The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office reports it received 55,690 requests for vanity and personalized license plates in ...

Revealing the list of rejected license plates, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said he appreciated the creativity. Still, that didn't stop him from denying them.

The state of Illinois took a tongue-in-cheek approach to showcasing the many inappropriate vanity license plate applications ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Illinois Secretary of State's Office Monday released its annual list of rejected vanity license plates. Out of nearly 56,000 requests, more than 550 were denied for ...

Illinois rejected 550 out of 55,000 custom license plate applications in 2025 for violating decency standards.

Hundreds of Illinoisans made the secretary of state’s naughty list this year after trying to customize their license plates in a lewd or indecent manner. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias ...

CHICAGO – The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office received more than 60,000 requests for vanity or personalized license plates in 2024. Of those, 335 (or 0.0055%) requests were denied for profanity ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is warning federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that altering or swapping license plates is illegal in Illinois.