applications needed by year’s end for plate to be produced. Unless sales skyrocket in the next six months and the threshold number is reached, the VETERAN plates will not be produced, and the money sent to CalVet to reserve plates will be refunded to those who paid. HONORING VETERANS plates will still be available.

Both VETERAN and HONORING VETERANS plates can be personalized and can be customized with the distinctive military branch or veterans service organization logo of choice. Proceeds from the sale of these plates help support efforts of the California Department of Veterans Affairs and 56 county veteran service offices to connect veterans and their families with the benefits they’ve earned through military service. The veteran license plate program is a partnership between the California Department of Veterans Affairs, the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and the California Association of County Veterans Services Officers, Inc. To purchase either of the two specialty plates, go to http://www.calvet.ca.gov/ VetServices/Pages/License-Plates. aspx . You may also call CalVet at (877) 741-8532 (toll free) to request that a specialty license plate application be mailed to you. [Source: CALVET Newsletter Jul 2014 ++]

Joe Wright
Kings County Public Guardian
Veterans Service Officer
(559)852-2659
joe.wright@co.kings.ca.us