Arizona has 104 specialty license plates available to buy for vehicles.
One listener asked through KJZZ's Q&AZ reporting project: How many specialty plates is too many and do these plates create challenges for police?
The state has no set limits on how many plates could be created, but there is a vetting process.
Specialty license plates have to be approved by the Legislature then signed into law by the governor.
And police do get a say. Companies and organizations work with Arizona Department of Transportation and law enforcement to come up with designs to keep plates legible.
“That is the function of the plate first and foremost is to be readable and identifiable per vehicle," said ADOT spokesperson Bill Lamoreaux.
He says once that criteria is checked off, those plates generate other benefits.
“There's a myriad of different ways to support the community, and these plates, last year alone provided $13 million towards all these different organizations," Lamoreaux said.
How many is too many? Well, to put Arizona’s number into context, Maryland has about a 1,000.
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