Texas Motorcycle Plates
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30-day Permit (motorcycle)

First year of issue: ????
Fee: $25.
Size: 4" x 7", single cardboard tag.

Issued to motorcycles & mopeds. Allows for unrestricted movement of vehicle pending permanent registration.


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Adopt A Beach (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2008
Fee: $30
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Airborne Parachutists (motorcycle)

First Issued: 9/2003
Fee: $10 1st, $15 each add'l.

Available as: Personalized, Disabled


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Air Force Cross (Legion of Valor)(motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee:
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled


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American Legion (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2008
Fee:
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

All-Terrain Vehicle (sticker)  

First year of issue: ????
Fee: $6.30
Size: 1 3/4" round. Single sticker.

For 3 and 4 wheeled all-terrain vehicles operating off-highway on public property. Sticker is to be placed on the handlebars or front of the vehicle.


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Antique Motorcycle   

First year of issue: 1990? (expired 1993)
Fee: $10/yr. ($8/yr. for vehicles 1920 and before)
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Issued for motorcycles that are at least 25 years old and collector's items. The vehicle must be used exclusively for exhibitions, club activities, parades, or other functions of public interest and in no case for regular transportation.
This is a five year plate. The current plate expires in 2008.


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Big Bend National Park (motorcycle)

First Issued:2004
Fee: $30

Available as: Personalized, Disabled


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Certified Firefighter (motorcycle)

First Issued: c2009

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Classic Motorcycle  

First year of issue: 1998?
Fee: $15 in addition to regular fee.
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Issued to motorcycles that are 25 or more years old.
This plate is revalidated annually by plate sticker.

Available as: Personalized (first issued 2003?)


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Coastal Conversation Assn.

First issued: 2009

College For All Texans (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2008
Fee:
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Congressional Medal of Honor (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee:
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Available as: Army, Navy, Air Force, disabled?


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Dealer (motorcycle)  

First year of issue: 1946?
Fee: $500 distinguishing number fee, plus $45.30 per plate.
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Available as: Personalized (first issued ????)


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Disabled (motorcycle)

First year of issue: by 1993
Fee: no fee.
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Issued to motorcycles operated by those with a permanent disability.

Available as: Personalized (first issued ????)

Disabled Veteran (motorcycle) 

First year of issue: 2002?
Fee: $3?
Size: 4" x 7", single plate


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Distinguished Flying Cross (motorcycle)

First Issued: ?
Fee: $0

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Distinguished Service Cross (motorcycle)

First Issued: 9/2003
Fee: $3

Available as: Personalized, Disabled


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Ducks Unlimited

First issued: 2009

Enduring Freedom (motorcycle)

First Issued: 10/2003
Fee: none

Available as: Personalized, Disabled


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Exempt (motorcycle)  

First year of issue: 1939?
Fee: none
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Issued to all tax-exempt motorcycles, including those owned by state & local government, schools, etc. This is an undated, permanent plate requiring no plate or windshield sticker.


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Fight Terrorism (motorcycle)

First Issued: 2004
Fee: $30

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Fish Texas (motorcycle)

First Issued: c2008?
Fee: $30

Available as: Personalized, disabled

Former Military Vehicle (Motorcycle)

First year of issue: 2000?
Fee: $10/yr. ($8/yr. for vehicles 1920 and before)
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

God Bless America (Motorcycle)

First year of issue: 2004
Fee: $40

Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled


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God Bless Texas (Motorcycle)

First year of issue: 2004
Fee: $40

Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled


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Gold Star Family (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee:

Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Gold Star Mother (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee:

Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Gold Star Spouse (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee: $40

Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Golf Cart

First Year of Issue: 1997?
Fee: $10
Size: 4" x 7" single plate??

Issued only to golf carts only in Grayson County.

Hunt Texas (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue: 2008?
Fee: $30
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

available as: personalized, disabled

Insure Texas Kids (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue: 2008?
Fee: $30
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

available as: personalized, disabled

 

Native Texan (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue: 2008?
Fee: $30
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

available as: personalized, disabled

Operation Iraqi Freedom (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue: 2008?
Fee: $0
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Keep Texas Wild - frog (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue: 2008?
Fee: $30
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

available as: personalized, disabled

Keep Texas Wild - bluebonnets (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue: 2008?
Fee: $30
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

available as: personalized, disabled

Legion of Merit (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee:

Size: 4" x 7" single plate

 

LSU (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue: 2008?
Fee: $30
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

available as: personalized

Manufacturer (Motorcycle)

First year of issue: 2002?
Fee: $20.30?
Single plate.

Issued to a vehicle owned by the manufacturer and used for testing or promotional purposes.


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Moped

First year of issue: 1983
Fee: $30.30
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

Issued to vehicles certified as Mopeds by the Department of Transportation.
A moped is defined as:
"a motor-driven cycle that cannot attain a speed in one mile of more than 30 miles per hour and the engine of which: (A) cannot produce more than two-brake horsepower; and (B) if an internal combustion engine, has a piston displacement of 50 cubic centimeters or less and connects to a power drive system that does not require the operator to shift gears."

Available as: Personalized (first issued ????)


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MADD (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue: 2008?
Fee: $30
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

available as: personalized, disabled

Motorcycle

First year of issue: 1917
Fee: $30.30
Size: 4" x 7", single plate

A motorcycle is defined as: "a motor vehicle, other than a tractor, that is equipped with a rider's saddle and designed to have when propelled not more than three wheels on the ground."

Available as: Personalized (first issued by 1977)


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Native Texan (motorcycle)

First Issued: 2004
Fee: $30

Available as: Personalized, Disabled


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Navy Cross (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee: $0
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled



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Operation Iraqi Freedom (motorcycle)

First Issued: 2003
Fee: none

Available as: Personalized, Disabled



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Professional Firefighter (motorcycle)

First Issued: c2009

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Purple Heart (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue: 2008?
Fee: $
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

 

San Jacinto Historic District (motorcycle)

First Year of Issue:  2009?

Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Silver Star (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee: $0
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Stop Child Abuse (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee:
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Texas Realtors (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee: $0
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

U.S. Air Force Acedemy (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee: $0
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

U.S. Military Academy - West Point (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee: $0
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

U.S. Naval Academy (motorcycle)

First year of issue: c2007
Fee: $0
Size: 4" x 7" single plate

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Vietnam Veteran (motorcycle)

First Issued: 2004
Fee: none

Available as: Personalized, Disabled

Wetlands Conservation - motorcycle (ducks unimited)

First Issued: 2009

Wetlands Conservation - motorcycle (heron)

First Issued: 2009

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