Chase Bierenkoven is a gearhead and writer based in Denver, Colorado. As the family lore goes, Chase's first word was "truck." Cars have been a problem ever since. By 16, Chase was spending his ...

Vanity plate applications have been on hold since February 2021, when the DMV's policy for dealing with offensive plates was deemed unconstitutional. Other New England states have detailed policies ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 8 declined to hear a Tennessee appeal, leaving license plate regulations to states. See which plates Ohio has rejected in 2025.

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 ...

The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office reveals some of the vanity and personalized license plate requests that made the “naughty list” in 2025.

Delaware’s vanity license plate program is unconstitutional because it allows officials to discriminate against certain viewpoints when deciding whether to approve applications, a federal judge has ...

For the price of $77 to $224, Pennsylvania residents can get a personalized license plate that "contain[s] a combination of up to seven letters and/or numbers," per the state's Department of ...

In Tennessee, Leah Gilliam filed a lawsuit in state court because her vanity plate was revoked after 10 years of use for being in violation of “good taste or decency,” according to the letter she ...

The office of Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has released its annual list of rejected vanity and personalized ...

About 80 vanity plate requests were rejected by the state of Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles from October 2020 through September 2021. According to a new report from Connecticut Insider, ...

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Illinois drivers got creative when it came to their license plate requests in 2025, but not enough to get past the Illinois Secretary of State’s office. Revealing the list of rejected license plates ...