# Parking placard for the disabled valid out of state? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017 "2017-01-13T07:02:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/1 "2017-01-13T07:02:56Z")
My family are going to be vacationing in Hawaii next week. My wife has a placard that permits any car she is a passenger in to be parked in the parking spaces for the disabled. We live in Californa, and the placard was issued by the DMV. If she brings her placard with her to Hawaii, will it be valid for use in our rental car? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/2 "2017-01-13T12:21:32Z")
[Yes.](http://www.dmv.org/hi-hawaii/disabled-drivers.php) > [@](#): > > If you are traveling to Hawaii, bring your handicap parking placard from your home state. > > Disability placards from all U.S. states are recognized in HI and allow you to use designated disability parking while you are visiting. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/3 "2017-01-13T18:01:13Z")
Hell, in most states a California plate or driver’s license is enough to prove disability! 😛 I joke. I joke our left coast friends! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/4 "2017-01-13T18:43:39Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Hell, in most states a California plate or driver’s license is enough to prove disability! 😛 > > I joke. I joke our **left coast** friends! (bolding mine) _ahem_ ISWYDT! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/5 "2017-01-13T19:00:33Z")
Yes. We used our placard in Tennessee with no issues. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/6 "2017-01-14T03:57:43Z")
We have used our placard and/or plate in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Michigan without any problem. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/7 "2017-01-16T01:34:33Z")
If you have a diploma from either Clemson or Florida State all you have to do is tape it to the inside of your car’s window and you get handicap status in every state in the country. ---
**Author:** ![JackaRoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JackaRoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackaRoe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/8 "2017-01-17T18:06:10Z")
> [@Alex\_from\_CB](#): > > If you have a diploma from either Clemson or Florida State all you have to do is tape it to the inside of your car’s window and you get handicap status in every state in the country. It seems that Clemson is ranked 168 and Florida St 177 on Forbes college list. [The Full List Of America’s Top Colleges 2016](http://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliesportelli/2016/07/06/the-full-list-of-americas-top-colleges-2016/#3ba7b4df69a4) ---
**Author:** ![JackaRoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JackaRoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackaRoe)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/9 "2017-01-17T18:24:54Z")
I should add that those rankings are out of 600 colleges, so well into the top third. Alex, where did you go to school? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/10 "2017-01-17T18:59:37Z")
> [@JackaRoe](#): > > I should add that those rankings are out of 600 colleges, so well into the top third. _“We’re Number 177! We’re Number 177!”_ Has a ring to it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-placard-for-the-disabled-valid-out-of-state/777017/11 "2017-01-18T10:33:04Z")
> [@JackaRoe](#): > > I should add that those rankings are out of 600 colleges, so well into the top third. Alex, where did you go to school? Out of 660, actually, so even better!