How to Check License Plate Availabilty?

[Jersey Mike]

About to put in a request for a personalized plate, but would like to check the availability of my favorite choice(s) before submitting the application--this way, if they are unavailable, I can play with the characters & find something that works and that I like.


Also, the MVC site (http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/Vehicle/personalized_plates.htm) shows the following options, but no option for "LE" text on them as I've seen before. Just curious how that works, but it's not a deal breaker.
http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/images/plates/plates_screen4.jpg



An online database would be great right about now. I dread going to the MVC.

[WildBillyT]

When I applied for QQs there was no way to do it. I had to gamble.

[Jersey Mike]

From what a friend told me, he did a paper application, submitted his 4 choices, then waited 3 weeks for a response back as to whether or not he got any of them.


New Jersey HAS to have a better way of doing it than that...

[sweetbmxrider]

The top right one is the LE plate. If you just get the plate, not vanity, it comes LE XXXX. I thought there was a portion on their site that you could check availability?

[sweetbmxrider]

Personalized license plate combinations now available are limited to a minimum of three letters and a maximum of seven characters
(letters, or letters and number). No punctuation marks or symbols, such as the silhouette of New Jersey, can be used. The plate can
accommodate seven characters or spaces and each character takes a full space. The same combination can be issued for more than
one vehicle if owned or leased by the same person, provided no more than six spaces are used in the combination. The additional sets
of plates will have a small dash number,-2,-3, etc., following the registration number (FRANK-2, JOAN-3, etc.). A separate
application and $50 fee is required for each additional set. Combinations having three letters and the numbers 1 through 20 are “courtesy
plates” and the senator of your election district must approve your request before it is submitted. The fee for a “courtesy plate” is $30.
CONSIDER YOUR CHOICES CAREFULLY! NO SUBSTITUTIONS OR REFUNDS ARE ALLOWED ONCE THE PLATES ARE
ORDERED FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

sounds lame

[Jersey Mike]

The top right one is the LE plate. If you just get the plate, not vanity, it comes LE XXXX.
Ahh. Thanks, Adam. That makes sense.

I thought there was a portion on their site that you could check availability?

I looked around a bit, but maybe I'm just too exhausted to find it?
If you find it, let me know & I'll buy you lunch next Rodeo at BLS Performance or something! :lol:

[WildBillyT]

The top right one is the LE plate. If you just get the plate, not vanity, it comes LE XXXX. I thought there was a portion on their site that you could check availability?

LOL

Le xxxx

[sweetbmxrider]

Ahh. Thanks, Adam. That makes sense.



I looked around a bit, but maybe I'm just too exhausted to find it?
If you find it, let me know & I'll buy you lunch next Rodeo at BLS Performance or something! :lol:

Actually, it looks like you are SOL. Seems like you just get to see how it looks on your selected plate and then the dice are rolled. That is really dumb.

[LS1ow]

Actually, it looks like you are SOL. Seems like you just get to see how it looks on your selected plate and then the dice are rolled. That is really dumb.

Le Fail*

[V]

a friend of mine used to run the plates for me and him when he worked dispatch... we ran dozens and dozens... apparently they never audited the records lol

[Jersey Mike]

a friend of mine used to run the plates for me and him when he worked dispatch... we ran dozens and dozens... apparently they never audited the records lol

Yeah, I did a search on here before I posted & heard of people doing that.
Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who works for MVC.

[LS1ow]

my LE plate reads "LE 61UE" and when you look at it quick it looks like LE BLUE

[Tru2Chevy]

I always thought it would be kinda funny to see if they would issue a personalized LE plate with the 4 characters 01NK. I wouldn't ever run it out of respect for my friends in law enforcement, but it would be funny if MVC accepted it.

- Justin

[sweetbmxrider]

http://www.ragemaker.net/images/Surprised%20-%20Amazed/clever%20girl.jpg

[The Fixer]

Actually, it looks like you are SOL. Seems like you just get to see how it looks on your selected plate and then the dice are rolled. That is really dumb.

That's how the DMV has been doing it for years. You write in your top four choices, and then they e-mail you back saying which one you got and how long it'll take to receive them. Been through this a few times. :) I've had personalized plates on my old Monte (two different ones), my old Impala SS, and even my DDs.

[sweetbmxrider]

Yeah, I guess they have to approve the plate anyways too.

[wrong generation]

i saw a plate on a car over the summer that was "PHQ" i'm still wondering how that made it thru lol sense you would expect that to get the axe.

[sweetbmxrider]

Could be someone's initials. I have seen 2 FML, it was his initials.

[Jersey Mike]

So, I finally got around to filling out the paperwork and whatnot today. Called the MVC personalized plate department and asked "How should I distinguish between a "O" and "0" in my hand-written application?"

The response I got shocked me: "You can't have a zero, or an O in your license plate."
Now, I know I've seen plates with an 0 or O in them in NJ, but maybe this is a new rule?

[LS1ow]

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Gulf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Michael
November
OSCAR
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
Yankee
Zulu.



Affirmative

[Jersey Mike]

Oh, the person I spoke with also said that you can check availability online, after making an account. I registered for a MyMVC account today, and when I get my PIN# or ID#, I'll go through the online application instead, and see if he's correct, or just full of it.

[LS1ow]

Oh, the person I spoke with also said that you can check availability online, after making an account. I registered for a MyMVC account today, and when I get my PIN# or ID#, I'll go through the online application instead, and see if he's correct, or just full of it.

i have a pin and id. u can haz access. just need find paper

[maroman88]

i know Livery (taxi) plates start with OL (Oscar Lima)

[fmybody]

So, I finally got around to filling out the paperwork and whatnot today. Called the MVC personalized plate department and asked "How should I distinguish between a "O" and "0" in my hand-written application?"

The response I got shocked me: "You can't have a zero, or an O in your license plate."
Now, I know I've seen plates with an 0 or O in them in NJ, but maybe this is a new rule?

O with a / thru it is a zero.

very interested in how this works because I have some ideas and my registrations is up soon.

[Jersey Mike]

O with a / thru it is a zero.
Yes, I know that. I was just taking a precaution to see if they wanted me to do that, or if they thought that may confuse the inmates of Leesburg State Prison too much.

[V]

i ordered plates 3 weeks ago. i got an o(the letter) in it.

[coolmanvette75]

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3172/plate001bm3.jpg
Lol this would be pretty epic

[sweetbmxrider]

There is a local guy with 0101010

[V]

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3172/plate001bm3.jpg
Lol this would be pretty epic


i tired. through the online system it came up as "objectionable" and would not pass.

[Jersey Mike]

Don't care what PA or any other state --aside from New Jersey, currently-- does/allows.


Paul, that's awesome news. I'm going to go through the online system as soon as I get my account info in the mail this week.
Did it give you an option to check availability before submitting your application, or not?

[V]

Did it give you an option to check availability before submitting your application, or not?

yes, it will tell you right away if its taken or objectionable. even show you how it will look on the plate. then when you figure out what you want and submit it, you wait 1-3 business days for final approval.

[The Fixer]

You can get Os - I had "RM2ZOOM" on my old '96 Impala SS about 10 years ago, and transferred them to my Sebring 'vert LOL.