(625 ILCS 5/3-421) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-421)
Sec. 3-421. Right of reassignment. (a) Every natural person
shall have the right of reassignment of the license number issued
to him during the current registration plate or digital registration plate term, for the
ensuing registration plate or digital registration plate term, provided his or her application
for reassignment is received in the Office of the Secretary of
State on or before September 30 of the final year of the
registration plate or digital registration plate term as to a vehicle registered on a calendar
year, and on or before March 31 as to a vehicle registered on
a fiscal year. The right of reassignment shall apply to every natural person
under the staggered registration system provided the application for reassignment
is received in the Office of the Secretary of State by the 1st day of the
month immediately preceding the applicant's month of expiration.
In addition, every natural person shall have the right of
reassignment of the license number issued to him for a two-year
registration, for the ensuing two-year period. Where the
two-year period is for two calendar years, the application
for reassignment must be received by the Secretary
of State on or before September 30th of the year preceding
commencement of the two-year period. Where the two-year
period is for two fiscal years commencing on July 1, the
application for reassignment must be received by the Secretary
of State on or before April 30th immediately preceding
commencement of the two-year period.
(b) Notwithstanding the above provision, the Secretary of
State shall, subject to the existing right of reassignment,
have the authority to designate new specific combinations of
numerical, alpha-numerical, and numerical-alpha licenses for
vehicles registered on a calendar year or on a fiscal year,
whether the license be issued for one or more years. The new
combinations so specified shall not be subject to the right
of reassignment, and no right of reassignment thereto may at
any future time be acquired.
(c) If a person has a registration plate in his or her name and seeks to reassign the registration plate to his or her spouse, the Secretary shall waive any transfer fee or vanity or personalized registration plate fee upon both spouses signing a form authorizing the reassignment of registration. (c-1) If a person who has a registration plate in his or her name seeks to reassign the registration plate to his or her child, the Secretary shall waive any transfer fee or vanity or personalized registration plate fee.(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19; 101-611, eff. 6-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) |