Applications can be forwarded to any Registry of Motor Vehicles office throughout the province, or mailed to:

Registry of Motor Vehicles
P.O. BOX 1652
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 2Z3

Form APP28 must be completed by the applicant.

Fee to manufacture personalized plates is:

Initial payment: $92.12 (includes $10.60 HST)
Annual renewal fee: $25.80 (includes $2.97 HST) + registration fee

Replacement fee if lost/destroyed/stolen:

$22.83 (personalized passenger plates) $17.32 (personalized motorcycle plates)

minimum - 2 full characters (from digits 0 to 9 or letters A to Z) maximum - 7 full characters (including blank spaces). for personalized passenger plates

or

maximum - 6 full characters (including blank spaces) for personalized motorcycle plate

Expect a 6 to 8 week waiting period for manufacturing.

If you order a personalized plate as a gift, you will receive a confirmation letter advising that your choice is available and, pending approval, will be issued.   When the plate is received by our Department from the manufacturer, the plate will be mailed to the giftee (plate owner), not the purchaser.

Certain slogans will not be approved:

Words or symbols socially unacceptable, offensive, not in good taste, or implying an official authority
Characters in a combination that would create identification problems such as - OO1IUV or 8B2Z38
Dots, dashes, or other symbols ( ! @ # $ % & * ( ) + = ? / : ; , . )
Combinations assigned to other types of licence plates:

All numerals		12345
Letters 0A to 9Z	Followed by Numerals	0A 12
Letters A to Z	Followed by Numerals	U1234 or D1234
Letters AA to ZZ	Followed by Numerals	AA1234 or FM1234
Letters AAA to ZZZ	Followed by Numerals	AAA1234 or PRP123
VE1	Followed by Numerals	VE1123
Numeral followed by a single letter		12345C