Michigan License Plate Generator

Source status

Random Michigan searches want two outputs: a standard serial that looks like ABC 1234, and a personalized message that would survive the state form. The serial comes from the plate article. The message rules come from the Secretary of State, and they are the most complete rules on this site.

What the form actually allows

• At most 6 or 7 characters, and the plate type decides which.
• Letters A–Z and digits 0–9. Symbols are out.
• Spaces are allowed. Each space spends one character.
• The letter O is stored as the digit 0. Type the zero yourself so the preview matches the record.

Messages the state says it will refuse

The same page groups refusals instead of publishing every banned string. The groups I read are: obscenity and profanity, sexual language, excretory language, body parts, alcohol and drugs, illegal acts, anything that would confuse an officer reading the plate at speed, hate and violence, foreign-language versions of those groups, and strings that collide with the ordinary serial system. A clean joke can still land in one of those groups. I will not suggest a spelling trick to slip past them.

The page also offers “Check plate availability.” Use that for a live answer. Our availability index only collects the official links, and Michigan is the row where I am confident the checker exists.

Draw ABC 1234 or a short message in the preview. Use a six- or seven-character budget in the vanity tool, matching the plate type selected on the official form. The Pure Michigan base color is described in the plate article; I am not naming a hex value the article does not print.