Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2200 - Division of Motor Vehicles
Vehicle Services
2285 - Vanity Tag Regulation
Section 2285-4.0 - Prorating of fees to accomodate vanity plates

4.1.1 The annual fee for a vanity license plate is $40.00 in addition to the annual fee for the regular registration plate assigned to the vehicle.

4.2.1 At the time that the application for a vanity plate is submitted, if the vehicle is already registered with a valid Delaware license plate, the vanity plate fee shall be prorated at $3.50 per month so as to have the expiration of the vanity plate the same as the expiration date of the regular assigned plate.

4.3.1 When an applicant purchases a different vehicle in his/her name and the expiration date is greater on the vanity plate than it is on the regular plate, the expiration date on the vanity plate will be set back to the same expiration date as the vehicle. The customer will lose the extra time on the vanity plate. No refunds are authorized.

4.3.2 If the registration expiration date on the regular plate of the newly acquired vehicle is greater than the registration expiration date on the vanity plate being transferred, the vanity plate will be updated at the prorated fee of $3.50 per month to correspond with the regular plate unless the owner no longer wants the vanity plate