• $50 ($25 for plate + $25 to the university)
• $5 annual validation fee
• Annual registration fee

• $50 ($25 for personalized plate + $25 to the university)
• $5 Annual validation fee
• Annual registration fee

Personalized license plates may consist of up to seven characters and numbers. All personalized plate choices must have at least two characters.

• No punctuation marks are allowed.
• No denoting a government agency (i.e., DOT ).
• No display of characters that are sexual in connotation.
• No characters suggesting profane, obscene or inflammatory words or phrases, or those contrary to public policy.
• No characters or words defined in dictionaries as a term of vulgarity, contempt, prejudice, hostility, insult, or racial or ethnic degradation.
• No characters considered to be offensive.
• No characters that conflict with the regular license numbering system.
• Recognized as a swear word.
• Reference to an illegal substance or criminal act.
• Any foreign word falling in any of these categories.
• No duplicate combination of characterss
• No zeros.

Collegiate Specialty License Plate Application

Applications may also be obtained from your county treasurer's office or the following address.

Office of Vehicle Services
Iowa Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 9278
Des Moines, Iowa  50306-9278

Telephone: 515-237-3110
E-mail:  vehser@dot.iowa.gov

Your plates will be sent to your county treasurer's office and staff will notify you when your plates are available. Plates must be assigned to a vehicle within 90 days or the plates will be voided and no refund issued. Your current plates must be exchanged for your new plates.