Mississippi program
Accessible parking for your child
A disabled parking placard can help when your child meets the medical parking criteria.
What it is
A disabled parking placard can help when your child meets the medical parking criteria.
Walking from the car may be difficult during treatment, but the medical criteria still need review. A doctor or nurse practitioner signs the application. The county tax collector’s office handles issuance.
Eligibility rules
- Mississippi uses a physician or nurse practitioner’s signature on the medical form.
- A physician or nurse practitioner must certify a mobility or heart/lung criterion, such as inability to walk 200 feet without resting, an assistive device, portable oxygen, specified severe lung or heart limits, or severely restricted walking from an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition. A child can be the applicant. A temporary placard lasts no more than six months, based on the expected duration. The county confirms renewal and any new certification. The current DOR download is Form 76-104; its older FAQ names 79-104.
What you get
- A disabled parking placard with no additional fee.
What this includes
- The placard is for a vehicle carrying the child. It is separate from approval of any treatment or insurance benefit.
If you decide to apply
- Ask your child’s doctor or nurse practitioner whether the parking criteria fit and about signing the current Form 76-104.
- Bring the signed form and vehicle registration to the county tax collector’s office if you choose to request the placard.
The county tax collector's office, on the signed form · Official page ↗
What happens next
- The county office issues the placard after receiving the completed medical form.
Good to know
Treatment or fatigue alone does not settle eligibility. The clinician must certify the medical criteria.
Other details
- The DOR form page posted April 17, 2025 links Form 76-104, revised June 2008. The county tax collector confirms the current form and whether temporary or longer-term issuance fits the medical certification.
Official sources
- Mississippi DOR - Motor Vehicle Frequently Asked Questions
- Mississippi www.mdhs.ms.gov — Sibling child care and a temporary disabled-parking placard
- Mississippi www.sos.ms.gov — Sibling child care and a temporary disabled-parking placard
- Mississippi www.mdhs.ms.gov — Sibling child care and a temporary disabled-parking placard
- Mississippi www.dor.ms.gov — Sibling child care and a temporary disabled-parking placard
- Mississippi www.dor.ms.gov — Sibling child care and a temporary disabled-parking placard
“Would a parking placard help our child, what are the benefits or limitations, and could you help us request one if the medical criteria fit?”
Why I’m asking: I want to understand whether closer parking is available if walking becomes difficult for our child.
More background and detailed requirements
Additional program information and published rules
Who does what
The three parts, side by side. The agency decides; nobody on this page does.
You
Get the form signed at a clinic visit and take it to the county office.
Your social worker
The clinic can sign it while you are there.
The care team
A physician or nurse practitioner signs the medical section.
- Who decides
- The county tax collector's office, on the signed medical form.
- Ask the care team
- “Can you sign the disabled parking form, 79-104, while we are here today?”
How to apply
First step: The oncology team can assess the criteria and complete the currently linked Form 76-104 if appropriate.
- Ask the oncology team to sign form 79-104 at the next clinic visit.
- Take it to the county tax collector's office.
Official application / program page ↗
Where it starts: Ask for form 79-104, have the doctor or nurse practitioner sign it, and take it to the county office.
What to gather
- Current Form 76-104 and medical certification
- Your vehicle registration
How long: Issued at the county office once the form is signed.
What a yes looks like
A placard for the windscreen.
What a no looks like, and the next move
Ask which medical criterion was not met and whether a temporary placard is possible instead.
Watch out
- Ask the clinic to sign while you are there. Chasing a signature later is the part that never happens.
- The form includes a child applicant. A temporary placard lasts up to six months; the county confirms renewal and certification requirements.
The numbers and the rules
The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 11, 2026.
What it is worth
A disabled parking placard signed by a doctor or nurse practitioner, with no additional fee.
- $0 — Additional fee for a disabled plate or placard
Covers: A parking placard for the car carrying your child
What it costs the family: No additional fee.
The eligibility facts, as published
- Medical
- A physician or nurse practitioner certifies a listed mobility or cardiopulmonary criterion; diagnosis or treatment alone does not establish eligibility.
- Residency
- Mississippi
Decisions this site cannot make: A physician or nurse practitioner signs the form
Expect friction on: The current form and any child-specific duration could not be read
The trap: Do not wait for someone to offer it. Ask the oncology team to sign at a clinic visit, when they are in front of you.
Where I read this
- Mississippi DOR - Motor Vehicle Frequently Asked Questions — Mississippi Department of Revenue, read September 10, 2026