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Vanity Plate Application Instruktioner

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Department of the Secretary of State  
Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles  
VANITY PLATE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS  
Vanity plates are available for the following types of plates:  
Up to 7 characters plus one dash or space  
Antique Auto, Combination, Commercial, Custom Vehicle, Hire, Motor Home, Passenger, Street Rod, Trailer, Wabanaki  
Up to 7 characters includes space or dash  
Autocycle, Motorcycle, Moped, Antique Motorcycle, Special Veterans Motorcycle  
Up to 6 characters plus one dash or space  
Agriculture, Agriculture Commercial, Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, Black Bear, Breast Cancer, Emergency Medical Services, Farm,  
Lobster, Maine Lighthouse Trust, Sportsman, Support Animal Welfare, We Support Our Troops  
Up to 6 characters includes space or dash  
Special Veterans  
Up to 5 characters plus one dash or space  
Firefighter  
Up to 5 characters includes space or dash  
Conservation, Conservation Commercial, Disability, Disability Motorcycle, Disabled Veterans, Disabled Veterans Motorcycle, Purple Heart,  
Purple Heart Motorcycle, University of Maine.  
Up to 4 characters includes space or dash  
Special Veterans Disability  
Vanity plates with a total of 7 characters may mix numbers and letters in any order, as long as there is at least one letter in the sequence, i.e.  
A123456, 1234A56, 123456B, AGR8PL8.  
Vanity plates having fewer than 7 characters may mix numbers and letters as long as the first character is a letter, i.e. A1, A2B, A3C5,  
A4D4U, F2G3H4.  
Vanity plates must not begin with a 0 (zero) or with the letter “O”, followed by only numbers.  
Please note: Vanity plates with seven characters, plus one space or dash will cover the chickadee design.  
An ampersand (&) is available on vanity plates with 2 to 6 characters. The sequence must begin with a letter, i.e. A&71B, AB&C-2.  
Vanity plates issued must not duplicate a vanity plate issued in any other class code.  
SPECIAL CONDITIONS  
COMMERCIAL Vanity plates may be issued to trucks for all weights, with the exception of truck-tractor configurations.  
SEMI-TRAILERS/CAMPER TRAILERS Vanity plates are allowed for all trailers, with the exception of long-term trailers. When  
registering a trailer for two years, the fee for a vanity plate is $50 ($25 for each year).  
First time requests for Wabanaki plates must be accompanied by the Certification of Membership form, MV-18.  
First time requests for Firefighter plates must be accompanied by the Firefighter application (PS-43), signed by the Fire Chief, along with an  
additional one-time $5 fee required for Firefighter plates.  
First time requests for Emergency Medical Services plates must be accompanied by the Emergency Medical Services application (MVR-17),  
along with an additional one-time $5 fee required for Emergency Medical Services plates.  
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MV-45A (Rev. 09/22)  
101 Hospital Street, 29 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0029  
Phone: (207) 624-9000 Ext. 52146 TTY user call Maine relay 711  
Department of the Secretary of State  
Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles  
SPECIAL CONDITIONS, continued  
First time requests for *Special Veterans, *Special Veterans Disability, Special Veterans Motorcycle plates; Purple Heart, Purple Heart  
Motorcycle plates; and Disabled Veterans and Disabled Veterans Motorcycle plates may require proof of eligibility.  
*If replacement veteran decals are needed for class code VT or DS, please include an additional $5 fee with your request.  
Veterans, please visit the Bureau of Veterans’ Services website at http://www.maine.gov/dvem/bvs for information relating to state and  
federal benefits you may have earned for your military service.  
FEES  
There is a $25 annual fee for vanity registration plates. Since vanity fees are due at time of application and at each re-registration, it may be  
advantageous to wait and apply when renewing your registration.  
If applying at the time of re-registration, please provide: $35 registration fee, $25 vanity fee, evidence of insurance and excise tax receipts  
(white and yellow copies) from your town office.  
Agriculture, Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, Black Bear, Breast Cancer, Conservation, Lobster, Maine Lighthouse Trust, Support Animal  
Welfare, University of Maine, and We Support Our Troops plates cost an additional $20 for the first year and $15 annually at time of  
renewal, plus the vanity fee of $25. Sportsman vanity plates are an additional $20 annually, plus a $25 vanity plate fee.  
Please make checks or money orders payable to the Secretary of State. Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are  
accepted.  
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING VANITY PLATE REQUESTS  
Vanity plates area a great way to personalize your motor vehicle. Please keep in mind as you request a phrase, acronym or abbreviation to use  
on a Maine registration plate that other citizens may not understand your intended phrase, or may be offended by it, and make a complaint to  
the Secretary of State.  
Maine law, MRSA Title 29-A §453 paragraph 3-A Restrictions. The Secretary of State may refuse to issue or may recall a vanity registration  
plate issued under this section that:  
C. Falsely suggests an association with public institutions;  
D. Is duplicative;  
E. Consists of language which encourages violence, may result in an act of violence or other unlawful activity because of the content of the  
language requested by the registrant;  
F. Is profane or obscene;  
G. Makes a derogatory reference to age, race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry or national origin, religion or  
physical or mental disability;  
H. Connotes genitalia or relates to sexual acts; or  
I. Forms a slang term, abbreviation, phonetic spelling or mirror image of a word or term otherwise described in this subsection.  
Should the Secretary of State receive a complaint about a vanity plate, the registrant may be required to surrender the use of that vanity plate.  
CLASS CODES  
AC  
AG  
AQ  
Agriculture Commercial  
Agriculture  
Antique Auto  
DV  
DX  
EM  
FD  
FM  
LB  
Disabled Veterans  
Disability  
Emergency Medical Services  
Firefighter  
Farm  
Lobster  
PH  
PM  
SR  
SW  
TL  
TS  
TX  
UM  
VM  
VT  
Purple Heart  
Purple Heart Motorcycle  
Street Rod  
Sportsman  
Trailer  
We Support Our Troops  
Hire  
University of Maine  
Special Veterans Motorcycle  
Special Veterans  
Wabanaki  
AW Support Animal Welfare  
BB  
BC  
BH  
CC  
CM  
CO  
CR  
CV  
DS  
Black Bear  
Breast Cancer  
Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital  
Conservation Commercial  
Combination  
Commercial  
Conservation  
Custom Vehicle  
Special Veterans Disability  
LH  
Maine Lighthouse Trust  
MC Motorcycle  
MH Motor Home  
MP Moped  
MQ Antique Motorcycle  
MX Disability Motorcycle  
PC  
WB  
XV  
Disabled Veterans Motorcycle  
Passenger  
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MV-45A (Rev. 09/22)  
101 Hospital Street, 29 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0029  
Phone: (207) 624-9000 Ext. 52146 TTY user call Maine relay 711