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Arizona's Specialty License Plate Program Sales Exceed $10 Million

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Arizona Department of Transportation
A few of the more than 80 options available for Arizona license plates.

Those specialty license plates are bringing in a lot of money.

For the first time, the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Division collected more than $10 million for veteran’s services, families of fallen first responders, cancer research and other causes. 

Specialty plates typically cost $25. Of that, $17 goes to the benefiting organization. ADOT lists more than 70 license plate options on their website.

“The specialty plate program is a real point of pride for Arizona and is a tremendous success,” said Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division Director Eric Jorgensen in a press release. “Seeing this kind of continued growth proves Arizonans are both generous and eager to support great causes.”

The program was established in 1989.

KJZZ senior field correspondent Kathy Ritchie has 20 years of experience reporting and writing stories for national and local media outlets — nearly a decade of it has been spent in public media.