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on your driver license or 
identification card.
Veterans
Veteran Designation on License 
or Identification Card
Any honorably discharged US 
veteran may have a veteran 
designation “V” placed on his or her 
driver license. The veteran will need 
to provide a copy of their DD214 or 
other approved discharge document 
at the time of issuance. The veteran 
designation may be added for 
$2.00 as long as the current driver 
license or identification card is 
surrendered and there are no other 
license transactions or changes. 
The replacement driver license or 
identification card fee is waived. 
When other license transactions are 
being completed at the same time 
the veteran designation may be 
added, a $1.00 fee is charged for the 
veteran designation along with the 
other transaction fees. However, if 
the transaction is completed in a tax 
collector office, tax collector service 
fees will apply.
Exempt Fees for 100% Disabled 
US Veterans
Any veteran honorably discharged 
from the Armed Forces who was 
issued a valid identification card 
by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or a letter of disability 
determination from the Veterans 
Administration and has been 
determined by the Veterans 
Administration to have a 100% 
service-connected disability, is 
exempt from paying certain driver 
license fees such as initial license fees 
and renewal fees. All identification 
card fees are exempt.
Disabled Parking Permit
If you have a mobility impairment, 
you don’t have to pay parking fees 
on any public street, highway, or 
metered space and may park in 
spaces reserved for persons with 
disabilities. However, you must 
display a disabled parking permit 
or plate to park in these designated 
spaces and the vehicle must actually 
be transporting the person with the 
disability who owns the permit or 
registration. Anyone who obtains 
or uses a permit that does not 
belong to them can be charged 
with a second degree misdemeanor, 
punishable by a $500 fine or up to 
6 months in jail, and the illegally 
parked vehicle can be towed and the 
permit confiscated.
Selective Service
State law requires any male who 
is a US citizen or immigrant, who 
is at least 18 years old but less 
than 26 years old, to comply with 
Federal Selective Service System 
requirements when applying to 
receive a driver’s license, a learner’s 
license, a commercial driver’s 
license, an identification card, or 
a renewal or replacement card or 
license. 

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Sexual Offenders & 
Sexual Predators
Within 48 hours after completing 
the required initial registration as a 
sexual predator or sexual offender 
in Florida, all sexual predators 
and sexual offenders who are not 
incarcerated, including those who 
are under the supervision of the 
Florida Department of Corrections, 
shall register in person at the 
DHSMV or tax collector licensing 
agent. 
The sexual predator or sexual 
offender must identify him or 
herself as such and provide their 
place of permanent or temporary 
residence. Post office box numbers 
may not be used in place of a 
physical residential address.
Sexual offenders will have 
“943.0435 F.S.” printed on the 
front of their driver license or ID 
card. Sexual predators will have 
“SEXUAL PREDATOR” printed 
on the front of their driver license or 
ID card. 
Predators and offenders must report 
in person to the DHSMV or tax 
collector licensing agent every time 
their license or ID card is subject to 
renewal and within 48 hours after 
any change in name or address.
Career Offenders
Career offenders are certain persons 
who are designated as habitual 
violent felony offenders, violent 
career criminals, or three-time 
violent felony offenders.
Within two working days after 
completing the required registration 
as a career offender in Florida, 
all career offenders who are not 
incarcerated, including those who 
are under the supervision of the 
Florida Department of Corrections, 
shall register in person at the 
DHSMV or tax collector licensing 
agent.
Career offenders must report in 
person to the DHSMV or tax 
collector licensing agent every time 
their license or ID card is subject 
to renewal and within two working 
days after any change in name or 
address.
Florida Organ & Tissue 
Donor Program
Donate Life Florida is the non-
profit organization that oversees the 
state’s organ, eye, and tissue donor 
registry. 
The Joshua Abbott Organ & Tissue 
Donor Registry allows Floridians 
to join the state’s organ and tissue 
donor registry when obtaining/
renewing their license at a local 
driver license/tax collector office.
DonateLifeFlorida.org
.  
1-877-FL-SHARE  

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Voluntary Contributions
When you are applying for a driver 
license or identification card you 
may voluntarily contribute to the 
following special trust funds:
 
ACG Traffic Safety Foundation
 
Autism Services and Supports
 
Children’s Hearing Help Fund
 
Disabled American Veterans
 
End Breast Cancer
 
Family First
 
Florida Council of the Blind
 
Health Care Trust Fund
 
Hearing Research Institute Inc.
 
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Intl 
 
League Against Cancer/
 
La Liga Contra el Cancer
 
Prevent Blindness Florida
 
Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
 
Ronald McDonald House
 
Senior Vision Services
 
State Homes for Veterans Trust Fund
 
Stop Heart Disease
 
Support Our Troops
 
The ARC of Florida
Emergency Contact 
Information
If you have a Florida driver license 
or ID, register your emergency 
contact information at the DHSMV 
website 
flhsmv.gov
.
 This provides 
law enforcement with an immediate 
contact in case you are involved in 
an emergency. 

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