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Michigan Department of State
Internal Services Section
7064 Crowner Drive
Lansing, MI 48918-8264
To renew online, you will need:
To renew by mail, you will need your:
In addition to renewing your registration by mail, you can:
To renew at a self-service station, you will need:
A $4.25 service fee will be charged for each item transacted at a station.
You can renew your disability plate online, by mail, or at a self-service station and don’t need to visit a Secretary of State office. If you’d like to renew your plate while completing another transaction at an office, you will need:
Michigan law says:
A person with a disability who is determined by a physician, a physician assistant, or an optometrist to have 1 or more of the following physical characteristics:
(a) Blindness as determined by an optometrist, a physician, or a physician assistant.
(b) Inability to walk more than 200 feet without having to stop and rest.
(c) Inability to do both of the following:
(i) Use 1 or both legs or feet.
(ii) Walk without the use of a wheelchair, walker, crutch, brace, prosthetic, or other device, or without the
assistance of another person.
(d) A lung disease from which the person's forced expiratory volume for 1 second, when measured by
spirometry, is less than 1 liter, or from which the person's arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg of
room air at rest.
(e) A cardiovascular condition that causes the person to measure between 3 and 4 on the New York heart
classification scale, or that renders the person incapable of meeting a minimum standard for cardiovascular
health that is established by the American heart association and approved by the department of public health.
(f) An arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition that severely limits the person's ability to walk.
(g) The persistent reliance upon an oxygen source other than ordinary air.
Disability Placards:
Disability license plate:
Yes, you can have both as the same time. Use your placard when you are traveling in a vehicle without a disability plate.
Disability Placards:
Disability license plate:
Renewal forms cannot be resent. You can still renew without the renewal notice:
