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I got one of the SC Equality license plates for my car. It is quite nice looking:
The black rectangle is where the numbers are. The white rectangles are where the month/year stickers go.
If you own a vehicle registered in South Carolina, and if you've been thinking about getting one of these plates, I'd suggest you don't wait too long. Based on SC Code Section 56-3-8000,
"If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for a particular plate authorized under this section, it shall not produce additional plates in that series. The department shall continue to issue plates of that series until the existing inventory is exhausted."
Based on the number I got, it doesn't look like 300 have been issued yet.
I was uncertain how much to pay for the plate. The application form (MV-95) indicates that you should pay $25 plus the regular registration fee (which is $24 for passenger cars), so I sent $49. They sent me a $12 refund, however. What is stated on the SC Equality site seems to be correct:
"If your current registration is less than one year old, you will not have to pay an additional registration fee, and will pay just the $25.00 plate fee. If your registration is in its second year, the DMV will ask you to pay just one year in order to have a full, two-year active registration.".
The MV-95 form also states:
"If your current tag is within three months of expiring, you should pay your property taxes and renew your plate BEFORE you submit an application for a specialty plate."
The black rectangle is where the numbers are. The white rectangles are where the month/year stickers go.
If you own a vehicle registered in South Carolina, and if you've been thinking about getting one of these plates, I'd suggest you don't wait too long. Based on SC Code Section 56-3-8000,
"If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for a particular plate authorized under this section, it shall not produce additional plates in that series. The department shall continue to issue plates of that series until the existing inventory is exhausted."
Based on the number I got, it doesn't look like 300 have been issued yet.
I was uncertain how much to pay for the plate. The application form (MV-95) indicates that you should pay $25 plus the regular registration fee (which is $24 for passenger cars), so I sent $49. They sent me a $12 refund, however. What is stated on the SC Equality site seems to be correct:
"If your current registration is less than one year old, you will not have to pay an additional registration fee, and will pay just the $25.00 plate fee. If your registration is in its second year, the DMV will ask you to pay just one year in order to have a full, two-year active registration.".
The MV-95 form also states:
"If your current tag is within three months of expiring, you should pay your property taxes and renew your plate BEFORE you submit an application for a specialty plate."