Wednesday, November 2, 2022

YOU Can Design the New State License Plate

 Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

Governor Tate Reeves today announced that the Mississippi License Tag Commission is accepting design submissions for the state’s next official car tag.
 
The submission process opened today, November 1, 2022. Proposed designs must be submitted by the end of the business day on November 30, 2022. All designs can be emailed to licenseplatedesign@dor.ms.gov for consideration.
 
“Mississippi is filled with talented artists and designers. We’re opening the submission process to take in inspiration from across Mississippi for our state’s next car tag,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “I look forward to seeing the range of submissions from Mississippians and finding a great-looking new plate that represents our state whether you’re going to work or taking a trip cross-country.”
 
The following are the requirements for design submissions:
  • Proposed designs must be submitted by end of business day on November 30, 2022.
  • Design must be emailed to licenseplatedesign@dor.ms.gov to be considered submitted.
  • Design must be submitted in Adobe Illustrator (Ai) format.
  • Design must be readable with a light-colored background design with dark-colored alphanumeric characteristics for plate numbering.
  • Design must be limited to a maximum of 3 colors.
  • Design cannot contain expressions that are considered obscene, slandering, insulting or vulgar.
  • Design cannot contain any copyright images.
  • Each submission is required to provide name, address, and phone number of designer.
  • The designer selected will not receive any compensation.
  • Participants must be Mississippi residents.
  • Designer of the winning design must execute a release of any rights to the design.
  • Changes to the design may be made to meet the required specifications and may contact interested parties for further information.
  • Plate size will be 6” exact x 12” exact as it is today.
  • All license plates will utilize an embossed (raised) alphanumeric character set which will be positioned as referenced immediately below:
  • The upper region of the plate between the bolt holes is reserved for the jurisdictional name to be printed (Mississippi).
  • The lower region of the plate between the bolt holes is reserved for the county name. In this example, LAUDERDALE.
  • The lower right corner of the plate is reserved for the validation sticker.
The requirements for the submission and more information may be found here.
 

36 comments:

Anonymous said...

dead possum-

Anonymous said...

I like the plain one in the RFP.

Anonymous said...

How about backwards Mississippi quit issuing new tags every year. That is stupid and wasteful but probably lines some pockets and certainly creates busy work for some bureaucrats.

Anonymous said...

AND...

.Must accommodate dark tag cover to conceal numbers
.Must leave space so stickers, logos, mascots can be added
.Must include one NASCAR number and pride logo or flag

Anonymous said...

I remember when we went to 7 digits and the DOR explained that we would run out of availability if we didn't. I guess somebody showed them the math.

Anonymous said...

Well since we couldn’t get a mosquito state flag perhaps we can get a mosquito 🦟 license plate!

Anonymous said...

The current plate is ugly. Whoever designed it should be disqualified from submitting anything new.

Unknown said...

@9:35 the seven digit plate was to avoid duplication with prior tag issues. The tags will alternate between six and seven digits on reissue years.

Anonymous said...

The problem is—who selects the design to be used? May be some great designs , but the selector(person or group) likes possums or mosquitoes or armadillos or Picasso and picks an awful something.

Anonymous said...

A limiting factor for the design is that the letters must be dark and therefore any part of the design that extends behind the letters must be pale and "washed out", in order to maintain sufficient contrast with dark letters/numbers.

The dark letters/numbers may be necessary to enable cameras to image them readably for law enforcement. White letters, with black outline, would permit a more striking, darker and larger design to extend under the letters/numbers.

The previous lighthouse design was readable and dark enough to see because that image was centered between the letters.

Anonymous said...

Can't wait to see the Phil Bryant (USM) inspired mustard (baby shit) color tag retired.

Anonymous said...

Just be like Delaware and have the same plates from the 50’s and just replace the stickers.

Anonymous said...

I'd like to see a Magnolia used again since it has been out of rotation for a while. An updated graphic of the flower or tree, but a Magnolia theme non the less.

Anonymous said...

I want a confederate flag, a garbage truck, with a bust of Tate Reeves and Chokwe Lumumba, the leaders of our state.

