Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A.
Definitions.
1."Division" means the Motor Vehicle Division of the Arizona
Department of Transportation.
2."Division Director" means the Assistant Division Director
for the Motor Vehicle Division of the Arizona Department of
Transportation.
3."Personalized plate" means a license plate with a
registration number chosen by a person rather than assigned by the
Division.
4."Plate number" means the combination of letters, numbers,
and spaces on a vehicle license plate.
B. A person who wants to receive a
personalized plate shall file an application with the Division on a form
provided by the Division.
1. An applicant
shall provide the following information on the form:
a. Name of the vehicle's owner or
lessee;
b. Vehicle owner's or
lessee's mailing address;
c.
Vehicle's make and year;
d. Vehicle
identification number;
e. Vehicle's
current plate number;
f. Date the
vehicle's current registration expires;
g. Plate number to appear on the personalized
plate;
h. Meaning or message of the
personalized plate; and
i. Other
information required by the Division.
2. If an applicant is purchasing the
personalized plate as a gift for the vehicle's owner or lessee, the applicant
shall also provide the applicant's name and mailing address.
C. The Division shall reject the
application if the requested plate number:
1.
Refers to or connotes breasts, genitalia, pubic area, buttocks, or relates to
sexual or eliminatory functions;
2.
Refers to or connotes the substance, paraphernalia, sale, use, purveyor of, or
physiological state produced by any illicit drug, narcotic, or
intoxicant;
3. Expresses contempt
for or ridicule or superiority of a class of persons;
4. Duplicates another registration
number;
5. Has connotations that
are profane or obscene; or
6. Uses
linguistics, numbers, phonetics, translations from foreign languages or
upside-down or reverse reading to achieve a reference or connotation prohibited
in subsection (C)(1) through (C)(3) or (C)(5).
D. Rejection of application.
1. If the Division does not issue
personalized plates to an applicant, the Division shall inform the applicant by
mail.
2. An applicant may make a
written appeal by letter for a review of the rejection, within 10 days after
the date of the Division's notice, to the following address:
Motor Vehicle Division
Special Plates Unit, Mail Drop 801Z
PO Box 2100
Phoenix, Arizona 85001-2100.
E. Revocation of personalized plates; appeal.
1. If the Division determines that a
personalized plate should not have been issued because it contains a plate
number prohibited under subsection (C), the Division shall require the plate
holder to surrender the plates to the division within 30 days after the date of
the Division's mailed notice, unless the plate holder requests an appeal under
subsection (D)(2).
2. A person who
has been directed to surrender a personalized plate may submit a written appeal
by letter as prescribed under subsection (D)(2).
3. Refund of personalized plate fees on
revocation.
a. The Division shall refund the
amount of the personalized plate fee and the pro rated amount of the special
annual renewal fee to the person holding the revoked personalized plate along
with any credit or refund calculated by the Division.
b. A person whose plate is revoked may
request that instead of a refund, the Division issue the person a different
personalized plate. The person shall apply for the personalized plate as
prescribed under subsection (B).
4. The Division shall cancel the vehicle
plate of a vehicle if the person who holds a revoked personalized plate does
not surrender the plate within 30 days after the date of the Division's notice
or, if the person timely requests an appeal, within 30 days after the Division
issues a final decision.
