Personalized plates to be reissued with plate design

The Missouri Department of Revenue (Department) announced earlier this week that personalized and specialty license plates will be reissued with a new plate design beginning January 1, 2009. Because they deviate from a uniform design, the new personalized and specialty plates will differ from the new “Bluebird” plate and will undergo either slight or substantial revisions, depending on the type of plate. Personalized plates will, in many respects, be consistent with the new “Bluebird” standard plate. Specialty plates will continue to conform to their approved designs. The tab location of specialty and personalized plates will differ from the centralized location on the new “Bluebird” standard plate, and the month of expiration will now be printed on the plate instead of the tab. With the exception of motorcycles and certain heavy trucks, beginning in 2009, all specialty and personalized license plates will expire in the month of July.
Beginning this month, customers with personalized and specialty plates will...
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