APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY PARKING PLACARD
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North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles
Application instructions for temporary or permanent disability parking placards:
1. Applicant must select the number of placards desired. (Please note: There is a limit of two per applicant.)
2. Applicant must complete and sign only the applicant section. Parent may sign for minors. *If signing with a Power of Attorney, a certified copy must be attached or shown at the time of issuance.
3. The physician must select the type of placard:
a. Permanent placard – valid for five years. Re-certification by a physician and a new placard must be issued at expiration.
a. Permanent placard – valid for five years. Re-certification by a physician and a new placard must be issued at expiration.
4. Physician must complete and sign the physician’s section.
5. Please return the completed application and the $5.00 fee per placard to your local License Plate Agency or mail it to the address above.
Find local DMV License Plate Agencies at www.ncdot.gov/dmv
APPLICANT SECTION
Temporary Parking Placards
Are issued for a period of one to six months. If an extension is needed beyond the expiration date, a new application will be
required. Upon expiration, Temporary Accessible Parking Placards should be destroyed.
Permanent Parking Placards
G. S. 20-37.6 Parking Privileges for Handicapped Drivers and Passengers
(a) General Parking – Any vehicle that is driven by or is transporting a person who is handicapped and that displays a
distinguishing license plate, a removable windshield placard, or a temporary removable windshield placard may be parked for
unlimited periods in parking zones restricted as to the length of time parking is permitted. This provision has no application to
those zones or during times in which the stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles is prohibited or which are reserved for
special types of vehicles. Any qualifying vehicle may park in spaces designated as restricted to vehicles driven by or transporting
the handicapped.
Rules that govern the Parking Placard for the Afflicted, Disabled or Handicapped Person
• The placard is portable from one vehicle to another.
• Hang the placard from the rearview mirror or place on the driver’s side dash if there is no rearview mirror.
• The placard registration card must remain with each placard while in use.
• The fee is $15.00 to replace the registration card for your placard if it becomes lost.
• The fee to replace a lost/stolen placard itself is $5.00.
• Damaged placards will be replaced at no fee.
• Any organization certified by State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency that regularly transports handicapped persons may apply.
G. S. 20-37.6 (c)
