SALT LAKE CITY -- From the absurd to the obscene, Utah's Division of Motor Vehicles keeps a master list of rejected personalized license plates.
FOX 13 obtained the list under a public records request.
With nearly three million registered vehicles on the road, the DMV receives approximately 10,000 requests a year for personalized plates and not all of them get approved. The majority are rejected because they're duplicates of existing plates.
Scroll down to read the full list of rejected license plates in Utah going back five years.
But the DMV also has criteria for what can be allowed in those seven letters on a personalized plate.
"It's pretty subjective. The laws and rules are pretty clear what we can do, but you have to make judgment calls," said Charlie Roberts, a spokesman for the Utah Tax Commission, which oversees the DMV.
The state says no profanity or derogatory language, no drug references, no sex talk or bodily functions, no hate speech or targeting a particular group, and nothing that advocates violence. The state also rejects alcohol references and the number combo "69."
"You're wasting your time trying to get cute with it," Roberts said. "We've had certain words spelled backwards using 5's and s's."
Some DMV employees have had to think with a dirty mind.
"It used to be you could go to Urban Dictionary and you could get a good idea," Roberts said. "Now everything you put in comes back."
Occasionally, a plate slips by. Roberts said a few years back they printed a plate "SSMAN" next to an "Aggie A" specialty plate. It wasn't until it was ready to be mailed out that the DMV employee saw it was a reference to a "Seinfeld" episode.
If an offended driver sees one that slipped by, the DMV can investigate, and, in some cases, revoke a plate. Unlike bumper stickers, court rulings have held that a license plate is not free speech, it is property of the state.
However, you can fight the state over a rejected plate.
Beano Solomon took the state to court over her rejected plate. A Park City mother, she wanted a personalized plate in 2005 that read "GAYSROK." She said she did wanted the plate to support her child and others.
"I just wanted every kid who drove by me and every parent who drove by me to know there was a mom who was OK with this," Solomon said in an interview with FOX 13.
The DMV rejected her plate and other variations she submitted, claiming it had a "sexual connotation." Solomon disagreed and contacted the ACLU. She appealed the DMV's decision to an administrative law judge who ruled in her favor.
"Mom took on the state and mom won," Solomon said.
The judge rejected a claim of sexual connotation in the use of the word "gay."
"Good ol' Webster's says it just means happy and that's what the judge cited in her ruling," Solomon said. "This is what the word means. It does not have a sexual connotation."
Solomon still has "GAYSROK" on her car. Hanging in her garage are variations that she also tried to obtain.
Here's the list of rejected personalized license plates going back five years. (The ^ indicates a space on the license plate.)
^^^HUKA
^^B00SE
DRKA5TH
1H0G
1REDD0G
1STKICK
25I4131
2HI2CU
2HI2CU
2HI2DAY
3MERL0T
52WKHI
95MERL0
ANDC0KE
BIER
BLKICE
BLMAMBA
BNS08
BUDWYZR
CHANGA
CRANK
CRYSTAL
D0BBIEZ
D0JA18
DRK0NUS
DRNKJAK
DRUNKLE
ECSTASZ
EHH0SER
