To order a personalized plate you may do so through our Special / Personalized Plate Online Application.

A personalized plate may be requested by visiting any local Vehicle & License Plate Renewal Office.

If you would like to complete your transaction by mail you will need to:

1. Determine what special/personalized plate you would like and fill out the approriate application. Applications for plates can be found under our Forms Section: Personalized & Specialized License Plates.
   
   
2. Mail your completed application and fee to:

   NC DMV, Special License Unit 3155 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-3155

1. Cost of the special plates including the administration of the special plate program;
   
   
2. $1,000,000.00 annually for the operation of Visitor Centers in Camden, Brunswick, Macon, Watauga, Caswell, Carteret, Tyrrell, Columbus, McDowell, and Transylvania counties.
   
   
3. Remaining funds transferred quarterly as follows:
   
   
   • 33% to Department of Commerce to aid in financing out-of-state advertising for the promotion of travel and industrial development;
     
     
   • 50% to the Department of Transportation for beautification of highways;
     
     
   • 17% to the Department of Health and Human Services to promote travel accessibility for disabled persons.

Funds in the CCAPA are transferred quarterly as follows:

1. From In-State Collegiate plates - To the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for redistribution proportionately to the institutions for use for academic enhancement;
   
   
2. Historical Attraction Within Historic District Plates - To the appropriate Historic Preservation Commission to maintain property in the historic district in which the attraction is located;
   
   
3. Nonprofit Historical Attraction Plates - To the nonprofit corporation responsible for maintaining the attraction;
   
   
4. State Historic Site Plates - To the Department of Cultural Resources to operate the site;
   
   
5. Special Olympic Plates - To the North Carolina Special Olympics, Inc. to train volunteers and to help pay the costs of the statewide games;
   
   
6. Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains Plates - To the Friends of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Inc to be used for operating expenses;
   
   
7. North Carolina Arboretum Plates - To the North Carolina Arboretum Society for capital improvements;
   
   
8. North Carolina Zoological Society Plates - To the North Carolina Zoological Society, Inc for programs and expenses at the North Carolina Zoo at Asheboro;
   
   
9. Wildlife Resources Plates - To the Wildlife Conservation Account;
   
   
10. Olympic Plates - To the N.C. Health and Fitness Foundation, Inc who allocates 50% to the U.S. Olympic Committee, 25% to N.C. Amateur Sports for the State Games and 25% to the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health to support local fitness council development;
    
    
11. March of Dimes Plates - To the Eastern Carolina Chapter of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation;
    
    
12. School Technology Plates - To the State School Technology Fund;
    
    
13. Scenic Rivers Plates - To the Clean Water Management Trust Fund;
    
    
14. Soil and Water Conversation Plates - To the Soil and Water Conversation Account;
    
    
15. Kids First Plates - To the North Carolina Children's Trust Fund;
    
    
16. University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Plates - transferred quarterly to the Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc for use in the Children's Hospital of Eastern North Carolina;
    
    
17. Animal Lovers Plates - To the Department of Health and Human Services for a statewide program to promote spaying and neutering of dogs and cats.

The trustees of the NHTF may authorize expenditures from the Fund:

1. To acquire land that represents the ecological diversity of North Carolina, including natural features such as riverine, montane, coastal, and geologic systems and other natural areas to ensure their preservation and conservation for recreational, scientific, educational, cultural and aesthetic purposes.
   
   
2. To acquire land as additions to the system of parks, State trails, aesthetic forests, fish and wildlife management areas, wild and scenic reivers, and natural areas for the beneficial use and enjoyment of the public.
   
   
3. To pay for the inventory of natural areas conducted under the Natural Heritage Program.
   
   
4. To pay for conservation and protection planning and for informational programs for owners of natural areas.

1. Sixty-five percent (65%) for the State Parks System for capital projects, repairs and renovations of park facilities, and land acquisition.
   
   
2. Thirty percent (30%) to provide matching funds to local governmental units or public authorities as defined in G.S. 159-7 on a dollar-for-dollar basis for local park and recreation purposes. The appraised value of land that is donated to a local government unit or public authority may be applied to the matching requirement of this subdivision. These funds shall be allocated by the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority based on criteria patterned after the Open Project Selection Process established for the Land and Water Conservation Fund administered by the National Park Service of the United States Department of the Interior.
   
   
3. Five percent (5%) for the Coastal and Estuarine Water Beach Access Program.