If you’re opting to pay extra for a personalized or vanity license plate in Illinois, you might want to check this list of rejected requests before sending in your inquiry. More than 54,000 Illinois ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --"JAGWEED," "MUNCH," "BADARSE." Those are just a few of the more than 300 requests for vanity Illinois license plates that were rejected last year. Every year, the Illinois Secretary of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A license plate is supposed to be a simple way for states to sort and track cars, trucks and buses, matching unique combinations of letters and numbers to registrations. But there is ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias reported more than 550 vanity and personalized license plate requests were rejected in 2025, compared to 335 the previous year. Andrew Adams Capitol News ...

Hundreds of Illinoisans made the secretary of state’s naughty list this year after trying to customize their license plates in a lewd or indecent manner. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias ...

Three new specialty license plates will be available in Illinois in 2026, though they’ll only be offered to drivers who meet certain criteria. An Emergency Medical Service Chief plate will be offered ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias spoke Thursday morning on reports that Texas police illegally accessed Illinois automatic license plate reader data to track down a woman ...