INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION
Please Read Thoroughly
Sections A, B, C, D, F, and O must be completed if applying for any category of special plates.
NEW PERSONALIZED PLATES
Personalized plates are special plates issued to the owner of a motor vehicle for use only on that vehicle. Plates must have at least one letter but not more than
seven characters total (a character is an upper-case letter, space, hyphen, or number.); a personalized plate may not display all numbers. Motorcycle, Motorized
Bicycle (Moped), pickup trucks registered by gross weight, and recreational vehicle plates are limited to six characters. A vertical Motorcycle plate is limited to 4
characters and may not utilize a hyphen. One space or hyphen may be placed between adjoining characters (will be counted as a character, a space cannot be
the first character). A personalized plate that offends public morals or decency may not be issued. Personalized plates cannot duplicate other existing plates or
any plates in a numbering system used or reserved by the Driver and Vehicle Services Division.
The characters 1 (one) and I (the letter "I") and Ø (naval zero), 0 (zero) and O (oh) are deemed to be the same and may not be
duplicated to create new combinations (e.g. “TIM and “T1M” are the same).
When you transfer (sell) a motor vehicle, you may leave the plates on the transferred (sold) vehicle. You will lose the rights to those plates and the buyer of that
motor vehicle will assume the rights. Please submit a statement that the plates are to remain with the vehicle.
You may transfer the personalized plates to another motor vehicle registered in your name. You must complete another personalized plate application showing
the description of the vehicle on which the personalized plates will be displayed. It is your responsibility to obtain regular plates for the motor vehicle on which the
personalized plates were used.
If you are transferring the plates to a different class vehicle, (e.g., transfer from passenger class to gross weight class) new plates are required and must fit the
number of characters allowed for that new plate type.
TRANSFER OF PERSONALIZED PLATES
If you wish to retain the privilege of your combination you must keep current registration on the vehicle that the plates are displayed on as stated in M.S.168.12,
subd. 2a. If you fail to maintain registration, you may lose your rights to that combination.
If you do not have another vehicle to place your personalized plates on, you may submit a letter requesting an extension (not to exceed one year) of your rights to
that combination or you may lose your rights to that combination. All correspondence must be submitted to the Division at the address listed on the front of this
form.
RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONALIZED PLATES (Minn. R. section 7403.0950)
*OTHER Special Plates
This line in Section A exists to accommodate any special plate that is not represented on the form but has been authorized.
If the vehicle on which the special plates are now being used is sold, complete this application if you wish to transfer the special plates to another vehicle. It is
your responsibility to obtain regular plates for the vehicle on which the special plates were used. If the expiration month and year on your special plates do not
agree with the regular plates submitted, the special plates must be adjusted.
TRANSFER OF SPECIAL PLATES (Excluding Personalized Plates)
LIMOUSINE and COMMUTER VANPOOL
"Limousine" means an unmarked luxury passenger automobile that is not a van or station wagon and has a seating capacity of not more than 12 persons,
excluding the driver. Minn. R. 8880.0100.
Commuter vanpool means a prearranged ride-sharing arrangement in which seven to 16 persons travel together on a regular basis in a commuter van to and
from their place of employment or to and from a transit stop authorized by a local transit authority.
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IN ADDITION, when:
• Transferring special plates, complete Section E.
• Replacing special plates, complete Section G.
When applying for:
• Personalized plates, complete Section H. A statement that adequately explains the meaning is required.
• ARO/CB plates, complete Section I.
• Limousine plates, a certificate of insurance is required. A limousine is an unmarked luxury passenger vehicle with a seating capacity of not more than
15 persons including the driver.
• Volunteer Ambulance Attendant plates, complete Section J.
NOTE: Minn.Stat. § 144E.01(15) Volunteer ambulance attendant.
"Volunteer ambulance attendant" means a person who provides emergency medical services for a Minnesota licensed ambulance service without the
expectation of remuneration and who does not depend in any way upon the provision of these services for the person's livelihood. An individual may be
considered a volunteer ambulance attendant even though the individual receives an hourly stipend for each hour of actual service provided, except for
hours on standby alert, or other nominal fee, and even though the hourly stipend or other nominal fee is regarded as taxable income for purposes of
state or federal law, provided that the hourly stipend and other nominal fees do not exceed $6,000 annually.
• Firefighter / Retired Firefighter (Sections K & L) plates, an authorization letter from the fire chief is required.
• Ex-POW plates, Section M must be signed by the Minnesota Commissioner of Veteran Affairs.
• Personalized Collector, Street Rod, or Classic Motorcycle plates indicate the plate number of another vehicle owned or leased in your name and
used for general transportation in Section O.
IMPORTANT: If applying for standard collector class plates or the use of original plates do not use this form: a PS2000 must be completed in lieu of
the special plate application.
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