To order a personalized plate you may do so through our Special / Personalized Plate Online Application.

A personalized plate may be requested by visiting any local Vehicle & License Plate Renewal Office.

When you order your plate the agency will verify if the text is available, and, if so, place your order. Weekly orders for the manufacture of the plates are submitted to the Department of Corrections. Generally, the plate will be manufactured and shipped to the Division of Motor Vehicles in two weeks.

If you would like to complete your transaction by mail you will need to:

1. Complete the Application for a Personalized Plate or determine what other special/personalized plate you would like and fill out the approriate application. Applications for plates can be found under our Forms Section: Personalized & Specialized License Plates.
   
   
2. Mail your completed application and fee to:

   NC DMV, Special License Unit 3155 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-3155

1. Cost of the special plates including the administration of the special plate program;
   
   
2. $525,000.00 annually for the operation of Visitor Centers in Camden, Brunswick, Macon, Watauga, Caswell, Carteret and Tyrrell counties.
   
   
3. Remaining funds transferred quarterly as follows:
   
   
   • 33% to Department of Commerce to aid in financing out-of-state advertising for the promotion of travel and industrial development;
     
     
   • 50% to the Department of Transportation for beautification of highways;
     
     
   • 17% to the Department of Health and Human Services to promote travel accessibility for disabled persons.

The trustees of the NHTF may authorize expenditures from the Fund:

1. To acquire land that represents the ecological diversity of North Carolina, including natural features such as riverine, montane, coastal, and geologic systems and other natural areas to ensure their preservation and conservation for recreational, scientific, educational, cultural and aesthetic purposes.
   
   
2. To acquire land as additions to the system of parks, State trails, aesthetic forests, fish and wildlife management areas, wild and scenic reivers, and natural areas for the beneficial use and enjoyment of the public.
   
   
3. To pay for the inventory of natural areas conducted under the Natural Heritage Program.
   
   
4. To pay for conservation and protection planning and for informational programs for owners of natural areas.

1. Sixty-five percent (65%) for the State Parks System for capital projects, repairs and renovations of park facilities, and land acquisition.
   
   
2. Thirty percent (30%) to provide matching funds to local governmental units or public authorities as defined in G.S. 159-7 on a dollar-for-dollar basis for local park and recreation purposes. The appraised value of land that is donated to a local government unit or public authority may be applied to the matching requirement of this subdivision. These funds shall be allocated by the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority based on criteria patterned after the Open Project Selection Process established for the Land and Water Conservation Fund administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior.
   
   
3. Five percent (5%) for the Coastal and Estuarine Water Beach Access Program.