Rejected! License plates deemed too obscene by Florida

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LAKE MARY, Fla. – Dozens of requests for personalised license plates had been rejected final 12 months by the State of Florida. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) receives a whole bunch of requests every year, a lot of that are later decided to be obscene or objectionable. In these circumstances, the division will recall the plate.

Floridians had been particularly inventive this final 12 months with their vainness plate submissions. Some of the plates positioned beneath evaluate and/or rejected embody “FBOMBER,” “NUDEZ,” “0L TURD,” and “H3LLYEA,” to call just a few. Content warning: These had been the personalised license plates that we had been snug sharing in a picture gallery beneath. However, a number of the others had been slightly specific. Here is a link to view those (PDF). (viewer discretion suggested).

The division affords specialty license plates, particular plates, and personalised plates. Specialty plates are non-obligatory plates obtainable to Floridians that profit numerous organizations and the causes they symbolize. Special plates are a subtype of specialty plates. Some specialty plates are eligible to be personalised, with a further $15 annual payment for every personalised plate. More information on these plates, together with photographs are discovered on the FLHSMV website here (PDF).

What is the evaluate course of for personalised license plates in Florida?

Personalized license plate orders are reviewed for obscene or objectionable materials by employees in tax collector or FLHSMV workplaces when preliminary functions are processed and in addition screened via the division’s Inventory Control Unit. 

How do you file a grievance about an objectionable license plate in Florida?

Customers can contact FLHSMV or their native tax collector’s workplace to file a grievance ought to they encounter a plate that’s obscene or objectionable.

How do you get rid of a license plate in Florida?

In Florida, license plates belong to the state and have to be returned if the decal on the plate is unexpired and insurance coverage isn’t maintained. Failure to give up a legitimate license plate when your insurance coverage is canceled or expired will outcome within the suspension of your driver’s license.  The state additionally warns that scammers might get ahold of an improperly discarded license plate to undergo tolls, run crimson gentle cameras, or be used within the fee of a criminal offense. 

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