§ 39-04-10.14 — North Dakota gold star number plates

North Dakota § 39-04-10.14

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 39: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 39-04: Motor Vehicle Registration

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1. The director may issue distinctive number plates to a surviving spouse, parent,
including stepmother, stepfather, parent through adoption, and foster parent who
stands or stood in loco parentis, grandparents, child, including stepchild and child
through adoption, and sibling, including half-brother and half-sister, of a member of the
armed forces of the United States who died while serving on active duty during a time
of military conflict. The director shall issue a number plate under this section upon
receiving payment of all other fees required under this chapter for registration of a
motor vehicle.
2. Plates issued under this section must bear a gold star emblem logo on the left side of
the plate and the letters "GS" before the number. The director shall cooperate with the
director of the department of veterans' affairs to design the gold star emblem logo. The
director may issue one set of plates per eligible owner of a passenger motor vehicle or
a truck the registered gross weight of which does not exceed twenty thousand pounds
[9071.85 kilograms].
3. On request of the director, the department of veterans' affairs shall certify those
surviving family members of deceased members of the United States armed forces
listed above as eligible to receive the plates.
4. Once declared eligible for a gold star plate, the department may not remove the
eligibility of a surviving family member.
5. Once a plate number is issued to an eligible family member, the department may not
assign the plate to another eligible person.