Orange County Vehicle License Fee Exemptions for Active Duty, Prisoner of War, and Medal of Honor Plate Holders

Orange County charges a motor vehicle license fee of $35 a year on a car or truck and $21 on a motorcycle. Section 62-40 of the county code exempts one vehicle, owned or leased: Of a member of the armed services on active duty, which "includes active duty service with the regular Armed Forces of the United States, or the National Guard, or other reserve component". Of a former prisoner of war whose registration card shows prisoner of war plates. Of a Medal of Honor recipient whose registration card shows Medal of Honor plates. Of a veteran whose registration card shows the DMV disabled veteran exemption and who has Disabled Veteran plates. This one is the state's mandatory rule in section 46.2-755(B); the other three are Orange's own. The section does not extend to Purple Heart plates or to surviving spouses, which section 46.2-752 would allow. Residents of the towns of Orange and Gordonsville deal with the town for any town fee. Section 58-57 separately exempts an active-duty member's vehicle, including one owned jointly with a civilian spouse, from the county's $100 tax on vehicles kept in the county without Virginia plates.