All kidding aside, Can we we just use the "black out" tags that have been being issued lately? I hate the "artwork" used on our tags. Plain and simple, not ugly yellow with a magnolia or even close to it.

Anonymous said...

@ "How about backwards Mississippi quit issuing new tags every year."

They don't. They issue a new sticker to go on the tag every year.


@ "A limiting factor for the design is that the letters must be dark"

You must not know that there is currently a white letter on black tag vanity option called the blackout tag.

Anonymous said...

Going to require "In God We Trust" somewhere on the plate like before? That was the sole reason for putting the state seal on the current tag.

Anonymous said...

@12:32. That's cool but the Contest requires to accommodate dark letters, hence my comment.

Anonymous said...

@9:22am
Yes, keep it black on white simple and possibly afford an extra pittance for a second plate at front, the better to identify criminals' vehicles and make theft of plates harder.

Anonymous said...

Oh no we mustn’t issue license plates that defeat the unconstitutional license plate scanners that law enforcement uses to facilitate their unconstitutional civil asset forfeiture!

Anonymous said...

How about a plate that says "Mississippi, last in every category," or "Mississippi, last but not least."

Anonymous said...

@3:06 PM
How about this-

Mississippi: A State of Ignorance

Anonymous said...

I like my specialty MDWF "duck" tag,
It's worth the extra thirty dollars.

I hope those tags remain an option.

So much more attractive than the generic piss yellow tag with an offset "Great Seal".




Anonymous said...

@3:00pm
Video evidence can condemn savage thugs around MS, even if from private cameras, where no forfeiture laws apply. Having a plate front and back increases chance of reading the car's ID.
That evidence is powerful for law enforcement timely resolution of crimes and for prosecutors for effective prosecution.

Anonymous said...

We have a history of choosing ugly politicians and ugly tags and now we have an ugly flag. If you really want to see ugly, take a look at that Delta State tag.

We could go with cardboard like so many of the Tennessee tags I'm seeing all over north Mississippi.

Whatever design is approved, stamp it out with just one, centered screw hole, making it easier to switch it from car to car.

Anonymous said...

I would like the old Luney Tunes characters like Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Tweetty Bird, Black Jack Shelach, Sylvester and Elmer Fudd. Or the Sesame Street characters since hell they were invented here.

Anonymous said...

@6:51
No thanks. I prefer to not give up my constitutional rights so that the police state can have an easier job. This is America, not Chairman Xi’s PRC.

Anonymous said...

I swear they made those swamp stain color tags so ugly, just to force us to pay for Special License Plates to avoid those abominations.

When I saved up and bought a new white suv, I caved and bought a collegiate tag because it felt disrespectful to put that standard Dipped In The Rez color tag on my shiny white ride.

Anonymous said...

Don't overthink it. Bring back the Home of the Blues tag. It is something that the state can be truly proud of. Then, there are also of the options for vanity tags.

Anonymous said...

How about a scene of the Pearl with raw sewage on the surface?

Anonymous said...

They say you must be a Mississippi resident.
Well hell, they let a girl from California design our state flag.

Unknown said...

Look apt Tennessee’s new tag. Dark background with white letters. Very easy to read.

Anonymous said...

Picture of the Rez pump house with a hole in the roof.

Anonymous said...

Phil Bryant and his merry band of Christians tried to shove "God" down our throats in the last go around. And they succeeded. Of course, while he did it he also tried, successfully, to shove welfare dollars down to his wife's friends pockets. That fits.

Get "In God We Trust" off our plates. There are a large number of atheists in this state and we don't like this kind of crap forced on us. Might want to just change it to "In The Easter Bunny We Trust."

Religion has no role in what the state does. And we can all live happily with some other words on the plate.

Anonymous said...

2:02 PM on November 3rd. May I respectfully submit that you are living in the wrong state.
The lack of religion being exercised lately is the catalyst for rampant bloody murder.

Bill Dees said...

@5:49 What "Constitutional right" do you think car tags violate? Cite us an Article and Clause.

Anonymous said...

@Bill Dees
Take some remedial reading comprehension courses.
License plate scanners and civil asset forfeiture are unconstitutional.


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