Guam Driver License Fee Waiver

16 GCA § 3102.1 waives the fee for the issuance of a motor vehicle driver's license, including all classes and endorsements, for veterans of the United States Armed Forces as defined in § 7120.2(b), which the section expands to include persons who are serving or have served on active duty, reserve component members, and retirees. It also waives it for the spouse, legal guardian or surviving spouse as defined in 10 GCA § 67101 and authorized by 4 GCA § 4B101, and for Gold Star parents eligible under 16 GCA § 7120.3(b). No disability rating is required for the veteran's own waiver. This is one of the broadest veteran benefits in Guam law. What it is worth: § 3102.2 sets the operator's license fee at $25.00 for a three-year licence, with the applicant able to elect a five-year licence for $45.00. Chauffeur classes B, C and D, motorcycle class F and mini bus class G are also $25.00. The waiver covers all classes and endorsements. Proof, under subsection (b), is a character of military service that was honorable as verified by a DD Form 214, DD Form 2 military identification card, DD Form 1173, DD Form 2765, a Common Access Card, or other accepted forms used to verify eligibility, and certified by the Guam Office of Veterans Affairs. The statute adds that OVA certification "will be based only upon records they have available," which is a real limit if your paperwork has never reached the office; registering with the Guam Veterans Registry first is the practical answer. You then apply to the License Division of the Department of Revenue and Taxation. Family eligibility periods follow 4 GCA §§ 4B103, 4B104 and 4B105: a spouse while married, a surviving spouse for ten years from the death, a legal guardian until the children reach eighteen or twenty-three in full-time study. Gold Star parents have the surviving spouse period. A companion provision is worth taking at the same visit. Under 16 GCA § 3101.4, added by Public Law 33-190 in 2016, every applicant for a Guam driver's licence or Guam identification card who is a veteran shall, at their request, have the word "Veteran" affixed to the licence or card, and the same applies on renewal. That turns proof of service into showing the card in your wallet, which is what the parks, registration and fee provisions in this catalog keep asking for. The Driver's License and Identification Card Branch also forwards a copy of the DD214 to the Office of Veterans Affairs, with your documented consent, within thirty days, to update the Guam Veterans Registry. The separate annual vehicle licence and registration fee waiver is a different benefit with a different test, and it has its own entry.