Everyone loves a tasteful, funny vanity plate. At roughly $200 or more for a personalized number plate in Illinois, it pays to make sure yours stands out for the right reasons. Still, the state draws ...

The state of Illinois took a tongue-in-cheek approach to showcasing the many inappropriate vanity license plate applications it had to reject in 2025.

ILLINOIS, USA — Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office revealed the 2025 list of rejected vanity and personalized license plate requests, which included over 550 rejected plates, ...

Hundreds of Illinoisans made the secretary of state’s naughty list this year after trying to customize their license plates in a lewd or indecent manner. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias ...

Just like in Ohio, which rejected almost 900 vanity license plates in 2025, Illinois has no law against pushing the limits of what is allowed. However, officials will shut down vanity license plate ...