

If any vehicle information has changed, owner(s) must submit proof the registration has been transferred to another vehicle.

License Plate RenewalĪs a courtesy, about 60 days before a vehicle registration expires, owner(s) may receive a reminder postcard, an email and/or renewal notice from the Secretary of State’s office. TRPs are available through Illinois licensed dealers, licensed remittance agencies, currency exchanges and Secretary of State facilities. For the vehicle owner’s protection, the permit should be destroyed and discarded upon removal. Once the owner(s) receive the license plates, the TRP should be removed and replaced with the permanent license 92 plates. The TRP is valid for 90 days from the issuance date, although it may be reissued if the license plates do not arrive within 90 days. This permit must be displayed in the same place and manner as a rear license plate. When owner(s) applies for registration for their vehicle, they may be issued a Temporary Registration Permit (TRP).

For more information about the program, visit Temporary Registration Permit Vehicle owners with license plates manufactured in 2000-2001 will be the first to obtain a newly designed license plate when they renew their vehicle registrations in 2017. License Plate Replacement in 2017īeginning January 2017, the Secretary of State’s office will begin replacing the current designed license plates. Truck-tractors and apportioned straight trucks must have one license plate on the front of the vehicle. Motorcycles, mopeds, trailers, semitrailers and buses registered under apportionment provisions must display one license plate on the rear of the vehicle. In Illinois, license plates remain with the owner, not the vehicle. When a vehicle is sold, the license plates should be removed and kept by the seller. License plate frames should not cover any of the information on the license plates.

Passenger vehicles, trucks and vans must display two plates, one on the front and one on the rear.
