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Commissioner's Rules & Regulations
Subchapter Part 16 - Special Number Plates

16.5 Restrictions. No plate shall be issued under this Part which:

(a) does not have at least one letter. This provision shall not apply to plates issued to public officers.
(b) REPEALED 6/1/84. Subdivisions (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) are relettered to be subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) respectively, effective 6/1/84.
(b) has numbers and letters, or any combination thereof, arranged in a format reserved for issuance to specific classes of vehicles other than passenger vehicles.
(c) is assigned for issuance to historical motor vehicles.
(d) consists of six numbers followed by one letter.
(e) is, in the discretion of the commissioner, obscene, lewd, lascivious, derogatory to a particular ethnic or other group, or patently offensive.
(f) would lead one to believe that the owner of a particular vehicle is connected with or operating in an official capacity for a governmental organization or function.


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