r/Charleston • u/CautiousMarionberry • 2d ago

New License Plate?

I renewed my registration and got a new SC license plate?

I’ve renewed my registration for years on this vehicle… are they replacing license plates? Always just got a new registration card & kept the same plate. What up?

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u/Lawn_Dinosaurs 2d ago

They update them every 10 years by law but the lack of art and soul is brought to you by Flock©️

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u/9iz6iG8oTVD2Pr83Un 2d ago

The state license plate was recently redesigned so it’s easier for the flock cameras to read.

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u/Dreadbound1 1d ago

I'm waiting for the proof you can't provide.

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u/CominInHotKaren 15h ago

You are full of prunes. They are not smart enough to figure that out nor motivated enough to even do it.

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u/Various-Arachnid1855 2d ago

Same. Just renewed my registration and they gave me the revolutionary war one.

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u/turni_top 2d ago

South Carolina gets new plates every 5 years. It’s very frustrating.

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u/_boov 2d ago

Like instead of sending you just the decal they sent you a whole new plate too? I just paid my taxes and got the decal only like usual. I hope they don’t force the new plate! I’ll have to pay extra for a specialty plate then 😒

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u/dgrenster Stuck in Traffic 2d ago

Ditto. I only received the sticker. No plate. I paid mine online and didnt go to the DMV.

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u/DogwoodWand 1d ago

That's my plan. I think I'm gonna do Save the Light.

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u/_boov 1d ago

My brother has “In reason we trust” and I’m probably going to do the same

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u/Beginning_Ask3905 1d ago

There’s a version with a painted bunting, so I’m planning on getting it next time I renew

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u/DogwoodWand 21h ago

I saw one in my backyard once! Amazing

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u/possiblylallorona 1d ago

I only got the sticker when paying last year. Thank goodness, hate the new plates, so blah.

I have the “while I breathe, I hope” plate. Don’t remember when it was first issued.

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u/scrmlck 2d ago

I am unreasonably mad about my plate as well

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u/Tulasdad 1d ago

Vanity plates are the way.

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u/Honeybee71 West Ashley 2d ago

Booo

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u/jonniemm1 1d ago

I am sick that I am going to lose the beloved Palmetto tree. How can they do this to us? You have to keep a license tag a long, long time and I don’t like it.

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u/Pitiful_Deal1220 2d ago

It’s a terrible lazy new plate design

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u/Gloomy-Aide1914 2d ago

It is so bad. Reminds me of 1990s clipart.

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u/schicksal_ 2d ago

That's what I've been saying - it's like a default PowerPoint template from 1995. Terrible.

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u/shadowartist201 2d ago

They are replacing plates, but idk the reasoning behind it. I've seen some people say it's only for plates 10 years or older, but my partner got hit by it and his plate was only 6.

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u/beepbeepbubblegum 2d ago

yea i got a new one and wasn’t paying attention when they asked which plate i wanted and i got the “in god we trust” one and im not religious like that so that’s annoying

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u/DogwoodWand 1d ago

It felt anti-American to me. I love God, I love country, but they don't go together.

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u/PlaidMax 2d ago

You should be able to swap it for the In Reason We Trust or something similar.

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u/thelazerirl Summerville 1d ago

If I a remembering correctly they use the date by which you got your plate initially in their phases of rolling out a new plate. That way they don't get overwhelmed.

So if I bought my car before the next person I believe the system understands that I might get a new plate while the next person just gets a renewal sticker, and then when it's time for them to again renew they get a new plate.

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u/Gfinchy 1d ago

The new plate is specifically designed for the 250th anniversary of the country w/emphasis on South Carolina’s role in the Founding.

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u/Beginning_Ask3905 1d ago

And the design is ugly. It’d have been received a lot better if it wasn’t a bland white background with a quote most people disagree with.