New Pennsylvania license plates available to order

Pennsylvania’s new license plate design is now available for order, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday.

Sports teams mascots across the state showed off their very own versions of the new plates in a promotional video released online.

Shapiro initially unveiled the new “Let Freedom Ring” license plate and state welcome sign designs in July, ahead of America’s 250th anniversary in 2026.

“With all eyes on Pennsylvania, our new license plates will celebrate that heritage — and remind the country that here in Pennsylvania, we will let freedom ring,” Shapiro said in the social post announcement.

The off-white plates contain an image of the Liberty Bell, and the phrase “Let Freedom Ring” with blue and red lettering, a nod to Philadelphia.

At the end of May, the rollout of the new plates started — and anyone who filled out the early access form last summer could order the new regular license plates. Nearly 11,700 new plate orders have already been filled for those people, the governor’s office said.

Now, anyone across the state can upgrade their vehicles.

The “Let Freedom Ring” plates are available for standard vehicles and trucks, including personalized plates, according to the commonwealth website.

Military, special organization, special fund and specialty plates without legislatively mandated designs will also be updated with the new design and be available in the coming months. The department will update its website as each plate becomes available in the new design.

For anyone with a specialty plate — military, special fund or organization plate — switching to the new plate before the commonwealth updates the designs will replace it with a standard plate, the website says.

Replacing a standard plate is $13, and replacing a personalized plate is free. Payments must be made by check or money order.

Pennsylvanians can request a new license plate by following these steps:

1. Fill out the application for a new style registration plate

2. Follow the instructions on the form, check the box for the new liberty bell plate and complete your information as listed on your current registration card

3. If you are replacing a personalized plate, enter your configuration exactly (including dashes or spaces) and attach a photo of your current plate

4. Mail the form to:

Bureau of Motor Vehicles
PO Box 68593
Harrisburg, PA 17106-8593

The last significant license plate design change was in 2003, according to Alexis Campbell, a PennDOT spokesperson. In 2017, there was a small design change that removed the upper-left indentation for registration stickers after the department stopped issuing registration stickers, she said.

The new license plates are optional for Pennsylvania drivers.