Ames, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Transportation has unveiled which of the three license plate designs was chosen to replace Iowa’s current county standard vehicle plates.
According to the Iowa Department of Transportation, the public chose the “City and Country Reboot” design for the new license plates.
Governor Kim Reynolds, Lt. Governor Adam Gregg and Iowa DOT Director Mark Lowe revealed the three potential plate designs at this year’s Iowa State Fair. The public voted for their favorite design through an online poll, and at the DOT’s booth at the state fair. DOT officials say the “City and Country Reboot” design won the public vote with 113,299 of the poll’s 291,095 total votes.
DOT officials say there was a big late push Sunday (August 20th), that brought the “Flying Our Colors” design to a close second, garnering 110,352 votes, In third place was “The Great Wide Open” design, which tallied 67,444 votes, according to the DOT.
Officials say the new plate design will be available sometime next year. Plates with the new designs will be issued to vehicle owners whenever they add or change vehicles and obtain new county standard plates, or whenever they replace lost, stolen, or damaged county standard plates.
To avoid unnecessary cost, Iowans who currently have county standard plates will receive replacement plates with the new design when their current plate reaches the end of its 10-year replacement cycle. Vehicle owners who want a new plate sooner may purchase a set from their local county treasurer’s office for $5.
