Are you eligible?
Any person certified by an authorized health care specialist as having a permanent disability is eligible for the disabled parking license plates. By legal definition, this includes any person who:
►Cannot walk 200 feet or more without stopping to rest.
►Cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, another person or brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device, wheelchair or other assistance devices.
►Is restricted by lung disease to the extent that forced expiratory volume for one second when measured by spirometry is less than one liter or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest.
►Uses portable oxygen.
►Has a cardiac condition to the extent that functional limitations are classified in severity as class III or IV, according to standards accepted by the American Heart Association.
►Is severely limited in the ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition.
Persons that qualify
Disabled parking license plates may be issued to a person with a permanent disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk, who is one of the following:
►Owner of a vehicle.
►Lessee of a vehicle.
►Person who is regularly transported by the owner or lessee of a vehicle.
►Employee who is provided a vehicle owned or leased by the employer.
►Beneficiary of a trust that owns or leases a vehicle.
Vehicles that qualify
The following vehicles qualify for disabled parking license plates:
►An automobile.
►A motor home (Annual registration only).
►A private truck, dual purpose motor home or dual purpose farm truck that has a gross weight of 8,000 pounds or less.
►A farm truck that has a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or less.
►A motorcycle (Non-personalized only).
Things you should know
►Persons with a permanent disability must be recertified every four years.
►Persons with disabled parking license plates may be issued one Disabled Parking Identification (DIS ID) permit.
►If you currently have a valid permanent (blue) DIS ID permit, health care certification is not required at this time. If you have two permits, one must be returned with this application.
►WisDOT may cancel disabled parking license plates that were issued as a result of fraud or error or that is used by anyone not authorized.
►To legally operate your vehicle, you must display license plates within two business days of purchase. If you do not have current plates, apply to a DMV Customer Service Center or an agent authorized by WisDOT to obtain a temporary plate while your disabled parking license plates application is processed. An agent may charge a plate and/or service fee.
►Disabled parking license plates must be replaced with regular plates upon the death of the qualifying person. Credit will be given for any remaining months of registration to the surviving spouse.
►Permits can be used in any vehicle in which you are a passenger or driver.
Personalized plate information
Personalizing your disabled parking license plates is optional.
►A $15 personalized plate fee is required each year in addition to the annual registration fee.
►No refund or adjustment will be made for a change of choice or spacing after the plate has been ordered, or if the application is unclear or incorrectly completed.
►WisDOT may refuse to issue or may recall after issuance, a request that may be offensive to good taste or decency, misleading or conflicts with any other license plate.
►After the Certificate of Registration is issued, allow 4–6 weeks for the manufacturing and mailing process before the plates arrive.
Disabled parking license plates use
A person who displays disabled parking license plates on their vehicle:
►May park in spaces marked by official traffic signs reserving the space for vehicles displaying VET or DIS plates or a DIS ID permit.
►Is exempt from any parking ordinance imposing time limits of one- half hour or more, and is subject to the laws relating to parking.
►May park at a municipally-owned/leased lot without payment in metered spaces when the time limit is one-half hour or more. Payment may be required for privately-owned parking lots or those with an attendant.
►May obtain fuel from a full-service pump at the same price as fuel from a self-service pump at locations with both types of services, if the driver is the person with the disability. The driver of the vehicle must ask for the same price as charged for fuel dispensed from a self-service pump. The retailer is not required to provide any other service that is not provided to customers who use a self-service pump.
How to apply
1.Complete the Applicant section
2.Have a health care specialist complete the Health care certification section.
3.If you are requesting a DIS ID permit, you must keep a copy of this completed application and provide it to any traffic officer for inspection upon request. Make and keep a copy before submitting the application to WisDOT.
4.If you want personalized or non-personalized disabled parking license plates, check the appropriate box on the application.
5.If the vehicle you wish to register with disabled parking license plates is already titled in your name, send:
»A copy of your Certificate of Registration or complete the vehicle description on the application.
»The annual registration fee if the current plates expire within the next three months.
»An additional $15 if applying for personalized plates.
6.If the vehicle is not titled in your name, send:
»The title assigned to you.
»A completed title application: MV1 (Private Sale) or MV11 (Dealer Sale).
»All required fees, including annual registration fee.
»An additional $15 if applying for personalized plates.
7.Make check or money order payable to:
Registration Fee Trust.
8.Mail this application and all required items to:
WisDOT
Special Plates Unit – DIS P O Box 7306 Madison, WI 53707-7306
If you have questions about this application:
»Call: (608) 264-7169
»FAX: (608) 267-5106
»E-mail: special-plates.dmv@dot.wi.gov
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