License Plate (At last)

I knew that when I bought my truck back in August I wanted to get a personalized plate that had "34M30" on it. And Kentucky has embraced personalized plates more than any state I know. We have, if I counted correctly, well over fifty possible types of license plates.

I selected the "Fallen Officers Trust" as my preferred format.

My project began when I bought the truck. The dealer said they could only sign me up for a normal plate and that when I got that, I could apply for a personalized plate. Then the dealer got our address wrong and mail sent to us regarding our vehicle, including registration related mail, went to the bogus address. I got that straightened out but we never received our license plates for the truck.

My temporary plates were good until November so in November I contacted the State of Kentucky about my plates and was told they were sent to the dealer. I called the dealer and they said they had them. They assumed I knew that I had to get them from the dealer.

So I got my plate (they only issue rear plates in Kentucky (no photo red light tickets for Kentuckians), and went down and ordered my 34M30 plate. It was supposed to be ready in December so I called and a guy said yes it's here but if you wait 'til January you won't have to pay registration for 2008 which I would have to do if I got it in December.

Part of the process when ordering license plates is that they come to the main county office in downtown Louisville and if you want to pick them up at your neighborhood, more-convenient office, you call them and they send it to the office of your choice. So in January I call to have the plate sent to my preferred location and they tell me it's not in yet. I said it was in last month, how come it's not in this month? Anyway, this is getting boring and you can see from the picture that I finally got the plate and I'm a happy customer.