Each year, Texas denies thousands of license plate requests. State law prohibits inappropriate content on personalized plates.

A new Texas law went into effect in July 2025 with the goal of cutting back on license plate fraud, but it's not doing what ...

Texas officials replaced temporary paper license plates with permanent metal ones in an effort to curb widespread fraud, but ...

Texas officials are continuing to confront widespread use of fraudulent license plates months after the state eliminated paper temporary tags, a move intended to curb abuse that had made Texas ...

In 2025, Texas DMV rejected license plates with the phrase “DV” which stands for disabled veteran. While DV showed up in 349 requests, the phrase “AF,” an acronym for an expletive, showed up in 116 ...

SAN ANTONIO – Starting on July 1, individuals attempting to purchase a vehicle will notice significant changes, as temporary paper license tags will be replaced with permanent metal license plates.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is seeking to make permanent a directive it issued to counties in November ...

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is implementing more stringent photo identification requirements for all vehicle registrations and renewals in an abrupt shift that could shut out immigrants ...

Rush hour traffic passes by on I-35 through downtown Austin on the evening of Sept. 7, 2023. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is implementing more stringent photo identification requirements for ...

People testified during a Wednesday hearing said the DMV’s proposed changes would harm not just affected residents, but also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 2,000 personalized Texas license plate requests were denied in 2025. (MyPlates / Texas Department of Motor Vehicles) Each ...