The latest tags come despite a "moratorium" lawmakers imposed on new license plates in 2008. The moratorium was set to expire this year, but lawmakers extended it through mid-2016.

Florida will soon have 11 more specialty license plates and one new military tag for those serving during the Cold War traveling about its highways, although nine of them came as a package deal ...

The Florida Legislature, in this year's recently concluded legislative session, approved the creation of 14 new license plates, for which designs have yet to be approved.

Specialty tags currently generate about $30 million in revenue, according to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Of that, about $8.6 million goes to the state and is divided among ...

The Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle website lists 174 specialty tags drivers have bolted to their cars and trucks. Nine more plates passed the Legislature this year, and the bill ...

Then they become available to drivers on Florida's highways. Drivers would pay $25 each year for the specialty tags. It costs the state about $10,000 to set up printing for each new design.

Of the specialty tags now available, only 67 topped the 4,000 sales mark in 2014. “The license plate program in Florida has kind of become a sideshow,” Brandes said.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a specialty license plate bill that creates another slew of potential tags for Florida’s roads, and extends the time period for existing tags that were under threat of ...

The state sold and renewed 1.35 million specialty tags in 2013, up nearly 14,000 from 2012, but still noticeably off from 1.62 million purchased in 2009.

The Navy Blue Angels’ popularity made it the first of more than 30 new potential specialty license plates in Florida to reach its preorder goal back in January. Now the plate is available for ...

Another batch of hopefuls have entered Florida’s specialty license plate arena, but only the strongest will survive. Seven new tags will be available as of Oct. 1 for preorders from the state ...

Here are the top 10 specialty tags in the state as of April 22: Endless Summer - 98,100 University of Florida - 94,807 Helping Sea Turtles Survive - 93,179 Florida State University - 71,719 ...