In this seventh episode of Roadside Chat, hosts Jenny Butcher and Daniel Yeh sit down with two leaders from the Iowa DOT’s Motor Vehicle Division: Mary Demuth, Public Service Manager, and Charles Cunningham, Service Delivery Bureau Director, to explain how Iowa's personalized license plate process works.

They cover:

• Types of license plates in Iowa
• The most popular specialty license plates in Iowa
• Why personalized license plate requests may be denied

• How to request and preview a personalized plate
• What Iowa law says about acceptable plate messages
• How questionable or offensive plates are reviewed
• Why license plates play an important role in public safety

Resources

• Order specialty and personalized license plates
• Bumper Stumpers game show