SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Secretary of State Jesse White today announced his office will launch a cost-efficient passenger license plate replacement program beginning in January to replace the oldest license plates with newly designed plates at no additional cost to Illinois taxpayers. B-truck license plate replacement is expected to begin in 2018.
(Source: Sec. of State)
The purpose of the program is to ensure – now and in the future – that older license plates on Illinois roads are replaced.
License plates’ reflectivity diminishes with age, which impacts law enforcement’s ability to quickly and accurately identify license plate numbers.
Under the program, the oldest license plates will be replaced first. In 2017, passenger plates that were manufactured in 2000 and 2001 will be replaced.
In 2018, passenger plates that were manufactured in 2002 and 2003 will be replaced.
Each year the office will continue to replace older license plates with the newly issued plate. The process will start again in 2027, replacing the plates issued in 2017.
Vehicle owners will be notified by mail if they qualify for the new license plates. When they renew their vehicle registration, they will be provided with a yellow sticker with a “T’ on it to affix to the rear license plate of their vehicle.
Within 60 days they will receive their newly designed license plates in the mail with a new registration sticker already affixed to the rear license plate.