Replacement plate restrictions

​​License plate eligibility for online​ ​replacement license plates order.

Replacement plates may be ordered online for the following non-personalized license plates:

Standard design plates

  • Auto
  • Moped
  • Motorcycle
  • Truck (up to 8,000 lbs. gross weight or 12,000 lbs. farm truck plates)
  • Recreational Vehicle Trailer

Special design plates

  • 4H Foundation
  • Celebrate Children
  • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
  • Choose Life Wisconsin
  • Civilian Group (Emergency Medical Services, Firefighter or Rescue Squad member)
  • Cure Childhood Cancer
  • Disabled
  • Disabled​ motorcycle​
  • Disabled Veteran
  • Donate Life Wisconsin
  • Ducks Unlimited
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Endangered Resources*
  • Firefighter
  • Freemason
  • Gold Star
  • Golf Wisconsin
  • Green Bay Packers
  • Harley Davidson – Share the Road
  • In God We Trust
  • Keeping The Lights On
  • Lao Veteran
  • Law Enforcement Memorial
  • Lions Foundation
  • Marquette University
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Military
  • Milwaukee Brewers
  • ​​Milwaukee Bucks
  • Musky Clubs Alliance
  • Nurses Change Lives
  • Operating Engineers Union
  • Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
  • Scouting Alumni
  • Trout Unlimited
  • U.S. Veteran Motorcycle
  • University
  • Whitetails Unlimited
  • Wisconsin National Guard
  • Wisconsin Salutes Veterans
  • Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation

*The Endangered Resources badger design plate is no longer available. Replacement plates with the new eagle design will be issued. Please see the Endangered resources plate designs FAQs for details.

Other conditions may prevent you from using the online service. When this occurs, a message will display with instructions.

If you have a plate that cannot be replaced with this online service, complete form MV2118 Replacement License Plates Application. You will have to mail the form with the required fee.

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