You can. My racecar trailer license plate is 15C
Which is my racecar #.
My racecar hauling truck is RacingCy
My personal car is CJS15
State of Iowa rejected vanity license plates
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You can. My racecar trailer license plate is 15C
Which is my racecar #.
My racecar hauling truck is RacingCy
My personal car is CJS15
Looks like it's not all-inclusive, they rejected four of my options when I applied a few years back but none are on the list.
Iowa may have updated their process since I moved away, but Indiana (where I live now) has a much better system than my past experience in Iowa - the agent at the Indiana DMV inputs your desired plate in real-time and confirms with you sitting there if the plate is available/spelling etc. No submitting various options on a form to a black box to have them all denied for no reason, you can explain to a real human the meaning if something might look weird. Only downside is that Indiana doesn't offer Iowa State plates...
Iowa may have updated their process since I moved away, but Indiana (where I live now) has a much better system than my past experience in Iowa - the agent at the Indiana DMV inputs your desired plate in real-time and confirms with you sitting there if the plate is available/spelling etc. No submitting various options on a form to a black box to have them all denied for no reason, you can explain to a real human the meaning if something might look weird. Only downside is that Indiana doesn't offer Iowa State plates...
You can check availability on the State of Iowa DOT website. You just start the process like you are actually registering a vehicle and go through the process of entering a vanity plate number and explanation to see if it is available. It doesn't grant it to you, but you can check availability.
They can't be in the same format as 'regular' plates. So, my 1100011 wouldn't qualify because there are regular plates that are all numbers. I had to substitute the 000 (zeros) with OOO (letters). Same goes for 3 numbers followed by 3 letters.
Trailer license plates are way different than car license plates though. Starting with a number might still be fine with cars though, idk. But trailer plates are always in a weird format compared to cars.
I would guess a number of them are denied due to how difficult it is to read. Lots of 1s, 0s, can look like Is and and Os. Law enforcement probably wouldn't be a fan.
It's a large trailer with a normal size license plate and not a small license plate. Not sure if that matters though.
The trailer that we use for hauling tailgate gear has a license plate that starts with "CY." Totally random.
I have no idea. I know trailers we have at the farm are in different formats than cars and pickups, grain truck is the same way I think.
It would be helpful if they outlined all of the regular numbering combinations that are used so people didn't have to guess or learn by trial and error. I cannot find that on their website. Things like the following would be helpful:
ABC 123
123 ABC
1234567 (any number of digits)
ISU 0001
UI 0001
UNI 0001
123 FD
AB 1234
AB 123
N 1234
etc.
ABC 123
123 ABC
1234567 (any number of digits)
ISU 0001
UI 0001
UNI 0001
123 FD
AB 1234
AB 123
N 1234
etc.
Are some of the plates denied because they are already taken? That would explain some of the basic plates being turned down
