A. The department shall issue veteran special plates to:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-2414

  • Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Immediate family member: means a spouse or a parent, child, brother or sister whether by adoption or blood. See Arizona Laws 28-2401
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Special plates: means plates issued pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 28-2401
  • State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. A person who submits satisfactory proof to the department that the person is a veteran.

2. The immediate family member of a person who has been issued a license plate pursuant to this section.

B. The department shall issue veteran special plates for motorcycles.

C. The department shall design the veteran special plates. Each veteran special plate shall contain a red, white and blue design and the designation "veteran" at the bottom of the plate. The department shall design seven different veteran special plates as follows:

1. One plate shall contain an American flag in the center of the plate.

2. One plate shall contain an army seal.

3. One plate shall contain a navy seal.

4. One plate shall contain a United States marine corps seal.

5. One plate shall contain an air force seal.

6. One plate shall contain a coast guard seal.

7. One plate shall contain a Native American code talkers seal.

D. A person who meets the qualifications of subsection A of this section may select which veteran special plate design prescribed by subsection C of this section that the person receives from the department.

E. Of the $25 fee required by section 28-2402 for original veteran special plates and for renewal of veteran special plates, $8 is a special plate administration fee and $17 is a veteran plate annual donation.

F. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all special plate administration fees in the state highway fund established by section 28-6991 and shall deposit the veteran plate annual donations in the veterans’ donations fund established by section 41-608.

G. A request for special plates issued under this section may be combined with a request for a personalized special plate issued pursuant to section 28-2406. The department shall prescribe the form for the request. The initial combined request is subject to the fee required for veteran special plates and the fee required for the other special plate issued pursuant to section 28-2406. On renewal of the combined special plates, the fee is $25 and shall be divided and deposited as prescribed in subsections E and F of this section.