625 ILCS 5/3-405.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 3 - Certificates Of Title And Registration Of Vehicles

 (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405.1)Sec. 3-405.1. Application for vanity and personalized license plates.(a) Vanity license plates mean any license plates, assigned to a passenger  motor vehicle of the first division, to a motor vehicle of the second  division registered at not more than 8,000 pounds, to a trailer weighing 8,000 pounds or less paying the flat weight tax, to a funeral home vehicle, an electric vehicle, or a recreational  vehicle, which display a registration number containing 1 to 7 letters and no  numbers or 1, 2, or 3 numbers and no letters as requested by the owner of the  vehicle and license plates issued to retired members of Congress under Section  3-610.1 or to retired members of the General Assembly as provided in Section  3-606.1. Personalized license plates mean any license plates, assigned to a  passenger motor vehicle of the first division, to a motor vehicle of the second  division registered at not more than 8,000 pounds, to a trailer weighing 8,000 pounds or less  paying the flat weight tax, to a funeral home vehicle, an electric vehicle, or a recreational  vehicle, which display a registration number containing one of the following  combinations of letters and numbers, as requested by the owner of the vehicle:Standard Passenger PlatesFirst Division Vehicles1 letter plus 0-992 letters plus 0-993 letters plus 0-994 letters plus 0-995 letters plus 0-996 letters plus 0-9Second Division Vehicles8,000 pounds or less, Trailers8,000   pounds or less paying the flatweight tax, and Recreation Vehicles0-999 plus 1 letter0-999 plus 2 letters0-999 plus 3 letters0-99 plus 4 letters0-9 plus 5 letters(b) For any registration period commencing after December 31, 2003, any  person who is the registered owner of a passenger motor vehicle of the first  division, of a motor vehicle of the second division registered at not  more than 8,000 pounds, of a trailer weighing 8,000 pounds or less  paying the flat weight tax, of a funeral home vehicle, of an electric vehicle, or of a recreational vehicle registered with the  Secretary of State or who makes application for an original registration of  such a motor vehicle or renewal registration of such a motor vehicle may,  upon payment of a fee prescribed in Section 3-806.1 or Section 3-806.5,  apply to the Secretary of State for vanity or personalized license plates.(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter 3, vanity and personalized  license plates as issued under this Section shall be the same color and design  as other passenger vehicle license plates or electric vehicle license plates and shall not in any manner conflict  with any other existing passenger, commercial, trailer, motorcycle, or special  license plate series.  However, special registration plates issued under  Sections 3-611 and 3-616 for vehicles operated by or for persons with  disabilities may also be vanity or personalized license plates.(d) Vanity and personalized license plates shall be issued only to the  registered owner of the vehicle on which they are to be displayed, except  as provided in Sections 3-611 and 3-616 for special registration plates  for vehicles operated by or for persons with  disabilities.(e) An applicant for the issuance of vanity or personalized license  plates or subsequent renewal thereof shall file an application in such form  and manner and by such date as the Secretary of State may, in his discretion,  require.No vanity nor personalized license plates shall be approved, manufactured, or  distributed that contain any characters, symbols other than the international  accessibility symbol for vehicles operated by or for  persons with disabilities, foreign words, or letters of punctuation.(f) Vanity and personalized license plates as issued pursuant to this  Act may be subject to the Staggered Registration System as prescribed by  the Secretary of State.(g) For purposes of this Section, "funeral home vehicle" means any motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing 8,000 pounds or less that is owned or leased by a funeral home.(h) As used in this Section, "electric vehicle" means any vehicle that is required to be registered under Section 3-805. (Source: P.A. 102-154, eff. 1-1-22.)