License Plate Availability Checker

Choose your registration jurisdiction below to reach the official motor-vehicle office. Open its personalized-plate service to request an availability result.

1. Pick the state where the car is registered, not the state where you are sitting.
2. Open the office link. For Michigan, use the personalization page and its availability check.
3. If the office requires a paper application, follow its review procedure; the form itself does not provide an instant availability result.
4. Come back to the vanity tool only to shorten the message so it fits the character cap you just read.

Blank “online check” cells are intentional. A blank means I have the office URL and I have not confirmed a live search box. California’s plate rules, separate from availability, are on the California page.