Driver says DMV approved custom license plate, neither realized it may not be family-friendly

Martin Schram likes tennis so much that he got a North Carolina license plate supporting the Tennis Foundation.
Newsday

Rejected vanity plates: DMV screens out custom messages that go too far, violate state rules

Sorry, B00KL0VR, you can’t get that personal license plate past the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, even if it is for your BATMOBI1. Those two proposed ...
BND

These Illinois vanity license plates among 550 rejected in 2025 for ‘lewd lingo’

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 ...
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You can’t put this on a Hawaiʻi vanity plate

Hawaii drivers can request personalized license plates with up to six characters, but requests that are misleading, profane, ...
The Gazette

Who decides what vanity license plates can say in Iowa?

The Iowa Department of Transportation and Iowa Prison Industries work together to bring Iowa drivers’ specialty license plate ...