License Plate Types

  1. Passenger - Standard Plate:
    1. Car
    2. Sport Utility Vehicle
    3. Van
    4. Motorcoach
  2. Truck:
    1. Pickup
    2. Van (cargo)
  3. Commercial (GVW over 26,000 pounds):
    1. Must provide estimated mileage per year, GVW and odometer reading
    2. IRS form 2290 is required if GVW is over 55,000 pounds
  4. Trailer
    1. Large (empty weight is 1,001 pounds or more)
    2. Small (empty weight is 1,000 pounds or less)
    3. House
  5. Motorcycle
  6. Prestige (additional $30 per plate series):
    • Prestige Plates Allowable Combinations:
      • A maximum of 5 letters or combination of 5 letters, numbers, and spaces
      • Only capital letters and Arabic numbers
      • No symbols
      • No combination with more than three (3) W's or M's (not allowed: WMWW)
      • No combination of entirely numbers unless the first digit is a zero (0)
      • No combination consisting entirely of numbers followed by a single alphabetic suffix (not allowed: 11A, 12B, 123C)
      • No combination that spells, connotes, abbreviates, or otherwise stands for language that is obscene, vulgar, indecent, or pruriently suggestive
      • No combination that duplicates a currently issued plate or conflicts with a series of letter and number combinations on a regular issue license plate.
      • Apply Online at WYDOT Prestige Plates
  7. Specialty Plates (additional $30 per plate series) (Application Information and Applications):
    1. Amateur Radio Plate
    2. Disabled Veteran Plate
    3. National Guard Plate
    4. Pearl Harbor Survivor Plate
    5. Pioneer
    6. Prisoner of War
    7. Purple Heart
    8. Fire Fighter
    9. EMT
    10. University of Wyoming
    11. Embossed Plate Application
    12. Gold Star
    13. Street Rod and Custom Vehicles
    14. Veteran
    15. Sample Plate
    16. Novelty Plate
    17. Conservation Plate (additional $150 fee to Wildlife Conservation Fund and $50 annual fee in addition to regular registration fees to Wildlife Conservation Fund)