The license plate search application will display the registration expiration date, vehicle year, vehicle make and the renewal reference number (RRN, used for. PennDOT Driver & Vehicle Services. A personalized motorcycle registration plate may contain up to five letters. NOTE: A hyphen or space is not recognized as part of the plate configuration and does not count as one of the letters or numbers. CHECK PERSONALIZED REGISTRATION PLATE AVAILABILITY.
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A personalized license plate (PLP) is a license plate containing a BMV-approved message specifically requested by the owner or the lessee of the vehicle.
Eligible Vehicle Types
✅ Motorcycles
✅ Passenger motor vehicles
✅ Recreational vehicles (RV)
✅ Trucks with a declared gross weight of not more than 11,000 pounds
✅ Passenger motor vehicles
✅ Recreational vehicles (RV)
✅ Trucks with a declared gross weight of not more than 11,000 pounds
Low digit plates (1-100) require authorization from the sponsoring organization.
Eligible License Plate Types
✅ Standard Indiana passenger: issued for passenger vehicles, trucks with a vehicle weight no greater than 11,000 pounds and RVs
✅ Standard Indiana motorcycle: issued for motorcycles and autocycles
✅ In God We Trust
✅ Disability
✅ Military
✅ Special Group Recognition: including Organizational (except Colts) and College/University
✅ Standard Indiana motorcycle: issued for motorcycles and autocycles
✅ In God We Trust
✅ Disability
✅ Military
✅ Special Group Recognition: including Organizational (except Colts) and College/University
PLP Format Requirements
A PLP message may only contain a combination of numbers (0 – 9) and letters (A – Z).
The following character requirements and restrictions apply to a PLP message request:
- The message must contain at least two characters.
- The message may contain spaces entered between any combination of numbers and letters. The PLP message cannot:
- Contain special characters. Contain numbers only
- Contain more than one consecutive space. Duplicate the alpha/number format of any other BMV-issued license plate.
The following table describes the maximum characters permitted on each license plate type:
Standard Indiana PLP
Plate size | Max. Characters |
Passenger | 8 |
Motorcycle | 6 |
All Other Distinctive PLPs
Plate size | Max. Characters |
Passenger | 6 |
Motorcycle | 5 |
Approved/Denied PLP Message
The BMV may refuse to issue a PLP containing a combination of letters or numbers, or both, if the following apply:
- Carries a meaning or connotation offensive to good taste and decency;
- Would be misleading; or
- The BMV otherwise considers improper for issuance.
If your PLP request is approved, you will receive your license plate in the mail within 30 days of your request.
If your PLP request is denied, you will receive a denial letter in the mail requiring you to select one of the following alternate license plate options:
- Register a standard license plate of the same plate type you purchased with your initial PLP request. The PLP fee paid at time of reservation will be refunded to you.
- Select an alternate PLP message. The PLP fee paid at time of reservation will be applied to your alternate PLP selection.
The denial of the PLP will become final unless a written request for an administrative review is received by the BMV within 18 days after the date of the denial letter.
Ordering Information
A PLP message is available on a first-come first-serve basis. If your request for a PLP message is approved by the BMV, you must continue to register the PLP each year to retain ownership of the PLP message. If the PLP is not registered and more than one calendar year has passed since the last registration expiration date, the PLP message becomes available to be requested by any other person on the following January 1. A PLP may be requested online by logging into your myBMV.com account when you are registering a new vehicle or renewing a current vehicle registration.
You may visit any BMV license branch to request a new PLP if:
- You are not registering the vehicle for the first time;
- Renewing your vehicle registration; or
- Are unable to process your request online for any other reason.
If you are visiting a BMV branch to purchase your PLP, come prepared with at least four different PLP message options in order of preference. Download the Personalized License Plate (PLP) Quick Reference Guide for Customers, print your top four options at the bottom and bring the document with you to any BMV branch.
PLP Fees
A PLP fee is due upon registration and each subsequent annual registration renewal.
Fee(s) associated with any Special Group Recognition (SGR) license plate is/are due in addition to the PLP fee.
A plate change fee may be due when requesting a license plate different from the license plate issued upon registration of your vehicle.
Online Services
The SearchQuarry.com License Plate Number Database
In the SearchQuarry.com member’s area you will find our “Driving Records” section, and all of our license plate, VIN, driving, and vehicle related records searches are in that section. Our license plate records searches include VIN numbers, vehicle history and ownership records. Other driving related records include traffic citations, felony driving offenses, misdemeanor driving offenses, vehicle ownership reports, license plate records, and vehicle history reports. You can search any license plate by typing in a plate number and searching. Other searches available in the member's area include criminal records, birth records, death records, marriage records, divorce records, court records, people search, and phone number lookups.
License Plate Records as Public Record
There are many reasons why someone would be required to search a license plate record, such as following a particularly bad accident where both individuals failed to communicate correctly and vital personal information is missing from the incident. Or, in some cases, you can look up a license plate record in an attempt to view any driving violations or the status of a driver in various states across the country. This entire process is quite simple and, thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, is totally legal and considered public records in most counties or states. In some cases, however, you may be required to route your license plate record request through the local sheriff's office or police department, who may then release the records for your public viewing.
In order to search by license plate and access license plate owner information, the person searching must have a valid reason for the search. At SearchQuarry.com, we offer license plate searches, and before you can see your results, you will be required to choose why you are searching.
According to federal law, which always supersedes local county or state law, public records, including driver information and license plate records, are considered public access should any United States citizen request the records formally. Should the local DMV deny such a request, as they are wanton to do on occasion, there are a few different agencies one can write to in order to put their request to someone higher up in the government food chain.
One instance of such a happening occurred at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department, where an unnamed individual requested access to license plate records but was denied almost immediately by the officials on hand. The denial came down to confidentiality of the individual who owned the license plate number currently. This tends to be totally anonymous data, however, as most people would know, but the confidentiality of the individual is far more important than simply releasing such data to the general public on a whim. Each case is most likely different and looked at carefully by officials, though the end results may turn out the very same, no matter the case or circumstances.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, license plate records are technically public record available to anyone seeking the information through the correct channels. Most state and county laws, however, tend to forego such rules and simply make their own where they please. This may be good for the individual who owns the license plate, but overall it is a breach of freedom.
In order to search by license plate and access license plate owner information, the person searching must have a valid reason for the search. At SearchQuarry.com, we offer license plate searches, and before you can see your results, you will be required to choose why you are searching.
According to federal law, which always supersedes local county or state law, public records, including driver information and license plate records, are considered public access should any United States citizen request the records formally. Should the local DMV deny such a request, as they are wanton to do on occasion, there are a few different agencies one can write to in order to put their request to someone higher up in the government food chain.
One instance of such a happening occurred at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department, where an unnamed individual requested access to license plate records but was denied almost immediately by the officials on hand. The denial came down to confidentiality of the individual who owned the license plate number currently. This tends to be totally anonymous data, however, as most people would know, but the confidentiality of the individual is far more important than simply releasing such data to the general public on a whim. Each case is most likely different and looked at carefully by officials, though the end results may turn out the very same, no matter the case or circumstances.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, license plate records are technically public record available to anyone seeking the information through the correct channels. Most state and county laws, however, tend to forego such rules and simply make their own where they please. This may be good for the individual who owns the license plate, but overall it is a breach of freedom.