A rejected Tennessee vanity plate case shows why states, not drivers, usually have the final say over personalized license plate messages, at least for now.

More than 2,000 vanity plate requests were rejected in New York last year. Here’s what the DMV allows — and what crosses the line.

WASHINGTON – Texas wouldn’t let a critic of President Donald Trump have a custom license plate reading “JAIL 45.” College football fans in Michigan can’t request a vanity plate that says “OSUSUCKS.” ...

PennDOT's 2025 list of rejected personalized license plates includes plenty of references to body parts, bodily functions and illicit drugs.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias reported more than 550 vanity and personalized license plate requests were rejected in 2025, compared to 335 the previous year. Andrew Adams Capitol News ...

A couple of weeks ago, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias issued a news release detailing that the office rejected more than 300 vanity and personalized license plate applications in 2023 ...

That’s the response thousands of New Yorkers hoping to secure oddball — and raunchy – vanity license plates got last year from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The state agency nixed more than 3,000 ...

When it comes to personalizing your license plate, as you'd expect, there are limits. The Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias' office recently shared it rejected more than 300 vanity and ...

Why stick with boring license plates when you can have the best license plates! There’s plenty of inspiration for vanity ...

The "humble" vanity plate is one of the easiest ways to customize a vehicle. Tons of people have used them to put things like their names and jobs, or other short seven-character messages, on the back ...