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How to get a numberplate?

Old Feb 28, 2003 | 06:41 AM
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How to get a numberplate?

Anyone know how to get a customised number plate, i mean like if you can select your on phrase or number... Anyone know the procedure and the fee and how you go about getting it?
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 06:46 AM
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errrr What is a numberplate?
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 06:54 AM
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Re: How to get a numberplate?

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Anyone know how to get a customised number plate, i mean like if you can select your on phrase or number... Anyone know the procedure and the fee and how you go about getting it?
If you mean a vanity plate it varies from state to state. Go to your states Depart of Transportation website for info or call the AAA if you are a member
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 10:25 AM
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Re: How to get a numberplate?

Originally posted by nyckillaseal
Anyone know how to get a customised number plate, i mean like if you can select your on phrase or number... Anyone know the procedure and the fee and how you go about getting it?

we got a customized license plate "#" from our dealer. we told them, and they had all the sheets, we could choose from about 20 backrounds, and whatever plate # we wanted, want easy, but the problem is that we have 5 letters in our plate, and they didnt center it, so tell your dealer to center it.
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 11:32 AM
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Hey thanks for the info but what do you mean by centered?
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 11:38 AM
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Originally posted by nyckillaseal
Hey thanks for the info but what do you mean by centered?
on our plate, the word isnt centered. i believe there are 8 or 9 letters max. and we only have 5. our word isnt centered in the middle, it should have been, but it is a little to the left. it doesnt really make a difference, but we would have like it centered. i think you can change it if they screw up or something.

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it almost looks like that, it is off to the left, bice pic though huh
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 11:39 AM
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errrr, ok the pic didnt come out right, but i think you get the point
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 01:08 PM
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Ok cool Ty i understand that but how long does it usually take to approve and get your number plate?
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All states are different. So unless someone from the state you are getting your plate answers, it is quite likely that anything you get will be wrong. Call the motor vehicles department. They can tell you.
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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 03:45 PM
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You can go to their website (www.dmv.ca.gov) and try out your own sequences. It'll tell you if that plate is already taken.

Oh, and in California, personalized plates are referred to by the DMV as "environmental plates" (due to the earliest personalized plates being used to generate funds to help save the environment).

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Old Feb 28, 2003 | 06:09 PM
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in new jersey, it is called personalized plate.

I cannot recall the fee but it is around 50 to 75 bucks and it takes 9 to 10 weeks to receive it if your selection is available.

You can go to your local DMV to get the application form.
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And be careful in selection phrase on your plate. DMV recalled license plate of a friend of mine, because some people found his phrase offensive and complained about it.
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