DENVER (KDVR) — From food to pop references to some really strange things, the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles rejected over 24,000 vanity license plate requests in 2022.
FOX31 filed a Colorado Open Records Request for all rejected requests last year prior to the DMV releasing a shorter list of the automatically rejected plates. The request revealed 525 pages of license plates that were determined to be offensive or were omitted for not reaching requirements.
We combed through the list of reject requests to find those that weren’t vulgar or contained foul language, which were few and far in between.
Colorado cities, attractions and references
Some of the rejected plates were Colorado cities, attractions and references:
COLO
DIASCAM
ERIE
FOCO
GABF
3OTHREE
3O3
Food and drink-related rejected plates
Others were food and drink related:
BAKE
BEEF
BREW
BRBN
BYOB
CHEF
CHIP
COLA
CORN
EGGS
GODONUT
GOTBEER
IHOP
MAYO
MEAT
PIES
POPCAN
SODA
TABASCO
Pop culture references
Other rejected plates that made the list were pop culture references:
BABE
BALLER
BALLIN
BLOKCHN
BOSS
BSIC
CUTE
DANK
DOPE
FOMO
GANGSTA
GOAT
HYPE
NSFW
PEEP
SLAY
THIC
YOLO
Photo gallery of rejected plates
Here is a photo gallery of some of the rejected plates:
Strange and hildish plates that were rejected
Some of the rejected plates were just strange:
ACNE
ADHD
AMEN
ARMS
BARF
BUD?
CULT
DESK
DIE2SIN
DIRT
DOGPOOP
DORK
DUMB
DUMP
EATFLSH
EEEK
EVIL
ew poop
EWWW
FART
FLEE
FOIL
FOOT
FRRR
GEEK
GOT2PEE
GOT2POO
GRRR
HERPES
HIUGLY
IFARTED
IHAV2P
IPEE
PASSGAS
PBE4UGO
POOP
STD
TURD
Other plates rejected
Here are some of the other plates that were rejected in Colorado in 2022:
4TWENTY
1NCOME
666EVIL
AARP
ABLE
ACHE
ACID
ARMY
AUTO
BAIL
BAIT
BARN
BATH
BLOOBYU
BONG
CALM
CLUE
CLUB
COLD
CRZY
DOGS
DNGR
EPIC
FORDSUX
FOXY
GAGA
GETHIGH
GOAL
GOOO
GR8JOB
HAHA
HATE2BU
HIGH
HOLY
HULK
IPAD
IPOD
LADY
LOLUMAD
LOST
LOVE
LUCK
LYFT
NEWS
NOPE
OLDFRT
PAPA
PEAK
PTSD
RACE
SONY
STOP
TEXAS
TEXT
TPSY
UGGS
UNKNOWN
URADORK
USEHEMP
WEED
XBOX
YELP
YETI
YOGA
ZOOM
ZZZZ
Here are the common reasons for denied applications, according to the Colorado DMV:
Offensive to the general public
Misleading
Duplicate Plate
Conflicts with regular issued plate configurations
Not an allowable combination
Plate Issued to Someone Else
Too Many Characters (up to 6 for Motorcycle, up to 7 all others)
Special symbols (!, #, $, %, * etc.) not allowed
Minimum of five numbers required on all numeric plates
Applicant does not have a valid Colorado address
Zeros are not allowed
Application Not Signed*
Incomplete Application*
Application requested a plate type that required a certificate, but no certificate supplied*
Vehicle does not meet the qualifications for the plate type selected*
A State Registrations Clerk may contact you via phone to attempt
to correct the application
The DMV said Coloradans can personalize many of the state’s 212 license plates at an additional cost of $60 on top of regular fees.
