General Information
Outside Operations Manager
Michelle Sampson
Phone Numbers
609-884-9522
Emergencies: Dial 911
Location
704 Beach Avenue
Cape May,
NJ
08204

Veteran & Active Duty Beach Tags

  • Military Beach Tags:

    Active Military and Veteran Beach Tags will ONLY be available for pick-up in person with proper identification

    Locations: 
  • Tax Office City Hall, 643 Washington Street (December - September; Monday - Friday 8am-3pm) 

  • Beach Tag Office,704 Beach Avenue (May - September; Monday- Friday 8am-330pm, after Memorial Day any day 8am-330pm until Labor Day)

    Call 609-884-9522 for more information



    BEACH TAG PROCEDURES FOR ACTIVE MILITARY and VETERAN tags:

    • Beach tags may be provided free (no fee) to Active Military personnel and Veterans of the following branches of Service:
    • United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, as well as members of the United States Coast Guard and the New Jersey National Guard.

    Active Military: MUST BE PICKED UP IN PERSON

    • Military personnel, spouse/civil union partner, and dependent children twelve (12) years of age and older
    • Qualifying Active Military personnel must be present at the time of request
    • Proper identification (ie: military ID) must be presented
    • Completion of City of Cape May Beach Tag tracking form
    • One set of beach tags will be issued per beach season

    Veteran: MUST BE PICKED UP IN PERSON

    • Any individual who has served and was released through Honorable Discharge with at least 90-days active duty or released from active duty by reason of a service-incurred injury or disability
    • Qualifying Veteran must be present at the time of request
    • Proper identification (ie: discharge papers DD214) must be presented
    • Completion of City of Cape May Beach Tag tracking form
    • One beach tag will be issued per beach season
    • Active Military and Veteran beach tags will ONLY be available for pick-up at the Tax Office (City Hall) and the Beach Tag Office (Beach Avenue) 
    • Active Military and Veteran beach tags provided free (no fee) is permitted by New Jersey State law, and under Cape May City Code (Chapter 158, Section 3) as amended