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GET THE PLATES
What better way to promote and support the program than by getting the plates and advertising them on your own car!
Applications for Animal Friendly license plates can be obtained at your local DMV or the plates may also be ordered by mail. An application form (pdf document) must accompany the order.
Send your completed application form and a $50 check or money order to
DMV Administration
Office,
Special Tag
P.O. Box 698,
Dover, DE 19903.
The check must include 1) name and address, 2) driver’s license number and 3) daytime telephone number.
The Division of Motor Vehicles will mail your plate directly to your mailing address. Upon receipt you may replace your old plate with your new plate. It is not necessary to return your old plate. Please allow approximately six weeks for delivery.
The Animal Welfare License Plate may be displayed on cars; station wagons or trucks, except for IRP apportioned vehicles.
The regular plate number or vanity plate assigned to your vehicle can be displayed on this plate.
Other special plates (alumni, organizations, handicapped, retired police, etc.) cannot be displayed on the Animal Welfare Plate. You may, however, purchase an Animal Welfare Plate (using your regular plate number) for the rear of your vehicle and use your special
plate on the front.
For more information on Delaware's animal-friendly license plate program, contact the state's Division of Motor Vehicles at:
State of Delaware - Specialty Tags
Dover
303 Transportation
Circle
P.O. Box 698
Dover, DE 19903
Phone: (302) 744-2500
Georgetown
Rt. 113 & South Bedford
St. Ext.
P.O. Box 389
Georgetown, DE 19947
Phone: (302) 853-1000
New Castle
Airport & Churchman’s Rd.
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: (302) 326-5000
Wilmington
2230 Hessler Boulevard
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: (302) 434-3200
HOURS AT ALL OFFICES
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PROGRAM DETAILS
Slogan:
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Fee: One time fee of $50
Amount to Spay-Neuter: $35
Fund: State Treasury and credited to a special fund account to be known as the Animal Welfare License Fund in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife
Fund Administrator:
Fund Disbursement: Funds from the sale of this plate are provided to organizations or veterinary clinics that provide low-cost dog and cat spaying and neutering and to non-profit organizations that provide shelter to unwanted stray dogs and cats.
The "Fund Committee" shall mean a committee comprised of the following 5 persons:
(1) The Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control or his or her designee, which person shall also act as chairperson of the committee;
(2) A representative of the Kent County SPCA;
(3) A representative of the Delaware SPCA;
(4) A representative of the Delaware Humane Association; and
(5) The President of the State Veterinary Board or his or her designee.
The Fund Committee shall meet as often as is necessary at times and in locations specified by the chairperson. The Fund Committee shall issue recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as often as the chairperson deems necessary but no less often than annually
Three members shall comprise a quorum and actions by the committee may only be taken by majority vote of those members present. The members shall receive no compensation for their services.
TITLE 21. MOTOR VEHICLES
PART II. REGISTRATION, TITLE AND LICENSES
CHAPTER 21. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
SUBCHAPTER II. PLATES
s 2139F Special animal welfare license plates.
(a) The owner of any vehicle described in paragraph (b) of this subsection may apply to the Department for the assignment to that vehicle of a special animal welfare registration.
(b) This section applies only to:
(1) A private passenger vehicle; or
(2) A truck with a three-fourths ton or smaller manufacturer's rated capacity.
(c) Upon the initial application for a plate to be issued pursuant to this section, a one-time fee of $50, which includes an administrative fee of $15, is required in addition to the annual registration fee required by this title. This additional fee is required for members of nonprofit organizations even if members are exempt from registration fees under s 2159 of this title. A replacement plate may be obtained upon payment of a fee to be set by the Division which shall cover the cost of the plate.
(d) The one-time administrative fee collected pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited into a special fund and used by the Division of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of promoting the sale of the plate and administering this section. Proceeds remaining after the Division of Motor Vehicles have covered the costs of promoting and administering this section shall be applied pursuant to subsection (f) of this section.
(e) All registration plates issued pursuant to this section shall be of the colors and design as determined by the Committee. The numbers and/or letters assigned will be the same as the license plate assigned to the vehicle. The license plate may also include words, a slogan or an emblem indicating support for, or interest in, animal welfare. The Committee may at its discretion drop the wording "The First State" and substitute in place thereof an animal welfare slogan. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall have the power to refuse any design which believes would cause a public safety enforcement problem.
(f) The funds derived by the State from that portion of the one-time fee of $50 that is not defined as an administrative fee pursuant to subsection (d) of this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to a special fund account to be known as the Animal Welfare License Fund in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control shall divide the funds between organizations or veterinary clinics that provide low-cost dog or cat spaying and neutering services and nonprofit organizations that provide shelter to unwanted stray dogs and cats. In determining how the funds shall be expended, the Department shall consider the recommendations of the Fund Committee, as defined in (g) below, provided that such recommendations shall not be binding on the Department.
(g) For purposes of this section, the "Fund Committee" shall mean a committee comprised of the following 5 persons:
(1) The Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control or his or her designee, which person shall also act as chairperson of the committee;
(2) A representative of the Kent County SPCA;
(3) A representative of the Delaware SPCA;
(4) A representative of the Delaware Humane Association; and
(5) The President of the State Veterinary Board or his or her designee.
The Fund Committee shall meet as often as is necessary at times and in locations specified by the chairperson. The Fund Committee shall issue recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as often as the chairperson deems necessary but no less often than annually Three members shall comprise a quorum and actions by the committee may only be taken by majority vote of those members present. The members shall receive no compensation for their services.
(h) The Division of Motor Vehicles may promulgate rules and regulations as required to administer this section.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
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Prevent a Litter Coalition, Inc.
Post Office Box 9294, Reston, VA 20195