South Carolina offers 56 distinctive license plate designs honoring service members, veterans, retired service members and eligible family members. Each plate has its own eligibility and documentation requirements, listed on the application.
Military plates are only processed by mail at SCDMV Headquarters. Mail the completed SCDMV Application for Military License Plate, your official military documentation, any other documents the application lists for that plate, and the applicable fees to SCDMV, Specialty Plates, PO Box 1498, Blythewood SC 29016-0038. If the plate offers handicap parking, also include the SCDMV Application for Placard and/or License Plate for People who have a Disability.
Official military documentation such as a DD214, NGB22, official orders or a VA-issued Veterans ID Card, plus whatever else the application lists for the plate you want, and the fee.
