Section 625 ILCS 5/3-412 - Registration plates or digital registration plates and registration stickers or digital registration stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State(a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle subject to annual registration for the first time shall issue or shall cause to be issued to the owner one registration plate or digital registration plate for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, moped, autocycle, or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates, or a digital registration plate and metal plate as set forth in Section 3-401.5, for other motor vehicles and, where applicable, current registration stickers or digital registration stickers for motor vehicles of the first division. The provisions of this Section may be made applicable to such vehicles of the second division, as the Secretary of State may, from time to time, in his discretion designate. On subsequent annual registrations during the term of the registration plate or digital registration plate as provided in Section 3-414.1, the Secretary shall issue or cause to be issued registration stickers or digital registration stickers as evidence of current registration. However, the issuance of annual registration stickers or digital registration stickers to vehicles registered under the provisions of Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of this Code may not be required if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.(b) Every registration plate or digital registration plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it is issued, the name of this State, which may be abbreviated, the year number for which it was issued, which may be abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" (except as otherwise provided in this Code), and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary may prescribe. However, for apportionment plates issued to vehicles registered under Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates issued to vehicles registered under Section 3-405.3, the phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for the word "apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to be displayed. Registration plates or digital registration plates issued to a vehicle registered as a fleet vehicle may display a designation determined by the Secretary. The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe that letters be used as prefixes only on registration plates or digital registration plates issued to vehicles of the first division which are registered under this Code and only as suffixes on registration plates or digital registration plates issued to other vehicles. Every registration sticker or digital registration sticker issued as evidence of current registration shall designate the year number for which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary may prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color with the registration plates or digital registration plates and registration stickers or digital registration stickers of the previous year.
(c) Each registration plate or digital registration plate and the required letters and numerals thereon, except the year number for which issued, shall be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be coated with reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate issued to vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.(d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type of registration plates or digital registration plates as the type of plates issued for a private passenger vehicle.(e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration plates or digital registration plates.(f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle distinctive registration plates or digital registration plates distinguishing between motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter piston displacement.(g) Registration plates or digital registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may display a designation as determined by the Secretary that such vehicles are for-hire.(i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and private ambulance registration plates or digital registration plates identifying the vehicle as an ambulance. The Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services registration information for the purpose of verification of claims filed with the Department by ambulance owners for payment for services to public assistance recipients.(j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and private medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration plates or digital registration plates displaying numbers within ranges of numbers reserved respectively for medical carriers and rescue vehicles. The Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services registration information for the purpose of verification of claims filed with the Department by owners of medical carriers or rescue vehicles for payment for services to public assistance recipients.(k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license plates or digital registration plates or distinctive license plate stickers or digital registration stickers for every vehicle exempted from subsections (a) and (a-5) of Section 12-503 by subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection (g-5) of that Section before its deletion by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue these plates or stickers immediately upon receiving the physician's certification required under subsection (g) of Section 12-503. New plates or stickers shall also be issued when the certification is renewed as provided in that subsection.(l) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive registration plates or digital registration plates for low-speed vehicles.(m) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive registration plates or digital registration plates for autocycles. The dimensions of the plate issued to autocycles shall be 4 by 7 inches.Amended by P.A. 101-0395,§ 20, eff. 8/16/2019.Amended by P.A. 098-0777,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2015.Amended by P.A. 096-1000,§ 575, eff. 7/2/2010.Amended by P.A. 096-0815,§ 5, eff. 10/30/2009.Amended by P.A. 096-0653,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2010.Amended by P.A. 096-0554,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2010.Amended by P.A. 095-0331,§ 1005, eff. 8/21/2007.Amended by P.A. 095-0202,§ 5, eff. 8/16/2007.Amended by P.A. 094-0239, § 10, eff. 1/1/2006.P.A. 89-424, eff. 6-1-96; 89-564, eff. 7-1-97; 89-612, eff. 8-9-96; 89-621, eff. 1-1-97; 89-639, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-533, eff. 11-14-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 92-629, eff. 7-1-03; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; revised 9-27-03.