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Vanity Plates
Vanity plates are available in either the standard wave or optional sailboat plate design. Plates can be reserved online or by completing the Application for Remake and Vanity License Plates. Costs are listed in the DMV Fee Table.
Online Vanity Plate Reservation Service
You will need a Visa, Mastercard or Discover credit card. This online vanity plate service is available only for passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and commercial vehicles under 9001 lbs.
Things to Know
- Available in the standard wave or optional sailboat design.
- Additional registration and transfer fees will be due when you pick up your vanity plates at the DMV.
- Annual registration fees for vanity plates are higher than traditional plates.
- Any vanity plate request deemed offensive will not be processed by the DMV.
- A passenger vehicle vanity plate can be any combination of two to six letters or up to six letters and numbers.
- A motorcycle vanity plate is any combination of five letters and numbers that is not already registered to a motorcycle or commercial vehicle.
- For a commercial vehicle under 9001 lbs, a vanity plate is any combination of five letters and numbers that is not already registered to a passenger vehicle.