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License Plate Guide

Motorcycle

Image of Less than 150cc Motorcycle License Plate
Less than 150cc

Image of Above 150cc Motorcycle License Plate
Above 150cc

Image of Person's with Disabilities Motorcycle Plate
Person's with Disabilities Motorcycle Plate

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Motorcycle license plates are issued according to piston displacement:150cc and above and less than 150cc. The motorcycle sticker must be attached to the upper right corner of the plate. Illinois Compiled Statutes define a motorcycle as "Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of a rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor (625 ILCS 5/1-147).

NOTE: For first-time purchasers, both plates and a sticker are issued. Each subsequent year, a renewal sticker is issued.

150cc Piston Displacement and above Motorcycle license plates
Vanity and Personalized license plates are available upon written request.

Less than 150cc Piston Displacement Motorcycle license plates
A letter always precedes the number on these plates. Vanity and Personalized license plates are available upon written request.

Persons with Disabilities Motorcycle license plates
Persons with Disabilities Motorcycle license plates are available to persons with qualifying disabilities who submit a physician’s certification verifying disability. A maximum of five (5) numbers can appear on these plates (625 ILCS 5/3-616). Persons with disabilities motorcycle license plates are available in vanity and personalized upon request.

Universal Veteran Motorcycle License Plate

Vanity Plate Information | Personalized Plate Information | Persons with Disabilities

Fees

Random-Number Motorcycle License Plates

  • Newly acquired vehicle/first-time issuance - $134
    ($95 title fee + $39 registration fee)
  • Currently titled vehicle/first-time issuance - $39
    ($39 Registration fee)
  • Current plates expire within 90 days - $65
    ($39 Registration fee + $26 replacement fee)
  • Current plates do not expire within 90 days - $26
    ($26 replacement fee)
  • Annual renewal - $39
    ($39 Registration fee)

Vanity Motorcycle License Plates

  • Newly acquired vehicle/first-time issuance - $184
    ($95 title fee + $39 registration fee + $50 vanity fee)
  • Currently titled vehicle/first-time issuance - $89
    ($39 registration fee + $50 vanity fee)
  • Current plates expire within 90 days - $115
    ($39 registration fee + $50 vanity fee + $26 replacement fee)
  • Current plates do not expire within 90 days - $76
    ($50 vanity fee + $26 replacement fee)
  • Annual renewal - $52
    ($39 registration fee + $13 vanity fee)

Personalized Motorcycle License Plates

  • Newly acquired vehicle/first-time issuance - $159
    ($95 title fee + $39 registration fee + $25 personalized fee)
  • Currently titled vehicle/first-time issuance- $64
    ($39 registration fee + $25 personalized fee)
  • Current plates expire within 90 days - $90
    ($39 registration fee + $25 personalized fee + $26 replacement fee)
  • Current plates do not expire within 90 days - $51
    ($25 personalized fee + $26 replacement fee)
  • Annual renewal - $46
    ($39 registration fee + $7 personalized fee)

Availability

  • Not eligible for Circuit Breaker

Renewal Methods

License plate registration application forms may be obtained in person at most Secretary of State facilities, by mail or by calling
800-252-8980.
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