Please bring your application, and town portion of the registration, in person to either your nearest New Hampshire
Division of Motor Vehicle or municipal clerk who processes registrations, or you may mail the application, town
portion of the registration, and a check for the appropriate fees to the Concord New Hampshire Division of Motor
Vehicle Office at:
NH Dept. of Safety
DMV - Registration Bureau
23 Hazen Drive
Concord NH 03305
If you are changing your plate anytime other than the time of your renewal, please br
ing the Application for Vanity
Plates along with your current vehicle registration and one of your current plates to your nearest New Hampshire
Division of Motor vehicle or municipal clerk who processes registrations.
Fee Information:
The fee for a Vanity Plate is in addition to your Registration fees due to the Town/City and State.
Vanity Plate fee – 12 months: $40.00. The vanity plate fee for new registrations other than twelve (12) months is
now prorated based on the number of months to the expiration of the registration.
Reflectorized plate fee: $4.00 fee per plate ($8.00 for a set). This is a one-time only fee.
Conservation Plates have a $30.00 fee in addition to the Vanity Plate fee and registration fees.
State Park Plates have an $85.00 fee in addition to the Vanity Plate fee and registration fees.
Conservation State Park plates have a combined fee of $115.00 in addition to the Vanity Plate fee and registration
fees.
Administrative Rule Saf-C 514.61 Initial or Vanity Registration Plate.
(c) An initial or vanity registration plate shall not:
(1) Include a zero;
(2) Imply an affiliation with a government entity that is not true;
(3) Refer to or be associated with any of the following subjects, in any language, whether read
forward, backward, by mirror image or by phonetic spelling:
a. Intimate body parts or genitals;
b. Sexual or excretory acts or functions;
c. Words or terms of profanity or obscenity;
d. Violence;
e. Illegal activities;
f. Drugs, drug culture or illegal intoxicants;
g. Gangs; or
h. Racial, ethnic, religious, gender or sexual orientation hatred or bigotry;
(4) Have more than 7 characters;
(5) Have more than 2 ampersands, plus signs, or minus signs, and which shall not be
consecutive, such as &&;
(6) Have any characters other than ampersands, numerals, plus signs, minus signs, or letters;
(7) Have only numerals or only numerals and ampersands, plus signs, or minus signs; and
(8) Have characters or combinations of characters which may cause difficulty of distinction or
identification.