Disabled Parking Placards Come From the Medina County Tax Office

A disabled parking placard or plate in Texas is a county-counter errand, not a state-mail one. You hand the paperwork to your local tax assessor-collector. In Medina County that's Melissa Lutz's office at 1502 Ave. M in Hondo, (830) 741-6120. The form is the VTR-214, the Application for Persons with Disabilities Parking Placard, and page two carries the disability statement your doctor or health-care provider has to fill out and sign before you ever walk in.

Renewals of a permanent blue placard skip the doctor entirely. Those run on a four-year clock, and when yours comes due you complete page one of a fresh VTR-214 and send a copy of your original application along with it, leaving page two blank. The first-time application and the temporary red placards, which expire in six months or less, are the ones that need a current medical sign-off.

Line up the VTR-214 with your provider first, then carry it to 1502 Ave. M. The same windows that renew your registration print the placard, so once the medical part is squared away it's a single trip to the counter.