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Rejected personalized license plates in New York state

Here is a list of personalized license plate requests that have been rejected by NYS DMV.

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NEW YORK — The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles receives thousands of requests for personalized license plates each year. But, not every personalized request gets approved.

Motorists can select a series of letters or characters to create their personalized plate, but not all are approved because they may be deemed inappropriate.

So what could cause a personalized plate request to be rejected?

Personalized plates that give the appearance of an official plate or the configuration of special registration classes.
Combinations that are considered obscene, derogatory or offensive.
Combinations that do not have one letter.
Combinations that consist of six numbers followed by one letter.
Combinations that may be misleading or confusing to law enforcement, such as:
Use of the letter "O" between two numbers to make what appears to be a number.
Use of the letter "I" as the first or last character on a plate when the other characters are all numbers.
Use of the number zero (0) between two letters to form a word.
Use of the number zero (0) and the letter "O" to form a word or number.
Use of the number one (1) between two letters to form a word.
Use of the number one (1) and the letter “I” to form a word or number.

2 On Your Side contacted the New York State DMV to ask for a list of rejected personalized plates in New York State for 2023. More than 3,000 requests were rejected. Here's the list for 2023.

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