See Kansas’ favorite license plate design of these 5. The winner got over 50% of the votes
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Kansas residents will have a new, prairie-themed option for their license plates.
The Kansas Department of Revenue announced Monday that a design featuring the Flint Hills won the vote for the state’s new personalized license plate.
The winning design shows the sun peeking over green hills. It received 56% of the over 30,000 online votes, spread between five options.
It will be available for purchase in 2025, replacing the current “Powering the Future” design, which has wind turbines on a dark orange and yellow background.
In December, Kansas residents chose their favorite design of the state’s standard license plate, after swift backlash to the originally-announced license plate. Vehicles up for renewal in 2024 have begun receiving the new tags, according to the DOR.
How much does a personalized license plate cost in Kansas?
A personalized license plate will set you back $45.50, according to KDOR, in addition to regular registration costs. You pay the fee when you apply for the license plate.
The plates allow for a maximum of seven characters (numbers, letters and spaces) on cars and trucks and no more than five characters on motorcycles. No types of symbols, like exclamation points or question marks, can be used on license plates.
Each plate is issued for five years, and the five-year cycle begins in a year that ends with a zero or five. So if you get a license plate in 2026, you will have to apply for a new one in 2030, even though you have only had the plate for four years.
To get a personalized license plate, you must:
- Be a Kansas resident or a member of the military who is not a Kansas resident and is stationed at a Kansas military base or office.
- Have a Kansas title in your name or the leasing company’s name for the vehicle for which the personalized plate is to be issued.
- Have a vehicle titled as an antique if you’re applying for an antique personalized plate.
- Have a registered car, motorcycle or truck weigh 20,000 pounds or less.
You can apply for a personalized license plate at your local county treasurer’s motor vehicle office. You can fill out and print a form to take with you when you apply.
Any combination of characters that have profane, lewd, vulgar or indecent meanings or connotations are not allowed, KDOR says.
The Star’s Joseph Hernandez contributed to this report.
Have more questions about driving in Kansas? Ask the Service Journalism team at kcq@kcstar.com.
