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APPLICATION
FOR PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES
STANDARD OR SCENIC GRAPHIC
Personalized Plate Information
- All fees must be
submitted with application.
- An applicant must first
title their vehicle and have a regular Class A plate issued on
that vehicle. No requests will be accepted unless the Division
has a record of that vehicle and current plate.
- Personalized plates are
issued for Class A vehicles only - automobiles, trucks, weighing
under 8,000 pounds, and motorcycles.
- A personalized plate
will be issued if the Division of Motor Vehicles determines:
a. The requested choice is available.
b. The requested choice is not obscene or possibly offensive.
c. The requested choice does not conflict with a regular series
license number.
- Once a personalized
plate is issued, it may continue to be reserved yearly if the
fees are paid when required.
- A personalized plate can
be transferred to another vehicle in the original registrant's
name or from husband to wife or wife to husband. A $5.00
transfer fee and $.50 insurance fee is required.
- When the applicant
receives the personalized plate, the currently assigned regular
plate and registration must be returned to the Division of Motor
Vehicles within ten days.
- If application is being
returned for correct fees, approved choice is only reserved for
30 days from date of sendback.
- All requests for
personalized plates must be submitted, in writing, on this form
to the Division.
- Motorcycle license
plates are limited to six spaces and cannot be issued on the
scenic graphic.
- The $15.00 reservation
fee for the scenic or standard graphic is due annually at
renewal.
- The wildlife reservation
fee is $30.00, due annually at the time of renewal. Of this fee,
$15.00 goes to Non-game Wildlife Fund.
Fees
for New Plate
| PLATE |
STANDARD
GRAPHIC
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SCENIC
GRAPHIC
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WILDLIFE
GRAPHIC
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Plate
begins with 1 or is a
personalized plate |
$45.00
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$55.00
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$70.00
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| Plate
begins with a 2 |
$46.63
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$56.63
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$71.63
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| Plate
begins with a 3 |
$44.25
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$54.25
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$69.25
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| Plate
begins with a 4 |
$41.88
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$51.88
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$66.88
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| Plate
begins with a 5 |
$39.50
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$49.50
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$64.50
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| Plate
begins with a 6 |
$37.13
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$47.13
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$62.13
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| Plate
begins with a 7 |
$34.75
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$44.75
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$59.75
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| Plate
begins with a 8 |
$32.38
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$42.38
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$57.38
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| Plate
begins with a 9 |
$30.00
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$40.00
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$55.00
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| Plate
begins with O |
$27.63
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$37.63
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$52.63
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| Plate
begins with N |
$25.25
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$35.25
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$50.25
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| Plate
begins with D |
$22.88
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$32.88
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$47.88
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Includes annual $15.00 Reservation Fee, $1.00 litter fee, $.50
insurance fee and registration fees.
**
Includes annual $15.00 Reservation Fee, $1.00 litter fee, $.50
insurance fee and a one time $10.00 fee.
***
Includes annual $15.00 Reservation Fee, annual $15.00 non-game
wildlife fund fee, $1.00 litter fee, $.50 insurance fee, and a
one-time $10.00 fee.
NOTE: If
plate has already been renewed, the total fees will be $20.50 for
regular graphic , $30.50 for the scenic graphic, $45.50 for wildlife
graphic.
Time remaining before January 1 will be applied as a credit to
the cost of the new plate. All time after January 1 will be lost.
Submit
completed application form and fees to:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Building 3, Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25317
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