Category Archives: License Plates

Aug 12

Iowa adds online specialty plate applications

Previously, Iowans looking for vanity (or as they like to call them now, “personalized”) and specialty license plates could look online and even type characters in to see how it would look, but couldn’t finish the process or see if … Continue reading

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Jul 31

License Plate Letters — CMZ, CQE

This update had a bit of a drought for a while, as the 1998-2003 letters were replaced all at once and now replacement plates are only for those issued in 2004 (the early N’s). I haven’t seen any CL’s or … Continue reading

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Jun 01

Boy Scout license plates available in Iowa

If you thought we didn’t have enough specialty plates in Iowa, here’s another one: The Boy Scouts of America. This is the announcement of its availability, BUT the state needs 500 applications before the series is created. (The short piece … Continue reading

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May 11

License Plate Letters — CKC

But not the CKC of the Chicago-Kansas City expressway.

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Apr 30

License Plate Letters — CIB

I should’ve updated with a CH or two, but never did.

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Apr 08

Iowa State specialty plates in Texas?

The Dallas-Fort Worth Cyclone Club is looking for 200 applicants to get a Texas license plate in cardinal and gold. (Meanwhile, in Iowa, we have specialty plates up the wazoo but the university/college plates are limited to in-state institutions. I … Continue reading

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Mar 24

License Plate Letters — CGS

It’s been a while since I updated this. I haven’t been out much.

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Feb 12

The almost-end of stamped Iowa license plates

It’s now mid-February, so the last stragglers holding on to their 1998-2003 plates have had to give them up. New letters are now up to CBE. With the replacement cycle, Iowa currently doesn’t have any active combinations from that sequence … Continue reading

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Dec 17

License Plate Letters — BYJ

It looks like a race with the calendar to see if the B’s are exhausted before the new year.

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Oct 29

License Plate Letters — BUF

Probably not going to get to the C’s before the new year but we’ll see. On a related note, are the old REAP and college football plates, especially the stamped ones, being replaced too? It seems like those are just … Continue reading

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