5101.11.
(a) A person otherwise eligible under this article who is a disabled veteran, as defined in subdivision (b), may apply for special license plates, as described in subdivision (d), for the vehicle under this article. (b) For purposes of this section, a disabled veteran means a person who has suffered a service-connected disability while serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, and whose disability has been rated by the Department of Veterans Affairs as permanent and total.
(c) The applicant shall show, through documentation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, proof of his or her disability rating.
(d) The special license plate issued under this section shall have the approval of the department prior to distribution; shall have the words “Disabled Veteran” inscribed on them; and shall run in a regular numerical series. These plates shall not include any of the following:
(1) The International Symbol of Access adopted pursuant to Section 3 of Public Law 100-641, commonly known as the “wheel symbol.”
(2) The parking privileges associated with special license plates issued pursuant to Section 5007.
(e) Special license plates may be issued pursuant to this section only for a vehicle owned or coowned by a disabled veteran, as defined in subdivision (b).
(f) Upon the death of a person issued special license plates pursuant to this section, his or her surviving spouse may retain the plates subject to the conditions in this section. Upon the death of the surviving spouse, the retained plates shall be returned to the department within 60 days following that death or upon the expiration of the vehicle registration, whichever occurs first.
(g) Sections 5106 and 5108 do not apply to special license plates issued under this section.