Kansas license plate: Personalized

Format, years and the law

Format

LLLLLLL, for example PDFIGGE (L is any letter)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued

Documented since 2025; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.

Vehicle class

Personalized: owner-chosen serials inside an official frame. Issued for car, truck, and motorcycle.

About this plate

PERSONALIZED PLATES. Two Kansas oddities are worth carrying forward. First, the personalized cap (seven) is LONGER than the standard arrangement (six), so a length test alone cannot reject a Kansas plate. Second, a personalized plate is one of only five things Kansas permits on the front of a vehicle, in a state that otherwise forbids front plates outright, so front-plate presence is not evidence of an out-of-state vehicle in Kansas.

About the format

The five-character motorcycle cap is a narrower bound not separately encoded.

Who can have one

any owner or lessee of a passenger vehicle, or of a truck licensed for a gross weight of not more than 20,000 pounds, applying at renewal of registration; also available for motorcycles (§ 8-132(d))

Fee

$40.00 in addition to the ordinary registration fee, paid ONCE during the registration period for which the plates were issued; subsequent renewals within that period pay only the K.S.A. 8-143 registration fee (§ 8-132(d))

Legal basis and sources

1. K.S.A. 8-132(c): personalization of any subsection (a), (b) or (d) design; (d) the seven-character passenger/truck cap, the five-character motorcycle cap, the 20,000 lb truck eligibility limit, the $40 once-per-period... https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch08/008_001_0032.html
2. K.S.A. 8-133(b)(3): a personalized plate may be attached to the front of a passenger vehicle or truck https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch08/008_001_0033.html