2020’s list featured rejections such as ‘ FK COVID,’ ‘ MCHSUX‘ and ‘ F CAROL B,’ a nod to the Netflix series “Tiger King. Some drivers last year, though, had more innocuous submissions, with denied plates like ‘ H8OHIO‘ and ‘ LMAO EPA.’Ĩ27 plates is a 79% increase over the year before, which saw 462 denials.

Ohio has specific rules for custom license plates, BMV spokesperson Lindsey Bohrer said, that ban profane, obscene, and sexual language, as well as plates that could provoke violence or lawlessness. The vast majority of plates that the BMV denied were either vulgar or alluded to inappropriate bodily functions. View the full list of plates rejected in 2021 at the link here. You can use the OPLATES website to check availability of plate numbers and order personalized and special plates. The only license plate search offered by the Ohio BMV is a search for available personalized license plates. In all, they accounted for 6% of denied plates. Ohio License Plates & Placards Information DMV.ORG. Some others were submitted earlier in the year, including one in January close to the president’s inauguration. Most rejected BMV vanity plate submissions that referenced Biden chants happened after September, per the BMV’s list. Some rejected Ohio plates made reference to this chant, like ‘ LGBF46,’ which likely stands for “Let’s Go Brandon, F*** (president No.) 46.” Others included references to Vice President Kamala Harris, like ‘ FJBFKH.’Īnother plate - ‘ FFAUCI‘ - made reference to the president’s top medical advisor, Anthony Fauci, a leader in the U.S. Other states find that glare is a problem at the rear of vehicles, so scanning a front plate is the preferred method.‘FU2020’ and every other vanity license plate Ohio denied in 2020 So they argue that by not having a front plate they lose that toll. Some states scan front plates for toll roads. The manufacturing and distribution of two plates cost more.

Some lawmakers object to the second plate because of financial impacts. Washington state will exempt requiring a front plate if there is not an identifiable location for one. There are some that try to get around the law by placing the plate in the windshield. The states not requiring a front license plate are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia. Mostly southern and eastern portions of the country do not. All West Coast and most East Coast states require front plates. The exceptions are California and Hawaii, which still do.

Generally, most of the northern states require front plates.

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