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Legislation introduced the California Legacy License Plate program offering vehicle owners the opportunity to purchase replicas of California license plates similar to those issued in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Only the 1960s plate reached the required 7,500 orders before January 1, 2015.
Legacy License plates can now be ordered for any year model automobile, commercial vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer. The Legacy License Plate Program will not replace the current Year of Manufacture (YOM) license plate program.
As of June 17, 2015, the DMV is accepting orders for the 1960s Legacy plate. The 1960s Legacy plate may be ordered online at
Personalized Plates Internet Reservation & Ordering. You may also order by mail, or at a field office or auto club. The completed form and $50 payment must be mailed to the address provided on the form. Payment can only be made by check, money order, or cashier's check made payable to Department of Motor Vehicles.
California Legacy Plate Program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Special Interest License Plate Application (REG 17) (PDF)
PAYMENT: Check, Money Order, or Cashier's Check ONLY.
Payable to: DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
Mail the application
WITH a $50 PAYMENT to:
Department of Motor Vehicles
Special Processing Unit, MS D238
PO Box 932345
Sacramento, CA 94232–3450
REFUNDS: Refunds for the 1950s and 1970s plate orders were processed in January and February 2015.
NO REFUND will be issued after your order has been placed.
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Above from CA DMV.GOV
You can request any plate that no one else is using in much the same way as a plate I did YOM, SLC 621 .
If I was to go get a Legacy plate I'd ask for TGR 965 and if no one else is using the number maybe I'd get it, but I'm too cheap to pay and additional 50 bucks and a additional 40 on top of the standard registration. F
If you look on the REG 17 you can axe three different number combinations.
However...they contradict themselves on the other part of the on line application. Your results may vary
Dog, we can agree that a Legacy plate is at best a replica
Below online order for both no refunds either, how's that for customer service, why don't they say like it or lump it.
I like my set it came on my second convertible, and had been sitting in the garage since 1979. Guys can argue till the cows come home about numerical sequence but not me. I know they handed em out faster in Sacramento then Santa Ana
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Below also from DMV
Special Interest and Personalized Plates
Please select a plate type:
Sequential Plate
Personalized Plate
Choose a special background and receive a
random license plate number. Choose a special background and create a
custom license plate number.
If ordering a
sequential plate, please have available the registration card for the vehicle receiving the plate.
Sequential plates will be mailed to the most current address reported to DMV for the vehicle receiving the plate.
If ordering a
personalized plate as a gift, please be prepared to provide recipient's name, address, phone number, and DMV field office for plate pick-up.
Only original requests will be accepted online. For renewal, retention, replacement, conversion or transfer of a Special Interest License Plate, you must complete a Special Interest License Plates Application
(REG 17) form and either mail it or submit it to your local DMV field office.
Once your order has been placed, there will be
no refunds issued for your online plate order.
Payment Options:
- To use the e-check payment option, you must be a must be a Certified User.
- You will need one of your checks (not a deposit slip) to obtain the bank routing number and account number.
- When entering your account number, do not include the check number.
- E-check customers cannot purchase more than one item per transaction.
