Vehicles

• $45 initial fee ($35 to the Iowa Resource Enhancement and Protection program + $10 to the Wildlife Diversity Program)
• $25 annual registration fee ($10 for Resource Enhancement and Protection Program and $15 to Wildlife Diversity Program) at time of renewal
• Annual registration renewal fee

• $90 initial fee ($45 plate fee + $45 supports the Iowa Resource Enhancement and Protection and Wildlife Diversity Programs)
• $30 annual registration fee ($5 validation fee + $25 for the Iowa Resource Enhancement and Protection and Wildlife Diversity Programs) at time of renewal
• Annual registration renewal fee (paid to county treasurer)

Personalized license plates may consist of up to five 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.
• Cannot be all numbers.