ELCHAP0
ELK0H0L
ET0H
G04ARIP
G04WINE
G0TR0CK
G0TR0KS
GANGEE
GNJ2
H0TBX
HANG0VR
HDGR11
HEXEREI
HGH4U
HIENUF
HILIFE
HILIFE
JIBB002
KAFER71
KAIJUU
KALUH
KEEFER1
L0HLA
LIT
LMNS714
LSDC0DE
LVL0VLF
M0TA1
MEGGIE
MERL0T
MJIT0TM
MSTD0PE
PHATTY
PRPHAZZ
PRTYB0I
R0LLN
R0ZAY
REDRUM
REDWINE
RKHARD
RRUM
RYDINHI
S0URMSH
SH0TB0X
SKITTLZ
SMUNTS
SPEED
SRY0FCR
T0ASTED
T0P0
TEENERS
TIPC
UPNSMK
VDKA
VIN0
VWLUV
WDPTCH2
WHISKEY
WNADRAG
WSKY
XTCY
Y0BHGIH
Y0L0SWG
HAFKAST
J1E3W
MEXI
MXPN0
SQU1NTS
SQUAW
UR0TRSH
0MERTA
ALLKLLR
DM0CIDE
IFGB
KLRDANA
MASSA
MP5K4U
MURDR
MURDRD
NINED
SALT
SH0TU
VBIED
VX
ZKLLR
^MP5K4U
DM0CIDE
^^^^30T
^^^1034
^^^2014
^^^49R^
^^2700^
^^3979K
^^4911^
^^69427
^^ED341
^^FT600
^^PL416
^831^M0
911^GPS
CJ1964^
NX74205
UZ^10^0
XKXXKXK
YUN808^
105
117
123
135
0225
262
0420
427
626
675
750
850
868
1024
1088
1503
1786
1886
1940
1951
1956
1956
1961
2506
2929
3999
4285
4317
4680
6868
9171
24601
69427
71112
72442
87242
88888
3192119
3333333
007L0L
007YA
0225N
0694BJ
0755L
0F100
0FF
0FP
0IF
0IF
0PG
10S
1111EM
11I1II1
140BPM
173RD
1930A
1944T
1947CW
1969F
1H215
1J150
1Q149
2000K
2624U
2824V
2J123
2P777
325ES
32S
335WD
340TA
36K
380JZV
406CI
408CI
409SS
422RF
427CI
427SC
427SS
454BM
455GS
4AM
4US
500SL
504LSU
506TH
508RD
510RL
535WI
556HP
5914MD
606I4
666TK
668K4
675LT
714/918
715DS0
750HP
775LVV
7HD
801P0W
831M0M
84726UT
8582A
8CJ
902I0
91150MA
911CCE
917LEGS
952JTL
95M
9J911
A1930
A1957
A2289
A4612
AB8055
AD0526
ADK014
AGT007
AK8686
ANT010
AWKS
B00JH
B00YA
B1969
B1969
BB8
BB888
BBD014
BE11A
BE22754
BE2275I
BH1185
BM1017
BM118
BR00K
BT99999
C00LA
C97
CG1
CJ776
CK1
D000D
D79VW
DAT
DD143
DD845
DD965
DG156
DK897
DRMARKS
DV101
E28
E28
E91
EE395
ES503
F1946
F51
FM7770
FN2187
FZ8
G121314
GA220
GB2317
GI011
GMX695
GR878
GR888
GR914
GT502
GT911
H00AH
H00PR
H00PT
H20JT
H311Z
H62
HAH777
HC7134
HCC-001
HCC-001
HI808
HLY8238
I947
J10
J4000
JB700
JJZ109
JT113
K00DA
K95150
KC135
KJ0
KMF9287
KTM525
KTM599
KTS007
L00SE
L1972
LA32
LG300
LS722
M00K1
M16
M16
M1948
M60
MIX151
MIX152
MPG454
MX223
MX232
MY454
NC333
NL3
P997S
PAM888
PB0
PKM734
PL8143
PR00916
PS121
PS121
R0027
R00SH
R159R
R2808
R41
R487269
R64VW
RED64
RM1221
RUN100
S5114
SA00D
SF0
SGD104
SIN226
SK9
SKI801
SL0
SL050
SL080
SNP500
SPKWP
SS391
SS555SS
T00GA
T17
TB506
TD1028
TEEM0
TEH007
TM26T
TN9999
TT056
TWI001
USN106
UW058
UZ100
VFA161
VW181
VX1
W000F
WF0
WH0515
WL88888
X002AM
XJ8
XK120
Z28
Z999C
ZL142
ZQ1
ZZ00M
000ZCA
0CT0PUS
0RRRALE
1BD69
3ISCRWD
4PLA
4PLAY
4PLAY
4UBUM
4W00DY
60R9
66RR69
68NAM69
68NI0U1
69B0M
69IDI
69NHER
69R0D
69RBJ
69SWT
69YUP
6T9
87W00DY
AFA69
ALAN6
ALPHAX
ANUSTRT
AQUIKEE
B0JI
BAD69
BB00TY
BEAVERS
BEEJ
BFYMI1
BGSSXY9
BIGDUMP
BJ70
BJ70
BL0WMEH
BL0WNER
BRETS69
BRWNP0W
BUSHID0
CMMN4U
CUMMIN
CWILLY
DAB00TY
DEZNUTS
DEZNUTS
DGL69
DRSSEX
EMMYFEM
FASTA69
FINELY
FLASHME
FR0GGIN
FUN3SUM
FYFF
G00FY69
G0C0CKS
G0KRT
GRLNGRL
H0RSEXC
HARDNEZ
HENTAI
HIPP
HUMMTHS
IN2B8U
IVPLAY
IVPLY
JIPZ
JMSYP00
KMAX69
KPDNG
LB69
LBSVAG
LJR69
LUV2FRT
LUVBJ
LVWILLY
M0J0
M0WZA
MMFZ001
MRB41
MTRB0T
MYF69
N5SX69
NASTI2
P00PAWS
P00PDD0
P00PER2
PAPAS69
PB4UEG0
PLAMATE
PUKI
QSEXTY
QUICKIE
R0GUER
RLEL0
RRR69
SHAG
SKM69
SN00TCH
SNACKIN
SXPNTHR
TAC0LVR
TCB69
TESTI
TGHTB0X
TIDDY
TLKHUNG
TMS69
TRAVZ69
TRICK
TW0LLY
UG00GRL
W00DY93
WERFIN
WILLE
WILLY
WILLYP
WLDWILY
WS5EX
WVN69
WYLEE69
XUTE69
XUTE69
^^4PLAY
^^WS5EX
00SMSIR
68NI0U1
H00TER^
PLAMATE
????
