• Plates are issued to an owner of a vehicle who is a person with a permanent disability; also issued to parent or guardian of a child with a disability if the child lives with parent or guardian.
  
  
• Removable windshield placards are issued to a person with a disability on a temporary (six months) or permanent basis. Removable windshield placards may also be issued to an organization that transports persons with disabilities and/or elderly customers.
  
  
• Stickers are issued to an owner of a motor vehicle who is a person with a disability who does not want a persons with disabilities license plate. The sticker is placed on the license plate in the lower-right corner of the rear plate. The sticker can be placed on any type of regular, special or personalized license plate in the lower-right corner of the rear plate.

• The person cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest.
• The person cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair or other assisting device.
• The person is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that the person's forced expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter, or the arterial-oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest.
• The person uses portable oxygen.
• The person has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV according to standards set by the American Heart Association.
• The person is severely limited in the person's ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition.

• Complete an Application for Persons with Disabilities Parking Permit for Iowa Residents. Application forms are also available at any county treasurer's office, any Iowa DOT's full-service driver's license site, or the Iowa DOT Office of Vehicle Services listed below.
• For personalized plates, you must complete Persons with Disabilities License Plate Application.
• Provide a medical statement from a physician, chiropractor, physician's assistant or nurse practitioner on their letterhead stationery, stating the applicant is a person with a disability and that the disability is either temporary or permanent.
• Return the application and medical statement for removable windshield placards to any Iowa DOT full-service driver's license site or the Iowa DOT's Office of Vehicle Services listed below.
• Stickers are only available at the Office of Vehicle Services.
• Persons with disability license plates are available at your county treasurer's office.

• Plates: Persons with disabilities plates must be validated each year with a self-certification by the owner stating the disability still exists for the owner or for the child.
  
  
• Removable windshield placards: Temporary permits will expire six months from the date of issue, unless the physician indicates a date prior to six months; those which are permanent are nonexpiring.
  
  
• Stickers: Valid as long as the motor vehicle registration is current.

• Persons with disabilities plates may be issued to all vehicles titled in the person's name with a disability.
• Two removable windshield placards may be issued for each person with a disability.
• Persons with disabilities parking stickers may be issued to all vehicles titled in the person's name with a disability.

• Providing false information to obtain the removable windshield placard, sticker or plate may result in a $300 civil fine; the removable windshield placard, sticker or plate may also be revoked.
• Parking in a designated space when there is not a person with a disability driving or riding in the vehicle may result in a $200 fine.
• Failing to return the removable windshield placard, sticker or plate when the use is no longer needed, and then misusing it may result in a fine of up to $200

Requirements for the numbers and dimensions of accessible parking spaces are established by the Iowa Department of Public Safety. For further information, contact the regulatory assistance coordinator at 515-725-6145 or e-mail at regassist@dps.state.ia.us.