Jan 20, 2026 - News

The NSFW license plates Ohio rejected in 2025

Alissa Widman Neese

Illustration of an Ohio vanity license plate with symbols implying a swear word. — Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios

Unsurprisingly, Ohioans were still persistently trying to bypass the BMV's profanity filters in 2025.

Driving the news: Every January, it's local tradition to review our favorite public record — the state's list of rejected vanity license plates from the previous year.

The 933 submissions from 2025 don't disappoint. Here's the list.

Yes, but: Read that at your own risk. Most are NSFW, and some are objectively offensive.

Some family friendly-ish highlights:

IHAVE2P

GTAPOOP

BRTNYB

OLD FART

ITS RBF

OHELNO

FELONIE

SHIGGLS

RICH AF, RICH AF2 and RICH AF3 — all submitted the same day.

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The NSFW license plates Ohio rejected in 2025

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