DISABLED PARKING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS TO CHANGE
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New legislation calls for documentation when renewing ~
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - If you have a blue permanent disabled parking permit, you need to be aware of the new
requirements put in place by Florida lawmakers. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will
implement the new law.
Effective Oct. 1, 2012, any person issued a blue permanent disabled parking permit must renew the permit
every four years and, when doing so, provide a certificate of disability completed and signed by a certifying
authority within the last 12 months. That means every blue disabled parking permit holder will, at least every
four years and within 12 months of the date of their renewal, fill out Form HSMV 83039. Permit holders will
not have to pay a renewal fee.
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n addition, effective July 1, 2012, if your blue permanent disabled parking permit is lost or stolen, a
replacement will only be issued if you submit the same documentation required for renewals. The new law
does not affect red temporary disabled parking permits, nor people who have disabled (wheelchair) license
plates.
Under current Florida law, disabled parking permit holders must renew their parking permits every four years,
but they do not have to submit a certificate of disability when renewing. They can renew online, by mail or by
visiting a Tax Collector’s office.
The legislation also directs DHSMV to collect calls reporting abuse of the permits. Calls should be placed to
the DHSMV Customer Service Center at (850) 617-3803.
More than 1.3 million Floridians currently have permanent blue disabled parking permits. The permanent
permit is blue; the temporary permit is red.
The blue disabled parking permit with a current sticker must be visible from the front and rear of a motor
vehicle. One side of the permit must display the applicant’s driver license number or state identification card
number along with a warning the applicant must have such identification at all times while using the parking
permit.
Illegally obtaining or using a permit can result in the loss of the parking permit and carries the potential for
criminal penalties as outlined in Florida Statute 320.0848.
St. Cloud Branch Office
1300 9th Street / Ste. 101B
St. Cloud, Florida 34769
Buenaventura Lakes Branch Office
2595 Simpson Road
Kissimmee, Florida 34744
Poinciana Branch Office
2924 Pleasant Hill Road
Kissimmee, Florida 34746
BRUCE VICKERS, CFC, CFBTO, ELC.
Osceola County Tax Collector
2501 E. Irlo Bronso
n Memorial Hwy. / P.O. Box 422105 / Kissimmee, Florida 34742-2105
Phone 407-742-4000 / Fax 407-742-4008
www.osceolataxcollector.org