^^^^^TF
^^AASUM
^^CYKA^
^^D0DE1
^^EFJAY
^^P0S^^
^^SHTFX
^AMF^WR
^BADA55
^BAWBAG
^KCKGAS
^RLAZFK
0FKSGVN
0FKSGVN
0MW2FYB
0MW2FYB
0MW2FYB
1BLKEYE
1FNRIDE
370HSSV
3FINGRS
3J0H22A
3J0H22A
3J0H22A
3J0H22A
3J0H22A
3J0H22A
5SHATS
8FNKIDS
ACAB
ADI0SMF
AF
ALFAQUP
ALTAH0E
AMFWRX
ASH5005
ASKIKN
ATPSY
AUFNGR
AVERGA
AYYLMA0
AZZ
B0DAGET
BACMF
BAD0NKY
BADA55
BADBTCH
BADBTCH
BADILAC
BADSS
BAWBAG
BCHITTA
BDASSET
BDAZJEP
BEANER
BFUG
BICHEN
BIGH0S
BLB0X
BMF1
BTCHPLZ
BUBBA
BUSH
BVR
BYTME
CARH0RE
CH0NCH0
CHIGGA
CHING0N
CHUBBER
CLEANAF
CLSYASF
D00KIE
D0DE1
D0DE1
D0NNAZ1
DAMGINA
DAMWASH
DD000HH
DGAF
DGAF
DH0
DIGGLER
DINKY
DMGDTMZ
DNTBADK
DRIZ
DRT0FU
DTFL
EATIT
EATMEE
EFJAY
ELBICH0
F0BAMA
F0KE
FAACU
FAHCANA
FARVA
FATGIRL
FB0B
FBGM4L
FCKCNCR
FISHM0
FK
FKNGRVN
FMLVT
FN2G00D
FN7ZZ
FNFST
FNT0Y
FNTIGER
FRACKME
FREDYC
FTN
FUGIE
FUPIGS
FYPM
G00SEME
G0TBALS
G0TSALV
G0TSALV
GETUS0M
GIVMHEL
GLIFE
GREENAF
GRMPYAF
GRMPYAF
GRMRAPR
GRNHELL
H00K3R
H00KUPS
H00KUPS
H0H0H0
H0RUNNR
H0STAC0
HAILN0
HAILYA
HAUAB
HAULINA
HAYNAZI
HAZE
HELRZRS
HELYA
HEYGFY
HEZZY
HLFASD
HTFU72
IMFL
IMTSU
IN2BASS
JAGE
JAKWAGN
JCKMRMN
JFDI
JUGZ
JWF
KCKGAS
KF7FQU
KHUNGUS
KICKGAS
KILLEM
KIXAZZ
KIXGAS
KUNT
L0LWTH
LATUYA
LILBEAV
LIPRIPR
LMF
LVNH0RS
M0H0
M0ZH0
MAFK
MAFUTA
MASH0LE
MFHUNT
MFI
MFWIC
MMMPIE
MRFKATT
MRFKATT
MUFC
MULVA
MURDA
MYFB
MYSSAGE
N00J
N0FXGVN
N0NCNTS
N0YFB
NEEN0
NFUY
NJAASSN
NMFP
NRDIC
NTAUTRD
NUTSK
NWA
NYSSA
P0P0PLZ
P0RGY
PANCH0D
PECKER1
PEGASSS
PERV
QUECA
QUEENMF
R0FUM
R0MA
R1DD1CK
R8RH8R
REDRM
RIP0DB
RIPPER
RLAZFK
RLNTURD
RTIRD
S0B4
SCHWFTY
SDMF
SHTFX
SHTHPNZ
SHTRFUL
SICKAF^
SIKWTIT
SKRUIU
SL00
SL0WAF
SLAVEI
SMTWTFS
SN0FNWY
SN0SHTZ
SPRTNUP
SS00KA
SSAF
SSH0L
STRIPPN
SUWASUX
SWEENER
TARDS
TATAH0E
TFF
TNA
TNYTRDS
TPUASST
TRAMP
ULAZYA
UMF
UPURKLT
URAD0RK
UTAHRDS
UTAHRDS
WDYZTDI
WEBBKN
WH0RSE1
WHITEY
WSMFP
WSUFN
WTFSS
XKXKXKX
XMASP00
YABISHH
YEWTS
YGBSM
ZWF0
