Immediate family members of a service member who died while serving on active duty get a free Gold Star Family license plate. Eligible relatives are the spouse, parents, children, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren. Stepparents, stepchildren, stepsiblings, step-grandparents and step-grandchildren qualify only if they were legally adopted before the service member died.
Bring the completed Application for Gold Star Family Plates and the documentation it lists to a full-service Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles location, or mail it to Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, ATTN: Special Plates, P.O. Box 55889, Boston, MA 02205-5889.
The completed application, the report of casualty or death certificate, and proof of your relationship to the service member.
