Want a custom Illinois license plate? Choose wisely. Here are the custom plates denied by the Secretary of State's office in 2022.

Drivers looking to design their own license plates can find more details and guidelines on the Illinois Secretary of State’s website.

Similar statutes exist in the vehicle’s home state of Illinois. That also means that it’s illegal to create your own license plate, even if it’s to replace a lost or stolen plate.

The seven-year wait has ended for around 2,000 Illinois residents who placed an order for the state’s monarch butterfly specialty license plate. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on ...