Georgia's rejected vanity license plates
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Every year, the Georgia Department of Revenue rejects hundreds of applications for vanity license plates. Let's see what did not pass go this past year.
Why it matters: Vanity tags are an under-appreciated opportunity for people to express themselves in the most soul-sucking of places: Georgia gridlock.
- But license plates aren't invitations to offend. We live in a society, folks.
Catch up quick: The department of revenue, the state agency in charge of issuing automobile registration and license plates, maintains a list of verboten words and combinations of letters and numbers.
- There's even an appeal process if your questionable vanity plate proposal gets blocked.
- Applicants pay a one-time $35 manufacturing fee, an annual $20 registration fee and an annual $35 special tag fee.
Driving the news: Axios requested a list of the vanity license plate applications that didn’t pass muster with the revenue department.
Flashback: During the pandemic, we saw a significant number of applications for plates related to COVID, fictitious characters and lots of hate this and hate that.
Details: This year? There was a lot of UGA pride. Here's a sampling of the applications that hit a brick wall.
School Spirit: UGA3318, 101DAWG, THEMDGZ, DAAWGZ, DAWG101, BULLD09, CRTIDE, AL1BAMA, DAW5GS, DWG4LYF, G8TR24, G0C0UGS, 7GADAWG, SMN0LE, SICKEM, 4EVRRTR, RTRBAMA
Make License Plates Great Again: FJBIDEN, TRUPW0N, TR1MP, TRUMP5, FJB1DEN, FB1D3N, 45MAGR8
Watch your mouth: IMTHATB, 0HHSHH, S1DCHK, SH1TSH0, B1ATCH, TREESOM, N00FICR, B1CHPLZ, M0V3BIH, B055BIH
U OK?: MURDER1, MANKLLR, K1LLA72, KILLNME, IH8PPL, DGENRIT, GRUMP69, VNG3NCE, NKBRKER, 976EVIL, BULLETS
The AF Club: HLTHYAF, THICAF, 5LOWAF, SL00AF, RICHAF, FANCIAF, FLYYAF, RICHASF, HEAVYAF, MEANAF, WEIRDAF, B4DAF, 50BERAF, EVILAF, M3ANAF
Higher power: 1YAHWEH, N0G0D, ILUVG0D, THXG0D4, MUSLIM, LUCFER, S4T4N4S
Just plain high: SM0KED1, R0ZAYE, 0GTR1PY, XKST8SY, 0VERD0S, MRG4NJA, HENNSSY, NUGZ, U5EGRN, P0WDA66