Yahoo Autos What Can’t I Put On A Vanity Plate? Question Of The Day
Some are kooky, some serious but every vanity plate goes under careful scrutiny at the DMV before it gets onto your bumper.
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Question: What can’t I put on a vanity plate?
Answer: It depends on where you live. Every state has a process for reviewing personalized plate requests and the decision of what is appropriate depends on who reviews it.
In the case of California, which reviews 7,000 vanity plate requests per month, about 10% get flagged.
Artemio Armenta, Public Information Officer at the California Department of Motor Vehicles says, “DMV has a thorough process for vetting personalized plate applications. Trained DMV examiners review the letters and numbers for offensive references. DMV seeks to reject any application that may carry connotations offensive to good taste and decency, or which would be misleading.”
