Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2200 - Division of Motor Vehicles
Vehicle Services
2285 - Vanity Tag Regulation
Section 2285-7.0 - Application For Vanity Plate

7.1.1 Indicate on the vanity plate application whether it is a new application, a transfer, or a tag retention. This is important.

7.1.2 Inform the applicant that delivery of a new vanity plate takes about 3 4 weeks. The application will be validated.

7.1.3 Be sure to make it very clear when ordering vanity plates with the letter "L" or the number "1 ". We must be able to distinguish between a "1" and an "L" and Roman numeral "I" or "i". Roman numerals will be connected.

7.1.4 Have the applicant verify the combination of letters or letters and numerals on the application and then sign the application. This is done to eliminate errors and misunderstandings regarding what is being requested. Please provide the customer a vanity plate display handout.

7.1.5 A vanity plate that is available can be held for a customer for a maximum of 30 days without payment. After 30 days, the plate is available to the next requester. This hold is a one time hold per plate per customer.

7.1.6 The customer's telephone number and signature must appear on the vanity plate application unless the application is in a dealer folder. Please emphasize the importance of using the correct address. Many vanity plates are returned to our office by the post office. We will not remail the license plates. If they are returned, they must be picked up by the customer. After 30 days, they will be destroyed. (Specialists may wish to verify the address by checking the driver's license if the applicant appears in person.)

7.1.7 The maximum letters or letters and numerals for a motorcycle vanity plate is 5.

7.1.8 Once a vanity plate has been paid for and ordered, there are no refunds or changes.