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100 Banned Personalized License Plates

By Jake Rossen

Your car's license plate can say a lot about you.
Your car's license plate can say a lot about you. / Eli Christman, Flickr // CC BY 2.0
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In October 2010, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission dispatched a letter [PDF] to a resident who had received a personalized license plate that read 33MTA3. The letter informed the driver that the plate was issued in error and could not be granted due to the fact it violated Title 39, which stipulates that a vanity plate “offensive to good taste or decency in any language” is prohibited.

If you’re wondering how 33MTA3 might be considered offensive, look at it in a mirror.

Personalized license plates are a bane of each state's motor vehicle division, as drivers can sometimes request a combination of letters and numbers that might prove problematic for the reasons described above. The resource site GovernmentAttic.org wrote to state offices in Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey, and New York to get some examples of the types of vulgar plates prohibited by law, and you can take a look at the highlights below. (If you notice that common expletives or slurs are omitted, rest assured they’re part of the list. We’re not going to repeat them here.)

Plates Banned in Arizona [PDF]

Arizonians are prohibited from using DRUGDLR, among other plates.
Arizonians are prohibited from using DRUGDLR, among other plates. / Jens Rother/iStock via Getty Images
  1. ASSCLWN
  2. BIGFART
  3. CRKHEAD
  4. DAPOOP
  5. DRGBALZ
  6. DRUGDLR
  7. GOT2PEE
  8. IBALLIN
  9. MCBOOB
  10. OOBIES
  11. PEEPEE
  12. PERVY
  13. PHORPLAY
  14. POOOOP
  15. PSDOFF
  16. PUKFACE
  17. RACIST
  18. REDPILL
  19. RU8TEEN
  20. SCAMINU
  21. SCROTUM
  22. SHWING
  23. SLAVE1
  24. SNORTIN
  25. SPANKME

Plates Banned in Colorado [PDF]

Colorado prefers drivers not identify as MSBOOTY.
Colorado prefers drivers not identify as MSBOOTY. / victorass88/iStock via Getty Images
  1. BENDOVR
  2. BOYTOY
  3. DAMFINE
  4. DRUGS1
  5. EATPOO
  6. FATBUTT
  7. GIMEAZZ
  8. IAMNUDE
  9. IGETNKD
  10. ILFRT4U
  11. JRKWAD
  12. MSBOOTY
  13. ONMETH
  14. PHART
  15. POOPONU
  16. PORNSTR
  17. RUBBIT
  18. RUEZIM
  19. SMUT
  20. SNOHOE
  21. TOOSEXY
  22. UDDERS
  23. WEEWEE
  24. WETDRMS
  25. WHIPME

Plates Banned in New Jersey [PDF]

GOTMILF is among the vanity plates that New Jersey will turn down.
GOTMILF is among the vanity plates that New Jersey will turn down. / Kathleen Gail/iStock via Getty Images
  1. BADASS
  2. BALLNN
  3. BIOCH
  4. BOOBIES (BOOB1ES)
  5. DKLKR
  6. COPUL8
  7. DEZNUTS
  8. ENDOWED
  9. FORPLAY
  10. GETSOM
  11. GOTMILF
  12. ILOVEAZ
  13. LMAO
  14. MUDRFER
  15. NMPHO
  16. OMGWTF
  17. PHOCER
  18. PHOQUE
  19. PHOKU2
  20. PUCKIN
  21. QQYASHIT
  22. ROCKSNOT
  23. SUMNUTS
  24. UPUTZ
  25. VIB8R

Plates Banned in New York [PDF]

New Yorkers cannot opt for AWCHIT at the DMV.
New Yorkers cannot opt for AWCHIT at the DMV. / Netalieh/iStock via Getty Images
  1. ASS
  2. ASSOUL (ASS0UL)
  3. AWCHIT (AWCH1T)
  4. BOOBS (B00BS)
  5. BUTT
  6. COITUS (CO1TUS)
  7. DILDO (DILD0)
  8. DMSHT
  9. DORK
  10. DRUGSALE
  11. EATME
  12. FART
  13. FBI (FB1)
  14. FOC (F0K)
  15. GONAD (G0NAD)
  16. HUMPIN (HUMP1N)
  17. KOTEX (K0TEX)
  18. MAFIA (MAF1A)
  19. ORGY (0RGY)
  20. PIMP (P1MP)
  21. PVERT
  22. SEXBUS
  23. UBGAY
  24. UPYURZ
  25. VULVA
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