The Iowa Department of Transportation announced the new state license plate Monday: City and County Reboot.
Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, and Iowa DOT Director Mark Lowe revealed three potential plate designs at the start of the Iowa State Fair. The public voted for their favorite design through an online poll and at the Iowa DOT’s State Fair booth throughout the Fair.
The City and Country Reboot design won the public vote with 113,299 of the poll’s 291,095 total votes. There was a big push late yesterday that brought Flying Our Colors to a close second with 110,352 votes. In third place was The Great Wide Open, which tallied 67,444 votes.
The new plate design will be available sometime in 2018.
Plates with the new designs will be issued to vehicle owners whenever they add or change vehicles and get new county standard plates or whenever they replace lost, stolen, or damaged county standard plates. To avoid unnecessary cost, Iowans who currently have county standard plates will receive replacement plates with the new design when their current plate reaches the end of its 10-year replacement cycle. Vehicle owners who want a new plate sooner may purchase a set from their local county treasurer’s office for $5.