625 ILCS 5/3-412
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. 3-412)Sec. 3-412. Registration plates or digital registration plates and registration stickers or digital registration stickers to be  furnished by the Secretary of State.(a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle subject to annual  registration for the first time  shall issue or shall cause to be issued to the  owner one registration plate or digital registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, moped, autocycle, or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates, or a digital registration plate  and metal plate as set forth in Section 3-401.5, for other motor vehicles  and, where applicable, current registration stickers or digital registration stickers for motor vehicles of the  first division.  The provisions of this Section may be made applicable to such  vehicles of the second division, as the Secretary of State may, from time to  time, in his discretion designate.  On subsequent annual registrations  during the term of the registration plate or digital registration plate as provided in Section 3-414.1, the  Secretary shall issue or cause to be issued registration stickers or digital registration stickers as evidence  of current registration.  However, the issuance of annual registration stickers or digital registration stickers  to vehicles registered under the provisions of Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of  this Code may not be required if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.(b) Every registration plate or digital registration plate shall have displayed upon it the registration  number assigned to the vehicle for which it is issued, the name of this State,  which may be abbreviated, the year number for which it was issued, which may  be abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" (except as otherwise provided in  this Code), and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary  may prescribe.  However, for apportionment plates issued to vehicles registered  under Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates issued to vehicles registered under  Section 3-405.3, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for  the word "apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to be  displayed.  Registration plates or digital registration plates issued to a vehicle registered as a fleet  vehicle may display a designation determined by the Secretary.The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe  that letters be used as prefixes only on registration plates or digital registration plates issued to vehicles  of the first division which are registered under this Code and only as suffixes  on registration plates or digital registration plates issued to other vehicles.  Every registration sticker or digital registration sticker  issued as evidence of current registration shall designate the year number  for which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary may  prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color with the registration plates or digital registration plates and  registration stickers or digital registration stickers of the previous year.(c) Each registration plate or digital registration plate and the required letters and numerals thereon,  except the year number for which issued, shall be of sufficient size to be  plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be  coated with reflectorizing material.  The dimensions of the plate issued to  vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.(d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger motor vehicle  rented without a driver the same type of registration plates or digital registration plates as the type of  plates issued for a private passenger vehicle.(e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger  car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration plates or digital registration plates.(f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle  distinctive registration plates or digital registration plates distinguishing between  motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston  displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter  piston displacement.(g) Registration plates or digital registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may  display a designation as determined by the Secretary that  such vehicles are for-hire.(h) (Blank).(i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and private  ambulance registration plates or digital registration plates identifying the vehicle as an ambulance.  The Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services registration  information for the purpose of verification of claims filed with the  Department by ambulance owners for payment for services to public assistance  recipients.(j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and private  medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration plates or digital registration plates displaying  numbers within ranges of numbers reserved respectively for medical carriers  and rescue vehicles.  The Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services registration information for the purpose of verification of claims filed  with the Department by owners of medical carriers or rescue vehicles for  payment for services to public assistance recipients.(k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license plates or digital registration plates or distinctive license plate stickers or digital registration stickers for every vehicle exempted from subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section 12-503 by subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection (g-5) of that Section before its deletion by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue these plates or stickers immediately upon receiving the physician's certification required under subsection (g) of Section 12-503. New plates or stickers shall also be issued when the certification is renewed as provided in that subsection.(l) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive registration plates or digital registration plates for low-speed vehicles.(m) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive registration plates or digital registration plates for autocycles.  The dimensions of the plate issued to autocycles shall be 4 by 7 inches. (Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)