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Request a vanity license plate

Personalized, vanity plates can be ordered for private passenger, commercial, motorcycle, livery, bus, camper or antique vehicles.
It may take up to 4-6 weeks from the date of the application for the plates to be manufactured.
Order a vanity plate online 

Contacts

Registry of Motor Vehicles

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The Details

What you need

All vanity plates must begin with 2 letters. The plate can be no more than 6 characters, or a maximum of 5 characters for motorcycle plates. Vanity plates cannot have letters and numbers intermixed. See the More Info section for detailed plate criteria.

If you do not already have a vehicle registered with active plates, you will need to apply for vanity plates at an RMV Service Center so a temporary plate can be issued.

How to request

Individual applicants must go online to request a vanity plate.

Only vehicles registered to a business can mail in their completed application and check or money order payable to MassDOT to:

Registry of Motor Vehicles
P.O Box 55895
Boston, MA 02205-5895
Attn: Special Plates

Next steps

Next steps

All vanity plate applications are reviewed by the Special Plates Department. If approved, you will receive a plate, decal and registration in the mail within 4 - 6 weeks. If denied, you will receive notification in 7-10 days and a rebate within 4 - 6 weeks.

Vanity applications for Businesses can be submitted by mail only.

Individual applicants must go online to request a vanity plate.

More info

Plate Criteria

  1. The RMV may approve an application for a Vanity Plate unless it determines that the requested combination:
     does not comply with readability standards as set forth by the Registrar;
    1. All Vanity Plates must start with at least two letters. Passenger, Camper, Livery, Bus, and Commercial Vanity Plates may contain a maximum of six characters (letters or numbers) and a minimum of two characters. Vanity Plates for antique vehicles may contain a maximum of four characters and a minimum of two characters. Motorcycle Vanity Plates may contain a maximum of five characters and a minimum of two characters.
    2. Numbers cannot be used in the middle of a plate; they must come at the end. For example, AAA222 would be an acceptable Passenger Vanity Plate; AAA22A would not be acceptable. The first number used cannot be a “0”.
    3. No periods, spaces, or punctuation marks are allowed.
  2. is duplicative of a registration already issued;
  3. is or implies a vulgarity or profanity including a swear or curse word, or scatological term, not usually displayed in the community for general viewing;
  4. is obscene or otherwise contains material of prurient sexual suggestiveness in that it refers explicitly or by euphemism to a sexual body part, a sex act, or the availability for sex; and/or
  5. is an expression of "fighting words" that the RMV reasonably foresees would imminently incite or provoke violence or other immediate breach of peace.”
  6. references criminal conduct, including but not limited to acts of violence, motor vehicle crimes, or crimes related to use of alcohol, drugs, illegal substances, or weapons;
  7. is an expression of hate, contempt, or ridicule against an individual or group.
     

Downloads

Open PDF file, 152.03 KB,  Request for Vanity Plates for Businesses (English, PDF 152.03 KB)

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