Getting a Disabled Parking Placard in Harrison County

Need a disabled parking placard? The form is VTR-214, and the key piece is the disability statement section: your doctor or another licensed health-care provider has to fill that part out before it's worth anything. Once it's signed, you bring it to the Harrison County Tax Office, the same counter in Marshall (or Hallsville or Waskom) where you'd register a car.

There are two colors and they aren't interchangeable. A red placard is for a temporary condition like a surgery or a broken hip, and expires in six months or less. A blue placard is for a permanent disability and renews every four years; on those renewals the doctor usually doesn't have to sign off again.

One thing the state takes seriously: the placard is only good when the person with the disability is the one being parked for, driving or riding. Lending it to a relative to grab a closer spot can cost up to $1,250 and 50 hours of community service. Before you drive over, check the tax office hours — title and registration work there wraps up before 4:30.