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You will need to have your Gold Star
Status verified at your county VA office and then take the 2 forms to
the DMV or mail the forms to the DMV (address on form). Read more
details here.
Thank you to the many Gold Star family members who worked to raise the $300,000 required for the license plates to be issued. Special thanks to CDVA and Mike & Angela Anderson, Kevin & Leianne Graves and Dianne Layfield and Doug Lyvere for their special efforts.
The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) or designee shall, upon receiving proof of eligibility from an applicant, authorize DMV to issue Gold Star Family specialized license plates. The vehicle must be owned by an eligible family member of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was killed in the line of duty while on active duty during wartime service, or during an international terrorist attack that has been recognized by the United States Secretary of Defense as an attack against the United States or a foreign nation friendly to the United States, or during military operations while serving outside the United States, including commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States, or as part of a peacekeeping force, which includes personnel assigned to a force engaged in a peacekeeping operation authorized by the United Nations Security Council. An eligible family member is defined as all of the following:
1. A person must have a licensed vehicle registered in California.
2. A person who attaches proof of one of the following relationship to the service member
identified on DD Form 1300 / or verifiable proof of death in combat:
Widow / Widower
Biological parent
Adoptive parent
Stepparent
Foster parent
Biological child
Adoptive child
Stepchild
Sibling
Half-sibling
Grandparent
Thank you to the many Gold Star family members who worked to raise the $300,000 required for the license plates to be issued. Special thanks to CDVA and Mike & Angela Anderson, Kevin & Leianne Graves and Dianne Layfield and Doug Lyvere for their special efforts.
The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) or designee shall, upon receiving proof of eligibility from an applicant, authorize DMV to issue Gold Star Family specialized license plates. The vehicle must be owned by an eligible family member of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was killed in the line of duty while on active duty during wartime service, or during an international terrorist attack that has been recognized by the United States Secretary of Defense as an attack against the United States or a foreign nation friendly to the United States, or during military operations while serving outside the United States, including commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States, or as part of a peacekeeping force, which includes personnel assigned to a force engaged in a peacekeeping operation authorized by the United Nations Security Council. An eligible family member is defined as all of the following:
1. A person must have a licensed vehicle registered in California.
2. A person who attaches proof of one of the following relationship to the service member
identified on DD Form 1300 / or verifiable proof of death in combat:
Widow / Widower
Biological parent
Adoptive parent
Stepparent
Foster parent
Biological child
Adoptive child
Stepchild
Sibling
Half-sibling
Grandparent